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Mathilde Blais Tetreault Comes Back from Two Broken Wrists to Victory at 2021 CDI Wellington Sun, 02/07/2021 - 19:18
2021 CDI Wellington
Canadian dressage rider Mathilde Blais Tetreault comes back from two broken wrists sustained in the spring of 2020 to victory in her first International show of 2021 on a new ride, Fedor.
At the 2021 CDI Wellington on 28 - 31 January, Blais Tetreault returned at the Global Dressage Festival winning the Intermediaire II 3 class on Fedor with 66.647%
Early Career
The 29-year old Mathilde has been one of Canada s most successful Young Riders and Under 25 Grand Prix riders in the past decade.
She began her international career as a young rider in 2011 aboard the Swedish warmblood Michelangelo (by Amiral x Utrillo) and the Hanoverian Embasssy III (by Escudo x Silvio), representing Canada and winning multiple gold medals at the North American Young Riders Championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
Seidel and Equirelle Make First Freestyle Together a Winning One at 2021 CDI Wellington Tue, 02/02/2021 - 07:09
2021 CDI Wellington
Week three of the 2021 Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) concluded on Sunday, January 31, with victory for the USA’s Guenter Seidel and Equirelle in the Grand Prix Freestyle 4 , presented by U.S. P.R.E. Association.
In their first freestyle performance together, Seidel and Leatherdale Farms and Louise Leatherdale’s 2009 KWPN mare by Florett AS earned a 75.830% from judges to top the class.
First Freestyle
“It was our first freestyle,” he began, “so I was a little conservative and kept everything fairly easy. Our floor plan was fairly easy. She’s a very hot horse and has had her issues in the ring, so I wanted to use this test to give her some confidence out there. The more it went along the more secure she seemed to get, and she was really fun to ride. Most of the test was very pleasing. I know there’s quality in there, but so