The 2022 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) opened the winter season in Wellington, Florida, on Thursday, January 13, with the sole German rider in the class, Frederic Wandres, topping the FEI World Cup™ Short Grand Prix, presented by Lövsta Stuteri.
The 12-strong class featured five combinations who scored over 70%, but it was Wandres on the 12-year-old Bluetooth OLD, by Bordeaux, who were untouchable and recorded a personal best of 74.158%. The class was a qualifier for the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle, which takes place under the lights on Friday night during the first of the “Friday Night Stars” series. AGDF, which hosts six weeks of CDI competition, runs through April 3.
Female American athletes filled the four spots behind Wandres, with Anna Buffini riding her own FRH Davinia La Douce into second, closely followed by Ashley Holzer on Diane Fellows’s Havanna 145. (The sole Canadian in the class, Evi Strasser, placed equal 7th riding Déjà Vu Tyme.)