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Shows, finals and championships: who, when and what to watch.

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What Is Endurance Riding? Vet Checks, 160 km and the 2026 World Championship

US Equestrian has named five riders, most on Arabians, for December's 160 km world championship near Abu Dhabi. Here's how a sport where the horse's heart rate decides who continues actually works.

Updated Oct 14, 20267 min read

Pennsylvania National Horse Show 2026: 80th Show and Junior Weekend
JJ Torano and Vitus K came from second to win gold in the USEF Junior Jumper National Championship with a fourth straight clear round. Here's how it played out, how the big indoor show works and what to watch through Oct. 18.
Oct 12, 20266 min read
Thoroughbred Makeover 2026 Results: 10 Champions and How It Works
Retired racehorses won 10 championship titles at the Kentucky Horse Park on Oct. 10, and one mare won two of them. Here's the full list, plus how a horse goes from the track to a championship in under a year.
Oct 12, 20266 min read
US Equestrian Open of Eventing Final 2026: Sharon White Wins
Third after cross-country, Sharon White jumped clear in the rain on the final day and took the $200,000 Final. Here's the podium, how dressage, cross-country and show jumping reshuffled the leaderboard, and what a long-format four-star asks of a horse.
Oct 11, 20266 min read
Maryland 5 Star's Future: Why 2027 Is in Doubt and What a 5* Means
The organiser lined up to bring America's autumn five-star back to Fair Hill has stepped aside. The 2026 edition was already cancelled, so Kentucky is now the only five-star on the US calendar.
Oct 10, 20265 min read
Coapexpan Show Jumping 2026: Xalapa's CSI5* and What Five Stars Mean
Mexico's Luciana Roberta González Guerra won the opening five-star class in Xalapa, and Saturday brings the 1.60 m Grand Prix. Here's how to read the stars, the jump-off and the live results.
Oct 8, 20266 min read
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Horse of the Year Show 2026: Dates, Schedule, Tickets and What to Watch
Five days of showjumping, showing and Pony Club games open tomorrow in Birmingham. Here is how to follow it, even if you have never been.
Oct 6, 20265 min read
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Longines League of Nations Final 2026: How Germany Won and How It Works
Germany and Brazil finished level on 4 faults in Barcelona, and Richard Vogel's clear round settled it. Here is the result and a plain-English guide to team show jumping.
Oct 5, 20264 min read
FEI Eventing Nations Cup: Great Britain Wins the Boekelo Final
Great Britain won the new winner-takes-all Nations Cup Final at Boekelo on 84.4, 2.6 ahead of Germany, which had led after cross-country. Julia Krajewski won the individual title for a record third time.
Oct 4, 20267 min read
CCI4*-S Meaning: Eventing Levels Explained After Davis's Win
Mary Bess Davis won her first four-star at 48. Here is what the letters and stars on an eventing entry list actually tell you.
Sep 29, 20265 min read
Asian Games 2026 Equestrian: China's First Team Dressage Gold
Korea's Dongheon Nam won individual dressage gold on Sept. 27, two days after China's first team title. Here's every equestrian result so far, how the scores work and what to watch through Oct. 4.
Sep 27, 20267 min read
What Is Major League Show Jumping? Teams, Standings and Bluman's Greenwich Win
Daniel Bluman and the mare Corbie V.V. were the only double-clear in a storm-shortened Greenwich Grand Prix. Here's how the league works, and why a clear round beat a faster one.
Sep 27, 20266 min read
Dressage at Devon 2026: World Cup Grand Prix Results and the Freestyle
Canada's Camille Carier Bergeron and Finnländerin won Friday night's World Cup Grand Prix, and the freestyle that awards World Cup points runs tonight under the lights. Here are the scores, what to watch next and how to stream it.
Sep 26, 20267 min read
What Is the Longines Global Champions Tour? Show Jumping at Schönbrunn
Katrin Eckermann and her homebred mare Chao Lee won a 15-horse jump-off in front of Vienna's Schönbrunn Palace. Here's what the LGCT is, and what to watch in Sunday's Grand Prix.
Sep 26, 20266 min read
What Is Equitation? How Riders Are Judged at the Capital Challenge
The Capital Challenge in Maryland opened the East Coast indoor season on Sept. 23 with five days of equitation finals. Here's what the judges are watching, and how to follow the road to the Maclay.
Sep 24, 20267 min read
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Quarter Horse Congress 2026: Dates, Classes and How to Follow Along
Billed as the world's largest horse show, the Congress opens Sept. 26 in Columbus, Ohio. Here's what reining and western pleasure are, the new health-paper rules, and how the Congress differs from the AQHA World Show.
Sep 23, 20267 min read
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What Is Eventing? The 3 Phases Explained with Burghley and Asian Games
Gemma Stevens won Burghley on her dressage score, and Thailand struck team gold in Tokyo. Here's how the three phases, the penalties and the five-star system really work.
Sep 23, 20267 min read
FEI Jumping World Cup 2026/27: American Gold Cup Result and the Puebla, Mexico Qualifier
Switzerland's Beat Mändli opened the North American League with the only double-clear round in Michigan. Next up is a free-to-watch qualifier in Puebla, Mexico, the second of seven stops on the road to Gothenburg.
Sep 23, 20266 min read
First Horse Show for Kids: Cross Rails, Pony Club and What to Wear
Start small, on a pony your child already knows. The class ladder from cross rails up, how hunters, equitation and jumpers are judged, the kids' dress code and a packing list.
Sep 23, 20268 min read
How Is Dressage Scored? Grand Prix, Freestyle and Piaffe After Aachen
Lottie Fry and Glamourdale kept both world titles in Aachen with 82.295% and 91.907%. Here's what those numbers mean, how the Special and Freestyle differ, and what a piaffe actually is.
Sep 23, 20267 min read

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