A Salute To
Dressage Wellington is home to some of the most highly anticipated dressage competitions in the world — and Wellington The Magazine is proud to salute this growing, international sport this issue.
High-level dressage in the Wellington area dates back 30 years to the founding of the Palm Beach Dressage Derby. In more recent years, Palm Beach County’s Jim Brandon Equestrian Center has become another local home to dressage events. Jim Brandon hosts the Wellington Classic Dressage and the Gold Coast Dressage Association shows — two circuits that have quickly grown in popularity. The facility is also home to the World Dressage Masters Palm Beach, which kicks off the local dressage season in style each January.
Last year, high-level dressage returned to the heart of Wellington’s equestrian area with the inaugural Global Dressage Festival, run by the same show promoters who run the Winter Equestrian Festival. The festival is back for its second year with lots of additions and great competitions planned for 2013. In this special dressage section, we visit each of these venues before saluting some of the top names in the sport, both here and internationally, in our “Faces of Dressage” pictorial feature.
©PhelpsPhotos.com Riders from around the world come together for a Musical Quadrille at the Challenge of the Americas. This popular event is held in Wellington to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation through Play for P.I.N.K (Prevention, Immediate diagnosis, New technology, Knowledge). (L-R) Betsy Steiner, Patrick Burssens, Lynda Alicki, George Williams, Bent Jensen and Pamela Goodrich. |wellington the magazine| March 2013
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