Congratulations to 14-year-old Bahamian equestrian rider Gabriela Souza-Cordovez, who captured two gold medals and one silver at the CDI-W Mexico 2026 competition, representing The Bahamas in the Children’s Borrowed Horse division.
Riding Imposible, owned by Carol Benavides, Souza-Cordovez won gold in the Children’s Preliminary B class with a personal best score of 71.929 percent.
She followed with another personal best of 72.513 percent in the Children’s Team Test, earning silver after a two-point error deduction narrowly cost her the gold medal.
Souza-Cordovez secured her second gold in the Mixed Teams Class alongside Sweden’s Patrick Kittel, American rider Adeline Mae Shelton and Guatemala’s Daniela Fernandez.
The competition, held at Rancho St. Vincent in Lerma, Mexico, featured 23 young athletes in the children’s and junior borrowed-horse divisions.
Coached internationally by Gabriel Armando and locally by Erika Adderley of Mariposa Stables in Nassau, Souza-Cordovez is building on her success at the 2025 competition, where she earned bronze and team gold. She now hopes to qualify for the 2027 FEI North American Dressage Junior Championships.