Wellington, FL (January 5, 2015) —Premier Equestrian is returning to the 2015 Adequan Global Dressage Festival (AGDF) as official sponsors and partners and is once again presenting the company’s Sportsmanship Award to competitors who demonstrate exemplary sportsmanship toward every horse and human that they encounter at the international show.

Premier Equestrian, the leading provider of dressage arenas, is excited to award the Premier Equestrian Sportsmanship Award to dressage riders at each of the CDI competitions at theAdequan Global Dressage Festival. “We take pride in recognizing riders who are not only competitive, but kind and friendly to other competitors and show staff, put their horse first, and contribute to a positive overall atmosphere,” says Heidi Zorn, president and founder of Premier Equestrian. “Premier Equestrian is dedicated to dressage and our goal is to provide safe and functional products. We want to promote the well-being of the horse and industry and are proud to sponsor this award.”

Riders who demonstrate these values will receive a lovely tri-colored Sportsmanship Award ribbon, an embroidered Premier Equestrian polo shirt or embroidered towel, and a copy of “The Horse Angels” (a novel by Premier Equestrian’s CEO Mark Neihart). Premier hopes that this award will let competitors know that their outstanding attitudes are noticed and appreciated, and will encourage all riders to enter the show ring in winning spirits.   

The 2015 Adequan Global Dressage Festival will feature ten weeks of world-class dressage competition in Wellington, Florida. The festival is scheduled to run from January 8, 2015 to March 29, 2015, and will include eight CDIs (including five CDI-Ws, one 4*, and one 5*), the only non-championship CDIO Nations Cup in the Western Hemisphere, and weekly U.S. National events. In total, the event boasts three national weeks and seven international weeks of competition and over $650,000 of prize money. Equestrian Sports Productions, the host of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, is grateful to sponsors like Premier for making the fourth annual the Adequan Global Dressage Festival possible. Mark Bellissimo, CEO of Equestrian Sports Productions, comments “With the support of Adequan and the many other dedicated sponsors at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, we have worked from the beginning to inspire the sport of dressage in America and take it to the next level.”