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Retired Jockey Saves Child from Drowning in Ocean: Former jockey George Chaloner heroically rescued an 8- or 9-year-old boy from a riptide in the U.K., using his lifeguard skills to bring him safely back to shore. Read story here.

Family Showdown Ends with Siegel-Magness as Third Woman to Claim Silver Cup: In a historic 125th Silver Cup final at Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, 90210 defeated Bentley Estates Homies 11-7 in a rare mother-son matchup, earning the team’s first title as Sarah Siegel-Magness became only the third woman to win the prestigious trophy. Read story here.

Fixed Odds Betting Sparks Debate in U.S. Racing: Fixed-odds wagering is emerging as a key strategy for U.S. horse racing to attract new bettors and compete with other sports, with industry leaders exploring ways to integrate it alongside traditional pari-mutuel pools while learning from successful models like Australia to grow interest, revenue, and long-term engagement. Read story here.

NRCHA Announces 2026 Hall of Fame Inductees: The NRCHA will induct Jo Anne Carollo, Robert Chown, and champion sire Very Smart Remedy into its Hall of Fame on April 10, 2026, during the CINCH Stallion Stakes in Las Vegas. Read story here.

US Equestrian National Affiliate Championships & Events – Aug/Sept 2025: From mid-August through September 2025, US Equestrian national affiliates will host a packed slate of championship events across breeds and disciplines nationwide, showcasing everything from vaulting and hunter breeding to eventing, Arabians, Morgans, Saddlebreds, Welsh ponies, western dressage, and Paso Finos. Read story here.

US Eventing Association Board of Governors Mid-Year Meeting: At its August mid-year meeting in Virginia, the USEA Board of Governors addressed budget cuts, declining membership and starters, program sustainability, and volunteer shortages, while celebrating successes, advancing new initiatives like a combined test leaderboard, and planning strategies to strengthen and grow the sport. Read story here.

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TIP Copa de Plata 📍 Sotogrande | 📅 August 4–16 | 🎥 Event details

Lynden PRCA Rodeo 📍 Lynden, WA | 📅 August 11–12 | 🎥 Event details

Dacotah Bank Stampede Rodeo 📍 Aberdeen, SD | 📅 August 11–12 | 🎥 Event details

Pony Club's JCB National Championships 📍 Offchurch Bury, Warwickshire, UK | 📅 August 11–16 | 🎥 Event details

BK/CB Young Horses 📍 Gesves, Belgium | 📅 August 11–17 | 🎥 Event details

British Showjumping Academy Championships 📍 Kenilworth, United Kingdom | 📅 August 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

Canby Rodeo 📍 Canby, OR | 📅 August 12–16 | 🎥 Event details

Caldwell Night Rodeo 📍 Caldwell, ID | 📅 August 12–16 | 🎥 Event details

Thunderbird Show Park Summer Fort Classic 📍 Langley, British Columbia, Canada | 📅 August 12–17 | 🎥 Event details

Bluegrass Festival Horse Show 📍 Lexington, KY, United States | 📅 August 12–16 | 🎥 Event details

Platinum Performance/USHJA Green Hunter Incentive and International Hunter Derby Championships 📍 Lexington, KY, United States | 📅 August 12–16 | 🎥 Event details

Summer Fort Classic 📍 Langley, Canada | 📅 August 12–17 | 🎥 Event details

CDN3* & Copa ANCCE - Heras Horses & Events Dressage Tour (Week 1) 📍 Heras, Spain | 📅 August 12 | 🎥 Event details

Grand Prix Sales - Dressage Foals 📍 Online, Netherlands | 📅 August 12 | 🎥 Event details

Teuto Classics 📍 Hagen aTW, Germany | 📅 August 12–17 | 🎥 Event details

FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ of Belgium - Arville 📍 Arville, Belgium | 📅 August 13-17 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Auvers 📍 Auvers, France | 📅 August 13–16 | 🎥 Event details

Zurich Equestrian Masters 📍 Dielsdorf, Switzerland | 📅 August 13–16 | 🎥 Event details

Reitsporttage auf dem Waldhauser Hof 📍 Sauerlach, Germany | 📅 August 13–17 | 🎥 Event details

Schweicher Reitertage auf der Pferdesportanlage Gosert 📍 Schweich, Germany | 📅 August 13–16 | 🎥 Event details

Wyoming State Fair & Rodeo 📍 Douglas, WY | 📅 August 13–14 | 🎥 Event details

Inter-State Rodeo 📍 Coffeyville, KS | 📅 August 13–14 | 🎥 Event details

Juneau County Fair Pro Rodeo 📍 Mauston, WI | 📅 August 13–14 | 🎥 Event details

Fallon County Fair & Rodeo 📍 Baker, MT | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

Clearwater Rodeo 📍 Clearwater, MN | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

McCone County Fair PRCA Rodeo 📍 Circle, MT | 📅 August 14–15 | 🎥 Event details

Lyon County Fair PRCA Rodeo 📍 Marshall, MN | 📅 August 14–15 | 🎥 Event details

Cassia County Fair & Rodeo 📍 Burley, ID | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

McCone County Fair PRCA Rodeo 📍 Circle, MT | 📅 August 14–15 | 🎥 Event details

Gooding Pro Rodeo 📍 Gooding, ID | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo 📍 Kalispell, MT | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

Draf Auction 📍 Belgium | 📅 August 14 | 🎥 Event details

Görlitzer Summer Weeks - Dressur 📍 Görlitz, Germany | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

RBC Ottawa International CSI5* CSI2* 📍 Wesley Clover Parks, Ottawa, Canada | 📅 August 14–17 | 🎥 Event details

