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Golden Tempo Makes DeVaux First Woman to Win Derby: Cherie DeVaux became the first woman trainer to win the Kentucky Derby as Golden Tempo surged from the back of the field to a neck victory at 23-1, overcoming early doubts and a wide trip to deliver a historic win for both her and jockey Jose Ortiz at Churchill Downs. Read story here. (ESPN)

Horse Farm Party Ends in Mass Casualty Incident: An overnight party at The Healing Chamber Farms in Davidson escalated into a mass casualty incident after emergency crews encountered a large crowd with multiple people needing medical attention, prompting an ongoing investigation. Read story here. (WCNC)

American Rodeo West Regionals Set Semifinals Field: The American Rodeo West Qualifier concluded in Las Vegas, setting semifinalists across all events—led by standouts like Keenan Hayes, Hadley Thompson, Allen Boore, Cory Solomon, and Hailey Krahenbuhl—who will advance to compete at Globe Life Field for a chance at the $2 million prize. Read story here. (Rodeo SI)

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NBC Sports Record 19.6M Viewers for Kentucky Derby: NBC Sports’ 2026 Kentucky Derby coverage drew a record 19.6 million viewers (peaking at 24.4 million) with the most-streamed race ever, while the first-ever primetime Kentucky Oaks quadrupled its record audience to 2.4 million, and winner Golden Tempo earned a Preakness invitation. Read story here. (NBC Sports)

Jose Ortiz Completes Personal Triple Crown: Jockey Jose Ortiz completed a personal Triple Crown sweep by winning the Kentucky Derby aboard Golden Tempo, having previously captured the 2022 Preakness with Early Voting and the 2017 Belmont Stakes with Tapwrit, capping the feat with a patient, late-running Derby ride from post 16. Read story here. (Paulick Report)

Pessoa Wins MLSJ Finale, Farrington Takes 2nd Title: Brazil’s Rodrigo Pessoa won the MLSJ Season 5 finale Grand Prix at Club Hípico La Silla, while Kent Farrington secured his second league title with a podium finish, edging out Daniel Bluman in the final standings. Read story here. (Chronicle of the Horse)

Southeastern Circuit Sportsmanship Cup | 📍 Aiken Polo Club, Aiken, SC, United States | 📅 April 25 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Southwestern Circuit Masters Cup | 📍 Pecan Acres Polo Club LLC, Simonton, TX, United States | 📅 April 25 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Longines EEF Series - Maimarkt Turnier Mannheim | 📍 Mannheim, Germany | 📅 May 1–5, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

BSPS Winter Championship Show 2026 | 📍 Arena UK, United Kingdom | 📅 May 2–4, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

4 Beveraner Frühlingsreitturnier | 📍 Bevern, Germany | 📅 May 4 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CSI3* Kentucky Spring Horse Show | 📍 Kentucky Horse Park, Kentucky, United States | 📅 May 5 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Rodeo Corpus Christi | 📍 Corpus Christi, TX | 📅 May 5 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

MARS Badminton Horse Trials 2026 | 📍 Badminton Park, United Kingdom | 📅 May 6 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Old Salem Farm Spring Horse Show Week 1 - CSI3* | 📍 Old Salem Farm, North Salem, NY, United States | 📅 May 6 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Aiken Charity Horse Show II | 📍 Aiken, SC, United States | 📅 May 6 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CSI2* OTOMI 2026 (Week 1) | 📍 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico | 📅 May 6 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

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Riders Festival | 📍 Deurne, Netherlands | 📅 May 6 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CSI4* Jumping International de Bourg-en-Bresse | 📍 Bourg-en-Bresse, France | 📅 May 6 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Pferde & Emotionen - Springturnier Reiterhof Pickl | 📍 Karlsfeld, Germany | 📅 May 6 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CSI2*-W, CSI1*, CSI-YH1* - Jumping Samobor - Ethno farm Mirnovec | 📍 Mirnovec, Croatia | 📅 May 7 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Longines EEF Series Lier - CSIO3* | 📍 Lier, Belgium | 📅 May 7 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

The 13th Longines Hathab Tour 2025/2026 - Dressage & Jumping & Future Riders | 📍 Doha, Qatar | 📅 May 7 – May 8, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

South View - Second Rounds Show | 📍 Winsford, United Kingdom | 📅 May 7 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Chard - British Showjumping 4 Day Show incl. Area Trial | 📍 Chard, United Kingdom | 📅 May 7 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CDI1*, CDI3* & Copa ANCCE - Liga Nacional de Doma Clásica CJ KIWOKO y GP - Las Cadenas 2026 | 📍 Camarma de Esteruelas, Spain | 📅 May 7 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Longines Versilia Horse Show presented by Giorgio Armani | 📍 Versilia, Italy | 📅 May 7 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Holtkämper Dressurtage mit Jumpingday | 📍 Bielefeld-Holtkamp, Germany | 📅 May 7 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Silicon Valley Horse Show | 📍 Paso Robles, CA, United States | 📅 May 7 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Springturnier Schwanheim | 📍 Bensheim-Schwanheim, Germany | 📅 May 7 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

MAY CSI2*/1*/YH* Peelbergen | 📍 Kronenberg, Netherlands | 📅 May 7 – May 8, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Crockett Lions Club PRCA Rodeo | 📍 Crockett, TX | 📅 May 7 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Tops In Texas Rodeo | 📍 Jacksonville, TX | 📅 May 7 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Southwestern Circuit Masters Cup | 📍 Pecan Acres Polo Club LLC, Simonton, TX | 📅 May 7 – May 21, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

