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SICAB 2026 Schedule: What Time and How to Watch

The big annual Pura Raza Española show fills FIBES in Seville for six days. Here is the provisional programme, the times in the Americas and how to follow it from home.

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West Nile Virus in Horses: 2026 Cases, Symptoms and How EEE Differs

On Nov. 4, Oklahoma confirmed West Nile virus in two unvaccinated horses that got sick in October; one was euthanized. That follows a Wisconsin filly and a Florida horse infected with both West Nile and the deadlier EEE. Here's what to watch for, and why mosquito season can run later than you think.

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Puigcerdà Horse Fair 2026: Contest Returns With 700 Horses, Nov 7–8

After restrictions over lumpy skin disease in cattle cancelled last year's contest, the Cerdanya's big horse breeding show is back. Here's what's on and how to read the judging.

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Who Is Il Etait Temps? The Champion Chase Winner Returns at Clonmel

The best two-mile chaser of last season starts his title defense in a four-runner Grade 2 in Tipperary. Here's who he is, what he has won and how the road to the next Champion Chase works.

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Strangles in Horses: Symptoms, Quarantine and the Fall 2026 Boarding-Barn Outbreaks

Three horses at Grand National-winning trainer Richard Newland's English yard tested positive, halting all runners and horse movements, after a fall of strangles alerts across the US and Ontario. Here's how to spot it, how it spreads and how a quarantine ends.

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Clasico del Caribe 2026 Schedule: What Time and How to Watch

The Caribbean's biggest race returns to Puerto Rico for its 60th anniversary. Here is the date, what we know about the time and TV, and which horses have tickets so far.

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