Photos by Susan J. Stickle
Each winter, the majestic sport of dressage is on display here in Wellington, home of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival. The Olympic sport of dressage — often compared to “dancing with horses” — showcases the grace, beauty and elegance of a horse and rider pair working together as one. Top riders from around the world have returned to participate in North America’s most prestigious dressage series. AGDF opened in January and continues at Equestrian Village through this month. As part of this year’s series, the festival now boasts four qualifiers for the 2025 FEI Dressage World Cup Final, in addition to its regular roster of evening freestyle performances during Friday Night Stars, as well as a CDIO Nations Cup, a para dressage Nations Cup, a CDI5* event and the ever-popular Palm Beach Derby. From elite dressage riders to the sport’s up-and-coming riders, to the uplifting sport of para-dressage, all levels of this unique discipline are on display here in Wellington. In Faces of Dressage 2025, we highlight just a few of these riders.
