Florencia Manfredi was the first Argentinian athlete ever to compete in the FEI World Cup Finals. It was a dream that came true for the Dressage rider who arrived for the 2017 Finals in Omaha, USA, with her big bay gelding Bandurria Kacero. Equestrian World visited her in her Campo de Mayo in Argentina to talk about her fascinating story. Enjoy a look behind the scenes of Florencia Manfredi’s stables and learn her full story!
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south.
With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, the second largest in South America after Brazil, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation by area.
Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.