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NBC’s Preakness Broadcast Approaches Record Low Without Kentucky Derby Winner: The absence of a Kentucky Derby winner in this year’s Preakness Stakes led to a 15.7% drop in viewership, with 5.9 million tuning in—a decline of 1.1 million from last year’s race. Read story here.

Larry Demeritte, Revered Trainer Who Touched Countless Lives, Dies at 75: Larry Demeritte, the beloved Bahamian trainer who overcame immense personal and health challenges to realize his dream of reaching the 2024 Kentucky Derby with West Saratoga, has died at 75, leaving behind a legacy of resilience, inspiration, and unwavering passion for horse racing. Read story here.

Quentin Simonet Elected as European Equestrian Federation President: Quentin Simonet, a seasoned equestrian sports leader with over 17 years of experience, has been elected President of the European Equestrian Federation following a decisive vote, bringing continuity and strategic leadership to the role after the resignation of Theo Ploegmakers. Read story here.

Final Trailer Released for Neal McDonough’s Western Thriller 'The Last Rodeo': Neal McDonough’s upcoming film The Last Rodeo, hitting theaters May 23, follows a retired rodeo legend’s daring return to the arena to save his grandson, blending McDonough’s deep ties to the PBR community with a heartfelt, high-stakes family drama. Read story here.

Latest HISA Report Highlights Safety Improvements, Training-Related Fatalities, and Whip Rule Violations: The latest HISA report reveals steady racing fatality rates overall, significant safety improvements at smaller tracks like Turf Paradise and Sunland Park, troublingly high fatality rates in Pennsylvania tracks, and confirms that training-related horse deaths remain rare compared to racing incidents. Read story here.

How Young Equestrians Manage Performance and Mental Health: Young equestrians, driven by passion and ambition, navigate intense pressures from all sides as they strive for excellence, balancing the demands of high-performance competition with the growing importance of mental health and wellbeing. Read story here.

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DKB PFERDEWOCHE Hohen Wieschendorf 2025 📍 Hohen Wieschendorf, Germany | 📅 May 20–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Canadian Premier CSI5* 📍 Langley, Canada | 📅 May 21–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Wellington CSI 2025 📍 Wellington Riding Heckfield, UK | 📅 May 21–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

WEC Ohio Spring I 📍 Wilmington, Ohio, United States | 📅 May 21–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI3* Gassin - St Tropez 📍 Gassin - St Tropez, France | 📅 May 21–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Nashville Country 📍 Franklin, United States | 📅 May 21–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

HITS-on-the-Hudson I 📍 New York, United States | 📅 May 21–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

BK/CB Dressage Lier 📍 Lier, Belgium | 📅 May 21–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Rancho Salazar 2025 📍 Lerma, Mexico | 📅 May 21–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CDI3* World Equestrian Center – Ocala May Dressage 📍 Ocala, United States | 📅 May 21–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Longines EEF Series Stutteri Ask - CSIO3*, CSI2*, CSIU25 📍 Martofte, Denmark | 📅 May 21–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Thunderbird Show Park 2025 📍 Langley, British Columbia, Canada | 📅 May 21–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Piazza di Siena - CSIO5* Rome 2025 📍 Rome, Italy | 📅 May 21–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Longines EEF Series Peelbergen – CSIO3*/CSI1*/CSIYH 📍 Kronenberg, Netherlands | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Lisbon 2025 📍 Lisboa, Portugal | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Budapest - CSI2*, CSI*, CSIYH1*, CSIU25-A 📍 Budapest, Hungary | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Will Rogers Stampede Legacy SR 📍 Claremore, OK | 📅 May 22, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CDI1* Copa del Azúcar 2025 📍 Quito, Colombia | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Montfort-sur-Meu 📍 Montfort-sur-Meu, France | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Harmony in Motion CDI3* Borge 📍 Borge, Norway | 📅 May 22–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI** Riesenbeck International 📍 Riesenbeck, Germany | 📅 May 22–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CDI3*-W Olomouc 📍 Olomouc, Czechia | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Großes Springturnier Isny-Rohrdorf 📍 Isny-Rohrdorf, Germany | 📅 May 22–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2*- CSI1*- CSIYH - Ippos Tour 📍 Ippos Club, Thessaloníki, Greece | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI 2* Sentower 📍 Opglabbeek, Belgium | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

STX Cyclus 7: Courriere 📍 Courriere, Belgium | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSI4* Canteleu 📍 Canteleu, France | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Festiwalu Jeździeckiego Baborówko 2025 📍 Baborówko, Poland | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

DM for seniorer og para samt Agria DRF-mesterskab for U25 (B) 📍 Dressurakademiet, Denmark | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Cuers Pierrefeu 📍 Cuers Pierrefeu, France | 📅 May 22–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Maiturnier Frankenhof Sonnefeld 📍 Sonnefeld, Germany | 📅 May 22–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