J. William Petro Memorial S | 📍 Thistledown, OH, United States | 📅 May 7, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Daryl E. Parker Memorial/Tall Stacks S | 📍 Belterra Park, United States | 📅 May 8, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CSI Ponte de Lima | 📍 Ponte de Lima, Portugal | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Lützower Pferdesporttage | 📍 Herford, Germany | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CSN4* Ruta de Primavera semana 2 - 2026 | 📍 Sevilla, Spain | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

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Vetlanda Spring Champions | 📍 Vetlanda, Sweden | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Großlangheimer Springtage | 📍 Großlangheim, Germany | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Borås Dressage Trophy | 📍 Borås, Sweden | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

consteed's Preis der Besten | 📍 Warendorf, Germany | 📅 May 8 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Reit- und Springturnier Münster-Angelmodde | 📍 Münster, Germany | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 

Dressurfestival Erbenheim | 📍 Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany | 📅 May 8 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Pannon Lovasakadémia - CSN (Nemzeti és felkészítő verseny) | 📍 Kaposvár, Hungary | 📅 May 8 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Airvent Lovas Club - CSN (Nemzeti és felkészítő verseny) | 📍 Kecskemét, Hungary | 📅 May 8 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 

Pferdesporttage Uster Woche 2 | 📍 Uster, Switzerland | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

National A3* Ornago - Malaspina | 📍 Ornago, Italy | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Outdoor CSI** Riesenbeck International | 📍 Riesenbeck, Germany | 📅 May 8 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

St. Margarethen Stückler CDI3* CDIYH1* CDIU25 CDIJ CDIP CDIChA 2026 | 📍 St. Margarethen Stücklerhof Lavanttal, Austria | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Lake Arena Wr. Neustadt CSNA* CSN-B* 2026 - (L.A. Jumping Tour) | 📍 Wiener Neustadt, Austria | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Livingston Memorial | 📍 Houston Polo Club, Houston, TX | 📅 May 8 – May 22, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Southeastern Circuit Congressional Cup | 📍 Point Clear Polo Club, Silverhill, AL | 📅 May 8 – May 11, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Southeastern Circuit Centennial Cup | 📍 Point Clear Polo Club, Silverhill, AL | 📅 May 8 – May 11, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Colorama | 📍 Grand Coulee, WA | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Panola County Cattlemen's ProRodeo | 📍 Carthage, TX | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Cowboy's PRCA Rodeo | 📍 Scott, LA | 📅 May 8 – May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Tryon International Spring Three-Day Event 2026 | 📍 North Carolina, USA | 📅 May 8 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Eichendorfer Dressurtage | 📍 Eichendorf, Germany | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Hengstpräsentation Helgstrand Dressage bei Isabell Werth | 📍 Rheinberg, Germany | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

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Renntag Halle / Krefeld | 📍 Halle / Krefeld, Germany | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CSN Las Delicias - Córdoba 2026 | 📍 Córdoba, Argentina | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

CS Giubiasco | 📍 Giubiasco, Switzerland | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Schockemoehle Online Auction - Young Jumpers | 📍 Online, Germany | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Showjumping Ireland 2026 Premier Performance Grand Prix League & Plusvital Grand Prix Series | 📍 Barnadown, Ireland | 📅 May 9 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Mother Lode Round-Up | 📍 Sonora, CA | 📅 May 9 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Lakeland Xtreme Broncs | 📍 Cold Lake, AB, Canada | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Ron Ross Memorial Steer Roping | 📍 Liberty Hill, TX | 📅 May 9 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Liberty Hill Legacy Steer Roping | 📍 Liberty Hill, TX | 📅 May 9 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Woodlake Lions Rodeo | 📍 Woodlake, CA | 📅 May 9 – May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

John A. Nerud (G3) | 📍 Belmont at Aqueduct, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Peter Pan S (G3) | 📍 Belmont at Aqueduct, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Ruffian (G2) | 📍 Belmont at Aqueduct, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Take the A Train | 📍 Belmont at Aqueduct, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

William Walker | 📍 Churchill Downs, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Coin Collector S | 📍 Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Kenny Cotton S | 📍 Evangeline Downs, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Royal Palm Juvenile | 📍 Gulfstream Park, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies | 📍 Gulfstream Park, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Epsom Cup (G3T) | 📍 Japan Racing Association, Japan | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Kyoto Shimbun Hai (G2T) | 📍 Japan Racing Association, Japan | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Long Branch S | 📍 Monmouth Park, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

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Calvin Houghland Iroquois (G1T) | 📍 Percy Warner, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Green Pastures Hurdle | 📍 Percy Warner, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Margaret Currey Henley Hurdle S | 📍 Percy Warner, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Senorita S (G3T) | 📍 Santa Anita Park, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Willowdale Steeplechase | 📍 Willowdale, United States | 📅 May 9, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

NHK Mile Cup (G1T) | 📍 Japan Racing Association, Japan | 📅 May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Siren Lure S | 📍 Santa Anita Park, United States | 📅 May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Southeastern Circuit Constitution Cup | 📍 Aiken Polo Club, Aiken, SC | 📅 May 10 – May 24, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

Renntag Berlin-Hoppegarten | 📍 Berlin-Hoppegarten, Germany | 📅 May 10, 2026 | 🎥 Event Details

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