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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 …
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 …
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 …
$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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Devon, Pennsylvania – September 13, 2026 – Sunday marked the conclusion of show jumping competition in the historic Dixon Oval, as six Junior and Amateur riders claimed victories and multiple champions and reserve champions were crowned, culminating in the $5,000 1.25m Junior and Amateur Jumper Classics, sponsored by Meridian Bank. 1.25m Junior and Amateur Jumper Classics …
Ben Maher & Enjeu de Grisien ©Rolex Grand Slam/Ashley Neuhof The third Rolex Grand Slam of Show Jumping Major of the calendar, the CSIO Spruce Meadows ‘Masters’ Tournament, concluded with the CPKC ‘International’ Grand Prix, presented by Rolex. Thirty-nine horse and rider combinations, who had qualified across the first four days of the Major, took …