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Equestrian Season Preview Adequan Global Dressage Festival’s 2018 Season Expected To Be Largest Yet Since launching in 2012, the Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) has matured into one of the largest dressage circuits in the world. The festival will rise to the occasion once again in 2018, setting the stage for top horse and rider combinations, and laying the stepping stones leading up to the 2018

Laura Graves rides Verdades at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. PHOTO BY SUSAN J. STICKLE

FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, N.C., next September. The 2018 AGDF will once again take place at the Stadium at Equestrian Village in Wellington, from Jan. 4 through March 31, 2018. The winter circuit will provide indispensable opportunities for riders seeking scores for the World

Equestrian Games (WEG). The festival will host four qualifying events throughout the circuit. “We are incredibly excited for this upcoming dressage season,” AGDF Director of Sport Thomas Baur said. “This year, we will see riders from all over the world coming to Wellington to prepare

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