By Alice Collins for Wellington International

U.S. team rider for the 2024 Paris Olympics Adrienne Lyle emphatically opened her 2025 account on day one of opening week—Lloyd Landkamer memorial week—of this year’s Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) in Wellington, Florida. She topped the FEI World Cup™ Grand Prix, sponsored by Palm Beach Equine Clinic, riding Helix to a winning margin of over three percentage points. AGDF, which hosts seven weeks of CDI competition, runs through March 30.