{"id":16234,"date":"2026-09-08T10:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/dressage-hanoverian-successes-at-the-u-s-dressage-festival-of-champions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:06:08","slug":"dressage-hanoverian-successes-at-the-u-s-dressage-festival-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/dressage-hanoverian-successes-at-the-u-s-dressage-festival-of-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dressage: Hanoverian Successes at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>At the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois, <strong>Felicitous<\/strong> by F\u00fcrst Belissaro\/Dancier (breeder: Ewald Gerdes, Westoverledingen), claimed the title for seven-year-old dressage horses with Adrienne Pagalilauan. Second place went to <strong>Deambulo PWD<\/strong> by Don Martillo\/Fahrenheit (breeder: Guido Niethammer, Weil der Stadt), who found a new owner as a foal at the May Auction. He had previously enjoyed success with Hendrik Baumgart in a riding horse class before finding a new home in the United States. Petra Warlimont presented the chestnut gelding.<\/p>\n<p>The best five-year-old was <strong>Tuscany<\/strong>, a son of Taurus\/Cavallieri xx (breeder: Petra Kerschbaum, Vienna\/AUT), who won the FEI dressage horse tests under Jessica Kozel by a commanding margin. The four-year-old champion also had Hanoverian breeding papers: <strong>Frisky Business RH<\/strong> by Five Star\/Londontime, masterfully presented by her breeder, Nora Batschelder. <strong>Saroy<\/strong>, a son of Secret\/F\u00fcrsten-Look (breeder: Andrea Lahmeyer, Twistringen), completed the podium in third place with Laura Abner in the saddle.<\/p>\n<p>In the Juniors, <strong>Hann.Pr.A. Dalia<\/strong> by Don Nobless\/Contendro (breeder: Stefan Aust, Armstorf) and Bennett McWhorter topped the overall standings. They were followed in second by <strong>Bingotti<\/strong>, a son of Bugatti Hilltop\/Krack C (breeder: Kathleen Swalwell\/USA), who is registered with the American Hanoverian Society, and Ellie Sloan. In the Children\u2019s division, <strong>Dali du Montesy<\/strong> by Don Darius\/Wolkenstein II (breeder: Henriette Bergendorf, Braedstrup\/DEN) and Katherine Bright were delighted to receive the silver ribbon.<\/p>\n<p>In the Developing Horste Grand Prix\u00a0 National Championship, <strong>Bianka SQF<\/strong> by Bon Coeur\/Soliman de Hus (breeder: Rolf Deecke, Lachendorf) secured third place with Lesley Eden. Third in the Brentina Cup standings went to <strong>F\u00fcrst Fabelhaft UZN<\/strong> (Rhld.) by All at Once\/Fidermark (breeder: Johannes Baumeister, Kranenburg) and Miki Yang. The chestnut first entered Dutch ownership through the 2016 stallion sales before making a name for himself in the United States. At Intermediaire I level, <strong>Candoit\u2019s Scala<\/strong> by St. Schufro\/Belissimo M (breeder: Georg Kok, Bunderhee) and Adam Steffens-Smienk finished third.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois, Felicitous by F\u00fcrst Belissaro\/Dancier (breeder: Ewald Gerdes, Westoverledingen), claimed the title for seven-year-old dressage horses with Adrienne Pagalilauan. Second place went to Deambulo PWD by Don Martillo\/Fahrenheit (breeder: Guido Niethammer, Weil der Stadt), who found a new owner as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"news_kategorien":[],"class_list":["post-16234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16234"},{"taxonomy":"news_kategorien","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hannoveraner.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_kategorien?post=16234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}