2025 Kentucky Derby Draw, Toby Keith's Dream, Jung Wins Big Again 🐎🌎💥

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2025 Kentucky Derby Post Positions Announced: The 2025 Kentucky Derby post positions are set, with early favorite Journalism drawing No. 8 at 3-1 odds, while other top contenders Sandman (6-1) and Sovereignty (5-1) landed in posts 17 and 18, respectively. ​Read story here.

Toby Keith's Kentucky Derby Dream Comes True a Year After His Death: A year after Toby Keith’s death from stomach cancer at 62, his dream is fulfilled as his horse, Render Judgement, qualifies for the 2025 Kentucky Derby. ​​Read story here.

fischerChipmunk FRH Powers Jung to His Fifth Defender Kentucky CCI5-L Victory: Despite crediting luck for his success, Michael Jung made history at the 2024 Kentucky CCI5*-L by winning his fifth title aboard fischerChipmunk FRH, breaking records in dressage, cross-country, and overall margin of victory. Read story here.

​Off The Record and Will Coleman Clinch Cosequin Lexington CCI4-S Title at Defender Kentucky: ​After a decade-long partnership marked by persistence and growth, Will Coleman and Off The Record captured the 2025 Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S title at Defender Kentucky, earning a well-deserved win with consistent performances across all phases. Read story here.

Leominster Residents Oppose Proposed Horse Racing Track: Leominster residents are pushing back against a proposal to transform a closed landfill into Massachusetts' only active thoroughbred horse racing track, while supporters argue it would revitalize the struggling equine industry and boost the local economy. Read story here.

Allandale Mansion Holds Inaugural Hobby Horse Derby: The Allandale Mansion in Kingsport, Tennessee, once a horse and cattle farm, hosted its first hobby horse derby on Sunday, featuring events like barrel racing, jumping, and grazing. Read story here.

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Vrijspringcompetitie - Rijpaarden Fokvereniging Twente 📍 Saasveld, Netherlands | 📅 April 28, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Linz-Ebelsberg - FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth 2025 📍 Linz-Ebelsberg, Austria | 📅 April 29–May 03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Höven Opening - Springturnier 📍 Höven, Germany | 📅 April 29–May 03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Pferde & Emotionen - Dressurturnier Reiterhof Pickl 📍 Karlsfeld, Germany | 📅 April 30–May 04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Springfestival Erbenheim 📍 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany | 📅 April 30–May 04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

DM for seniorer og Agria DRF-mesterskab for U18, U21 og U25 (B) 📍 Stutteri Ask, Denmark | 📅 April 30–May 03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Otomi 2025 (semana 1) 📍 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico | 📅 April 30–May 03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Woodside Spring Classic 2 📍 Woodside, US | 📅 April 30–May 04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Aiken Charity Horse Show I 📍 Aiken, US | 📅 April 30–May 04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

HITS Del Mar National Horse Show 📍 Del Mar, US | 📅 April 30–May 04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Sydney CDI 2025 📍 Sydney, Australia | 📅 April 30 – May 3, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

2025 Pacific Coast Dressage CDI Galway Downs 📍 Temecula, CA | 📅 May 1-4, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

FEI Dressage Nations Cup™ 2025 - CDIO5* - Compiègne 📍 Compiègne, France | 📅 May 03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Longines EEF Series - Maimarkt Turnier Mannheim 📍 Mannheim, Germany | 📅 May 01–05, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Pferdesporttage Aaretal-Münsingen 📍 Münsingen, Switzerland | 📅 May 01–03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Barbaste 📍 Barbaste, France | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Le Mans 📍 Le Mans, France | 📅 May 01–03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Nancy 📍 Nancy, France | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Dressurturnier Reitanlage Löckenhoff 📍 Mettmann, Germany | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag München / Hannover 📍 München / Hannover, Germany | 📅 May 01, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Majhoppet 📍 Gothenburg Horse Park, Sweden | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CDI3* Las Cadenas - LIGA NACIONAL DE DOMA CLÁSICA CABALLOS JÓVENES Y GRAN PREMIO 2025 📍 Madrid, Spain | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Preding - CSN-B* - 2.Etappe Alpenspan TEAM TOUR 2025 📍 Preding, Austria | 📅 May 01-04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

iWEST-Dressur-Cup 2025 📍 Deutschland, Germany | 📅 May 01–November 14, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI4* Sagrantino Show Jumping 2025 - week 1 📍 Montefalco, Italy | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Auktion für Haflinger und Edelbluthaflinger - Haflingergestüt Meura 📍 Meura, Germany | 📅 April 30, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Präsentation der jungen Verbandshengste (Holsteiner Verband) und "Horster Pferdetage" 📍 Elmshorn, Germany | 📅 May 01, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Pferdesporttage Uster Woche 1 📍 Uster, Switzerland | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Dressurtage Turbenthal 📍 Turbenthal, Switzerland | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Drammen Spring Tour 📍 Drammen, Norway | 📅 May 01-02, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Aalborg Dressage Event 2025 📍 Aalborg Rideklub, Denmark | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

STX Cyclus 5: Wuustwezel 📍 Wuustwezel, Belgium | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI 3* Sentower - STP Riders Series 📍 Opglabbeek, Belgium | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Springturnier Leutkirch-Diepoldshofen 📍 Leutkirch-Diepoldshofen, Germany | 📅 May 01-04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Pöttmeser Pferdetage - Springen 📍 Pöttmes, Germany | 📅 May 01-04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Champs of Tomorrow Münster-Handorf 📍Münster-Handorf, Germany | 📅 May 01-04, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI Ermelo 📍 Ermelo, Netherlands | 📅 May 01-03, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

American Royal ProRodeo 2025 📍 Hale Arena, Kansas City, MO | 📅 May 1–3, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

IHSA National Championship Horse Show 📍 Tryon International Equestrian Center, Mill Spring, NC | 📅 May 2–4, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Adelaide Equestrian Festival 2025 📍 Adelaide, Australia | 📅 May 2 – May 4, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

BSPS Winter Championships 2025 📍 Arena UK, Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK | 📅 May 2–5, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

USEA Intercollegiate & Interscholastic Championships 📍 Stable View, Aiken, SC | 📅 May 2–4, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Guymon Pioneer Days Rodeo 2025 📍 Henry C. Hitch Pioneer Arena, Guymon, OK | 📅 May 2 – May 4, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CINCH World's Toughest Rodeo 📍 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA | 📅 May 2–3, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Kentucky Oaks 2025 📍 Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY | 📅 May 2, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Kentucky Derby 2025 📍 Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY | 📅 Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

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