Frederic Wandres and Bluetooth Transmit the Winning Signal With Freestyle Personal Best at 2022 AGDF

Wellington, FL – The first “Friday Night Stars” evening freestyle of the 2022 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, Florida, did not disappoint. The highlight class of week one, the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle, presented by Lövsta Stuteri, produced top-drawer dressage, personal bests galore, and a winning score of over 81%. AGDF, which hosts seven weeks of CDI competition, runs through April 3.
The 34-year-old German rider Frederic Wandres pulled off another powerful, supple, and enchanting performance for 81.065% aboard Elena Knyaginicheva and Sergey Knyaginichev’s 12-year-old Bordeaux gelding Bluetooth OLD, who only started international grand prix in the spring of 2021.
As in the previous day’s World Cup™ Grand Prix, Anna Buffini (USA) rode her own FRH Davinia La Douce, by Don Frederico, into second place, and Ashley Holzer (USA) finished third on Dr. Diane Fellows’s Hochadel mare Havanna 145 (77.25%).
Anna Buffini (USA), who is only in her second year of grand prix, logged a personal best of 78.485%, with one judge awarding over 80%. Buffini sings her own lyrics on her freestyle music.
Marie Medosi and Taylor Kade, who made Steffen Peters’ music for “Rave Horse” that went viral during the Tokyo Olympics, did Buffini’s music, and she created the choreography with her trainer Guenter Seidel.
Ashley Holzer (USA) controlled her own 15yo Hanoverian mare by Don Frederico, Havanna 145’s energy admirably to finish third with a score of 77.25%.
Results: FEI World Cup™ Dressage Grand Prix Freestyle, presented by Lövsta Stuteri
E, Cesar Torrente (COL); H, Maria Colliander (FIN); C, Magnus Ringmark (LUX); M, William Warren (USA); B, Agnieszka Majewska (POL)
Place, rider, nationality, horse, horse information: judge E%, judge H%, judge C%, judge M%, judge B%, final score
1. Frederic Wandres (GER) on Bluetooth OLD, Elena Knyaginicheva and Sergey Knyaginichev’s 12yo Oldenburg gelding by Bordeaux: 83.1, 81.05, 80.925, 82.025, 78.225, 81.065
2. Anna Buffini (USA) on FRH Davinia La Douce, her own 15yo Hanoverian mare by Don Frederico: 78.9, 76.125, 78.65, 78.1, 80.65, 78.485
3. Ashley Holzer (USA) on Havanna 145, Diane Fellows’s 15yo Hanoverian mare by Hochadel: 77.225, 76.95, 77.9, 77.175, 77, 77.25
4. Codi Harrison (USA) on Katholt’s Bossco, his own 15yo Danish Warmblood gelding by Don Schufro: 73.825, 74.775, 75.575, 72.875, 73.65, 74.14
5. Jan Ebeling (USA) on Status Royal OLD, Ann Romney’s 12yo Oldenburg gelding by Statesman OLD: 74.025, 70.925, 76.25, 73.175, 73.125, 73.5
6. Katie Duerrhammer (USA) on Quartett, Kylee Lourie’s 14yo DSP gelding by Quaterback: 71.25, 73.35, 72.825, 73.925, 75.3, 73.33
7. Paula Matute Guimón (ESP) on Delagronge, her own 14yo Oldenburg stallion by De Niro: 71.625, 69.8, 75.125, 72.625, 72.275, 72.29
8. Mikala Münter (USA) on Salsa Hit, Paul Bint’s 13yo Oldenburg gelding by Samba Hit III: 69.175, 69.1, 72.425, 74.85, 70.425, 71.195
9. Evi Strasser (CAN) on Déjà Vu Tyme, her own 15yo Hanoverian gelding by Dauphin: 63.425, 64.875, 62.425, 66.325, 67.25, 64.86
10. Missy Gilliland (USA) on Toledano XXXI, her own 14yo PRE gelding by Ambicioso XV: 62.3, 63, 59.95, 64.85, 68.35, 63.69
AGDF 2022 Press | Photo ©SusanStickle 1: Frederic Wandres (GER) and Bluetooth OLD top the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix Freestyle