Strzegom October Festival 2026 – Julia Krajewski Leads CCI4*-L

Julia Krajewski and Tullabeg Platinum. Photo: Leszek Wójcik / Strzegom October Festival. Strzegom, 8 October 2026 — The Strzegom October Festival is underway, marking the final international eventing competition of the 2026 season in Strzegom. A total of 400 horse-and-rider combinations have gathered at the Morawa Hippodrome for four days of international and national competition. …

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2026 Winter Equestrian Festival Generates $607.3M in Economic Impact for Palm Beach County

Wellington, Fla. – October 8, 2026 — The 2026 Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) generated $607.3 million (a 13% increase from 2025) to Palm Beach County’s gross domestic product (GDP) through spending by equestrians and visitors, according to a new economic impact study prepared for the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The 2026 numbers highlight a …

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Cormac Hanley Scores Big to Win $70k Core Specialty Equine Grand Prix CSI2*

Cormac Hanley and Santiago VH Netehof ©Chelsey Somohano for Natalie Suto Photography October 3rd, 2026 – Mill Spring, NC – The Tryon Fall Series presented by Coca-Cola saw the return of international Grand Prix competition with the $70,000 Core Specialty Equine Grand Prix CSI2*, with fifty-five trips initially seeing the Christopher Barnard-designed course. Narrowing the …

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What’s New at the 2027 Winter Equestrian Festival

What’s New at the 2027 Winter Equestrian Festival The Winter Equestrian Festival (WEF) returns to Wellington International in 2027 for a milestone season: its 50th Anniversary. Across the 200 acres that make up the North and South properties, athletes and guests will find upgraded competition rings and expanded classes. An Expanded 2027 Competition Schedule WEF …

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BLM Schedules Fall 2026 Roundup of Pryor Wild Horses

The Bureau of Land Management’s newly released Fiscal Year 2027 roundup schedule lists the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range for October 1 through November 15, 2026. BLM plans to remove approximately 40 wild horses during this first phase of its management plan. The agency’s spring 2026 estimate counted 187 horses, excluding foals under one year …

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$30 Million in Taxes to Sterilize What the 1971 Act Ordered Protected

$30 million to dart and suppress the genetics of the remaining Cultural-Heritage American Wild Horses that Congress ordered protected is not “safeguarding the Spirit of the West.” That line is Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s. It is treating a federally protected icon like a pest — and skipping the cheaper, naturally-humane, legal alternative already on the …

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Dancing Delights at HITS across the Country

HITS Hudson Valley Serving as a season finale, Dressage at HITS Hudson Valley hosted the GAIG/USDF Region 8 Championships and HITS Open on September 17-20, 2026. The world-class facility in Saugerties, New York ran eight competition rings in total with full schedules that also featured the signature GAIG/USDF Championship classes and a USEF Level 4 …

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The Fire Business Is Killing People, Wild Horses Are Already Doing the Job the Budget Will Not Fund, and a Slice of the Cattle Industry Is Stuck in the 19th Century

Wildfires in the United States and Canada are not a weather story. They are a budget story, a smoke story, and a land-use story. Suppression is overweighted. Prevention is underfunded. Fine fuels keep stacking in vacant forest. And a slice of the livestock lobby is selling cattle as the only four-legged answer — including on …

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Join Equestrian Aid Foundation in Supporting the 2026 SFHJA Charity Horse Show

Photo: SFHJA May 2023 USHJA National Hunter Derby Winner K&T Game of Thrones and Ella Bostwick. For many years, the South Florida Hunter Jumper Association (SFHJA) has generously and steadfastly supported the Equestrian Aid Foundation and the equestrian community we serve. Now, we have an opportunity to support them in return. The 76th Annual SFHJA …

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EQUUS Foundation to Award $65k in Scholarships to Support Future of Equine Industry

The EQUUS Foundation will be awarding $65,000 in scholarships in 2026 to the next generation of equine professionals. Scholarships are available to junior- and senior-level undergraduate and graduate students pursuing equine studies at institutions listed in the EQUUS Foundation’s Equine Education Network, a network connecting students with colleges and universities offering equine science and management …

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