DRESSAGE AL GUDEN and his late wife, Judy, moved from Thoroughbred race horses to dressage when they purchased Sagacious HF and won team gold and silver individual medals at the 2007 Pan Am Games. Al sponsors the Judy Guden Memorial Trophy.
CHASE HICKOK is the rider of Sagacious (owned by Al Guden). Chase and Sagacious are ranked second internationally in the under-25 division. Chase is a graduate of Stanford University and lives in Wellington with her fiancé, Kevin Kohmann, a dressage rider/trainer.
KIMBERLY HERSLOW travels to Wellington from her Upper Creek Farm in Stockton, New Jersey. She has been riding since she was 9 years old. Kim and her horse Rosmarin or “Reno” are vying for a spot to represent the U.S. at the Pan-Am Games this summer in Toronto.
JUAN MATUTE JR. comes from an equestrian family—his father, Juan Senior, is his trainer and mentor. At just 16-years-of-age, “Juanito” is competing against top riders internationally and holds his own. He will be a force in the future.
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TINA KONYOT comes from a family history of more than 80 years of horse trainers. Some of her credits include the world equestrian games in 2010 and 2014, the 2012 Olympic games, the 2013 world cup. In 2010, Calecto V and Tina won a stunning eight grand prixs, seven of them consecutively, and were named USEF national champions.
TERRI KANE, along with her husband, Richard, purchased Diamonte Farms when their daughter, Devon, was quite young. As one of the founding sponsors of AGDF and an integral part of the series, the Kanes are dedicated not only to dressage but to the community as a whole.
MIKALA GUNDERSEN, from Denmark, is an integral part of dressage in Wellington and in Europe. She rides Janne Rumbough’s My Lady and has had international success at AGDF, 2014 WEG, and the 2015 FEI World Cup in Las Vegas.
DEVON KANE is head trainer at Diamonte Farms. She and her horse, Destiny, spend summers in Germany training with Hubertus Schmidt, an Olympic gold medalist and U.S. team developing coach, and Olympic bronze medalist Debbie McDonald.
KIMBERLY VAN KAMPEN BOYER of Hampton Green Farm, Wellington and Michigan, is a partner in Wellington Equestrian Partners and a founding sponsor of AGDF. Through her foundation, Kim built Van Kampen Arena at AGDF. She is president of the U.S. P.R.E. Association and integral to dressage youth programs, classes, and mentoring.