Wellington, FL – February 7, 2013 – The 2013 Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) continued this week with the Dressage National 2 Show on February 5-6, 2013. Dressage riders   competed for top scores and more experience in front of judge Beverly Rogers. The AGDF continues next week with the Florida Dressage Classic, CDI-W, presented by US P.R.E. Association on February 14-17, 2013. The AGDF will host another three national shows as well as a CDI 3*, CDI 5*, and CDIO 3*, concluding on April 14.

Taking the win in Tuesday’s FEI Grand Prix – Open class was Tuny Page on Woodstock, her 10-year-old KWPN gelding by Havel x Contango. They scored a 70.213% for the win over Michael Barisone and HF Victor, who received a 66.277%. Third place went to Ryan Garza and Oleander, who scored 63.191%.



Woodstock, a ten-year-old KWPN gelding by Havel x Contango, is a new horse for Page since mid-December. He showed in a couple of national grand prix classes in France and is now having success under his new rider.

Tuny Page and Woodstock. Photo © SusanJStickle.com

“He has three beautiful gaits,” Page described. “He has a temperament that is so brave and willing and content to work, and he is a highly collectable horse for grand prix. He is just absolutely beautiful.”

”He came from an amateur who loved him,” Page continued. “He had not had a lot of professional training, but what he had was good, and the intention around the horse was excellent. He has learned that life is good!”



Page’s goal for this week was just to take Woodstock out and see how he was at a show, in the warm up area and actually competing, relative to how he has schooled at home. She wanted to have a point of reference to develop his competition schedule for the year. 

”I needed to see how he changed,” she noted. “Did he stay the same? Did he back off? I was delighted to discover that he is ostensibly the same in the warm-up and the arena. He was particularly brave in the arena. My goal was not to go for every point. I just wanted to ride a nice, accurate test and I was delighted that just riding quietly movement to movement, his marks were good enough for over 70%. That speaks for the basic quality of the horse for sure.”



Page also had a great week with several horses and riders from her Stillpoint Farm competing. Kevin Kohmann and Zephyr, owned by Suzanne Dansby, won both FEI Prix St. Georges – Open classes and Greta Fresian was second in both classes on Page’s horse, Ice Cap. Nicolas Fyffe and Tolstoy won both Intermediaire-1 classes.

Heather Blitz and Ripline. Photo © SusanJStickle.com.

A new face to the show ring in the USEF Second Level Test 2 – Open was Ripline, a five-year-old Danish Warmblood stallion by Blue Hors Hotline, ridden by Heather Blitz and owned by Oak Hill Ranch. They had the show’s high score on Tuesday of 76.711%. Second place went to Christopher Schruefer and Federer, who scored 70.658%.

The high score on Wednesday’s competition was 73.600%, which went to Gabriel Meyer and Drum Major in the USEF Training Level 3 – Open.

The next competition at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival is the Florida Dressage Classic, CDI-W, presented by US P.R.E. Association on February 14-17, 2013, where the PBIEC will welcome dressage riders from around the world.

A fun event for everyone that week is the PRE-Show Party at the Global Pavilion on Wednesday, February 13, at 6:30 pm. They will welcome Spanish dressage riders Juan Manuel Munoz and Daniel Martin Dockx. The PRE-Show Party is an annual Paella dinner and Spanish festival hosted by the United States PRE Association. All participants and exhibitors of the Florida Dressage Classic CDI-W are invited, and in keeping with prior years, the dinner and festival are free of charge.

For full results and more information on the AGDF, please visit www.globaldressagefestival.com.

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