It was too close to call for Robert Dover, MC of the America’s Equestrian’s Got Talent competition, to determine a winner for the third week of auditions. Nine acts competed in Tuesday night’s competition, which  is a United States Equestrian Team Foundation event to benefit USEF Developing Programs. Hheld at the White Horse Fashion Cuisine in Wellington, all acts are seeking a spot in the line-up for the Finale to be held Sunday, March 20 at the Global Dressage Facility boasting a $10,000 Grand Prize donated by Robert Ross, PA of Keller Williams Luxury Equestrian Real Estate. Sponsored by Taylor Harris Insurance 

Other competitors from last year included Jenna Wyatt with her heartfelt rendition of Martina McBride’s “A Broken Wing” and 13- year- old Kayden Muller-Janssen sang “Hallelujah” with the help of guitarist Jimmy DiBattista.

After the judge's unanimously came to the conclusion that all of the acts that performed this week were showing "amazing" talent the top three, as voted by the audience's cheering, came down to Teaghan James, Zachary Duckworth, and Kayden Muller-Janssen. 

The judges for the night's audition included Grand Prix dressage rider and owner of Team horses in Dressage, Show Jumping and Para-Equestrian, Ms. Margaret Duprey; CEO of Phelps Media Mr. Chip McKenny; Olympic Medalist in Show Jumping Laura Kraut; and DJ/Producer at Wild 95.5 Mr. Carmine Gialanella. Kraut, after about the fourth act tonight, said to Dover, "“I’m glad that I won’t have to pick who comes back to the second round, because all of these acts are amazing!” Little did Kraut know that after the second round, even with using his applause meter app on his phone, Robert determined that there was a tie in the loudness of the cheering between Teaghan James and Kayden Muller-Janssen and that the judges would have to come to a unanimous decision as to who would win. After some serious discussion, the judges chose Janssen to win the night's audition and therefore secure a spot in the Finale. 

The Finale competition begins the instant that a finalist wins their audition night. The scores for the Finale are going to be calculated using 25% of the amount of money that each competitor can fund raise between their winning night and the day of the Finale, 25% on the number of unique voters each competitor gains between the night that they win their audition night and the night of the Finale, and 50% from the judge’s selections on Finale night. If you would like to vote or donate to your favorite contestant so far, see the voting instructions below. All donations will be tax-deductible through the USET Foundation to benefit the USEF Developing Program.

Join us again next week, when we return to Wednesday night, February 3 at the White Horse Fashion Cuisine at 7:45 PM to determine the next finalist for the Finale at America’s Equestrians Got Talent. Next week the amazing judges include owner of medal-winning dressage horses, jumpers and driving horses, Ms. Jane Forbes Clark, legendary Olympian and coach of more top riders than any other in the world, Mr. George Morris, US Olympic medalist and World Cup winner, Ms. Debbie McDonald and two time Olympian and member of the Brazilian Olympic Short List, Mr. Doda de Miranda.
We are also pleased to announce two additional sponsors for the AEGT to include The Grille restaurant, Wellington, FL and Veuve Cliquot Champagne. Veuve Cliquot is available on each table on audition nights. We are excited to have both The Grille and Veuve Cliquot sponsor the tent used to cover the seating area at the venue each week.


If you cannot join us in person, be sure to tune in to the live feed from The Chronicle of the Horse website, www.coth.com. For reservations call 561-847-4549. If you want to audition, contact Robert Dover at [email protected].

Week 1 Winner: AlixWHO? Text AEGT3 to 71777 to vote for AlixWHO for the Finale.
Week 2 Winner: Hillary Eder Text AEGT4 to 71777 to vote for HillaryEder for the Finale.
Week 3 Winner: Kayden Muller-Janssen Text AEGT to 71777 to vote for KaydenMullerJanssen for the Finale.