Showjumping Event Schnarup-Thumby 📍 Schnarup, Germany | 📅 August 14–17 | 🎥 Event details

117 Dobrock-Turnier 📍 Wingst, Germany | 📅 August 14–17 | 🎥 Event details

CHAPS Summer Championship 📍 Arena UK | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

USEF/EVUSA Vaulting National Championship 📍 Rancho Murieta, United States | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

The Al Shira'aa British Young Horse Championships at Hickstead 📍 Haywards Heath, United Kingdom | 📅 August 14–17 | 🎥 Event details

Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaften Voltigieren 📍 München-Riem, Germany | 📅 August 14–17 | 🎥 Event details

Agria DRF-mesterskab for pony og Topponyer Stil Cup finale 📍 Hovgaard Rideklub, Denmark | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Barbaste 📍 Barbaste, France | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

CSI4* Longines Deauville Classic 📍 Deauville, France | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

Reiterhof Stückler - CSI2* - LAVANTTAL SHOWJUMPING FESTIVAL Week 2 📍 Wolfsberg, Austria | 📅 August 14–17 | 🎥 Event details

Värnamobygdens Ryttarförening 3* och 2* tävling i hoppning med DM Småland 📍 Sörjö Gård, Sweden | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

Pferdesporttage Sursee 📍 Sursee, Switzerland | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

HORSE classics Killingen 📍 Killingen, Germany | 📅 August 14–17 | 🎥 Event details

Schweizer Meisterschaften Springen 📍 Kappelen-Lyss, Switzerland | 📅 August 14–16 | 🎥 Event details

Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series 📍 Steamboat Springs, CO | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

St. Croix Valley PRCA Rodeo 📍 Glenwood City, WI | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Seward County PRCA Rodeo 📍 Liberal, KS | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Oregon Trail Rodeo 📍 Hastings, NE | 📅 August 15–17 | 🎥 Event details

Cranbrook Pro Rodeo 📍 Cranbrook, BC | 📅 August 15–17 | 🎥 Event details

Wichita Falls PRCA Rodeo 📍 Wichita Falls, TX | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Annual World's Oldest Continuous Rodeo 📍 Payson, AZ | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Painted Pony Championship Rodeo 📍 Lake Luzerne, NY | 📅 August 15-16 | 🎥 Event details

Tehachapi Mountain Rodeo 📍 Tehachapi, CA | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Young Horse Test | SWB Ädla Hästen Skaraborg 📍 Grevagården, Sweden | 📅 August 15 | 🎥 Event details

Wichita Falls PRCA Rodeo 📍 Wichita Falls, TX | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

CSN** Laredo horse & Fun Week 2 📍 Laredo, Spain | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

AUGUST CSI | CSI2*/1*/YH* Peelbergen 📍 Kronenberg, Netherlands | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

NM Dressur - Grenland Ryttersportsklubb 📍 Grenland, Norway | 📅 August 15–17 | 🎥 Event details

MPMK-B Łąck 2025 📍 Łąck, Poland | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Summer Breeze 📍 Runsten, Sweden | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Pulai Lovaspark SE - CSN (Nemzeti és felkészítő verseny) 📍 Balatonvilágos, Hungary | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Equistro Fohlencup PZG Holledau 📍 Ingolstadt, Germany | 📅 August 15 | 🎥 Event details

48 Pferdefestival Holtensen Springen 📍 Göttingen-Holtensen, Germany | 📅 August 15–16 | 🎥 Event details

Aintree - Summer POP Festival 📍 Liverpool, United Kingdom | 📅 August 15–17 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Saarbrücken 📍 Saarbrücken, Germany | 📅 August 15 | 🎥 Event details

U.S. Polo Assn. Pacific Coast Open Semifinals and Final 📍 Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club | 📅 August 15–31 | 🎥 Event details

Mesquite Championship Rodeo 📍 Mesquite, TX | 📅 August 16 | 🎥 Event details

Cowtown Rodeo 📍 Woodstown Pilesgrove, NJ | 📅 August 16 | 🎥 Event details

CDN3* & Copa ANCCE - Heras Horses & Events Dressage Tour (Week 2) 📍 Heras, Spain | 📅 August 16 | 🎥 Event details

Bábolna - CDN - Északnyugat Magyarországi Regionális Döntő 📍 Bábolna, Hungary | 📅 August 16 | 🎥 Event details

Savings Banks Race Day 📍 Krefeld, Germany | 📅 August 16–17 | 🎥 Event details

Målselvspranget 📍 Olsborg, Norway | 📅 August 16 | 🎥 Event details

Mistrovství České republiky v drezuře 📍 Brno, Czechia | 📅 August 16 | 🎥 Event details

South View - British Showjumping Senior Scope Festival 📍 Cheshire, United Kingdom | 📅 August 16–19 | 🎥 Event details

Fences Deauville Classic Auction 📍 Deauville, France | 📅 August 16 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Halle 📍 Halle, Germany | 📅 August 16 | 🎥 Event details

Wayne Herman Invitational Xtreme Broncs 📍 Golden Valley, ND | 📅 August 17 | 🎥 Event details

Xtreme Broncs Finals 📍 Rapid City, SD | 📅 August 17 | 🎥 Event details

DSP-Stutenchampionat 📍 Sauerlach, Germany | 📅 August 17 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Krefeld 📍 Krefeld, Germany | 📅 August 17 | 🎥 Event details

Český skokový pohár Opava 📍 Opava, Czechia | 📅 August 17 | 🎥 Event details

Pyecombe - British Showjumping Sunday Senior Show 📍 West Sussex, United Kingdom | 📅 August 17 | 🎥 Event details

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