British Dressage High Profile Show 2025 📍 Somerford Park, Cheshire, UK | 📅 May 23, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Ruhlsdorf Dressurturnier mit Berliner Luft - DSP Hybrid-Dressurfohlenauktion 📍 Teltow/Ruhlsdorf, Germany | 📅 May 23, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Mélykút - CAI2*, CAI3* - Nemzetközi Fogathajtó Verseny 📍 Mélykút, Hungary | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Kaposvár AK - CCI3*-S/ CCI2*-L/ CCI2*-S, CCI1*-Intro 📍 Kaposvár, Hungary | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Vale View - Second Rounds Show 📍 Leicester, United Kingdom | 📅 May 23–26, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Coles Tractor & Equip Regional PRCA Rodeo 📍 Farmington, MO | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Tonasket PRCA Founders Day Rodeo 📍 Tonasket, WA | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Tonasket PRCA Rodeo 📍 Tonasket, WA | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Twisted X Rough Stock Challenge 📍 Decatur, TX | 📅 May 23, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement Pro Rodeo 📍 Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement, AB | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Will Rogers Stampede 📍 Claremore, OK | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Wilson County Pro Rodeo 📍 Fredonia, KS | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Stockyards Pro Rodeo 📍 Fort Worth, TX | 📅 May 23, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Valley Center Stampede Rodeo 📍 Valley Center, CA | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Airvent Lovas Club - CSN (Nemzeti és felkészítő verseny) 📍 Kecskemét, Hungary | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Bandera Pro Rodeo 📍 Bandera, TX | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Colorado Stampede📍 Grand Junction, CO | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Wilson County Pro Rodeo Legacy Steer Roping 📍 Fredonia, KS | 📅 May 23, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

PRCA Last Stand Rodeo 📍 Coulee City, WA | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Ag Expo Pro Rodeo 📍 Watford City, ND | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Elitestevne Sprang - Arendal Rideklubb 📍 Arendal, Norway | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Pohjola Series Dressage - Myrkyn Ratsukarnevaalit 📍 Karijoki, Finland | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CSN4* Real Club Pineda - Ruta de Primavera - LIGA NACIONAL DE SALTOS RFHE 2025 📍 Sevilla, Spain | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Pohjola Series Jumping - Stable Nova 📍 Hyvinkää, Finland | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Addington Equestrian - Senior British Showjumping 3 Day Show 📍 Addington, United Kingdom | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Concours KRV Bolligen 📍 Bern, Switzerland | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Barbaste 📍 Barbaste, France | 📅 May 23–24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Elzer Reitertage 📍 Elz, Germany | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Chard - British Showjumping Derby Show 📍 Somerset, United Kingdom | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Tasdorfer Turniertage 📍 Tasdorf, Germany | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Mullingar International Horse Show - Week 1 📍 Mullingar, Ireland | 📅 May 23 -24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Linz-Ebelsberg - CSN-B* - Summer Opening 2025 📍 Linz-Ebelsberg, Austria | 📅 May 23–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Bicton International Horse Trials and FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ 2025 of Great Britain 📍 Bicton, United Kingdom | 📅 May 24–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

British Dressage Premier League 2025 📍 Somerford Park, Cheshire, UK | 📅 May 24–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CDN2* y Copa ANCCE BAZREAL 2025 📍 Madrid, Spain | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

III Copa Anagan de Salto de Obstáculos - Centro Hípico Mungia 2025 📍 Mungia, Spain | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Tournée des As - Notre Dame d'Estrées 📍 Notre Dame d'Estrées, France | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Cowtown Rodeo 📍 Woodstown Pilesgrove, NJ | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Hood County Stampede 📍 Granbury, TX | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

CHI Pärnu - Week 1 📍 Parnu, Estonia | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Young Horse Test | Österlens Hästvänner 📍 Bollerup, Sweden | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Young Horse Test | SWB Ädla Hästen Skaraborg 📍 Grevagården, Sweden | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Mülheim 📍 Mülheim, Germany | 📅 May 24, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

NSEA Championships Eventers Challenge at Hickstead 📍 Haywards Heath, United Kingdom | 📅 May 24–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

German 1000 Guineas Racing 2025 📍 Düsseldorf, Germany | 📅 May 24–25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Düsseldorf 📍 Düsseldorf, Germany | 📅 May 25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Aintree Spring PoP Festival 📍 Liverpool, United Kingdom | 📅 May 25–27, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Český skokový pohár Zduchovice 📍 Zduchovice, Czechia | 📅 May 25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Trophée International Mohammed VI de Polo 📍 Morocco | 📅 May 25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Back When They Bucked 📍 Deadwood, SD | 📅 May 25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

Glennville Round-Up Rodeo 📍 Glennville, CA | 📅 May 25, 2025 | 🎥 Event details

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