Hometown: San Diego, Calif. Birthday: 7/31/1973 Sport/Disciplines: Dressage
Nick Wagman is a California-based dressage rider. He represented the U.S. at the 2019 FEI Dressage Nations Cup – Geesteren, the Netherlands, and that same year at FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ France where The Dutta Corp. U.S. Dressage Team finished in bronze-medal position. On both teams, he rode his longtime partner, Beverly Gepfer’s Dutch Warmblood gelding Don John. In 2019, Wagman won the USEF Developing Horse Grand Prix National Championship with Ferano and the USEF Grand Prix Dressage National Championship with Don John at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. With Don John, Wagman collected second-place finishes in the CDI3* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special during week five of the 2020 Adequan® Global Dressage Festival (AGDF).
In 2021, Wagman began the year by winning the CDI3* Grand Prix Special with Ferano during week three of AGDF. He rode Don Juan to wins in the CDI3* Grand Prix during week five and the CDI3* Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special during week eight at AGDF. Wagman and Don John collected a personal best score of 75.652% in the FEI Grand Prix at the U.S. Dressage Mandatory Observation Event.