World Dressage Masters has announced that the CDI 5* competition will return to Palm Beach, Florida in January 2013. The show will be staged again at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center on 23 - 27 January 2013 during the Wellington Classic Sunshine Challenge CDI3*.
The WDM Palm Beach, produced by Wellington Classic Dressage, is one of only four 5-Star shows held worldwide and the only one to be held on U.S. soil.
The 2012 event featured the only appearance in North America for two of Great Britain's Olympic Gold Medal Team Members: Charlotte Dujardin, and her coach and fellow teammate, Carl Hester. It also showcased to the North American audience the world's soon-to-be crowned Individual Olympic Gold Medal Grand Prix Freestyle pair of Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro.
"The World Dressage Masters has been the crown jewel of the Wellington Classic Dressage circuit," said U.S. Olympic Dressage Team Technical Advisor Anne Gribbons. "It brings enough riders from Europe to make it a very exciting competition. It's been very well run for the past two years. They take the facility at the Jim Brandon Center and make it intimate−cozy and exciting at the same time. The place was packed the past two years, which gives it a really good atmosphere. It prepares horses for indoor shows like they have in Europe."
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