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Arrest Made on Horseback in NYC Streets: A NYPD mounted officer riding horse Kelly chased and helped detain a purse theft suspect in Manhattan after a street pursuit captured on video, with the woman later charged with larceny and false information, and authorities noting she was ultimately apprehended with assistance from a bystander. Read story here. (NY Times)

1/ST Voices Support for the SAFE Act: 1/ST President Aidan Butler urges the racing industry to unite behind the SAFE Act, stressing lifelong responsibility for horse welfare and warning that failing to support federal action to end slaughter and exports risks the sport’s credibility and future. Read story here. (1/ST)

26 NJ Horses Exposed to Equine Herpes: A Burlington County, New Jersey property has been quarantined after a 17-year-old horse developed equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM) from EHV-1, leading to hospitalization of the horse and quarantine of 26 others, with officials reporting no recent movement or known link to earlier regional cases and a low spread risk. Read story here. (The Horse)

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Trainer Heineking Sues SafeSport and USEF: Suspended jumper trainer Christian Heineking has filed a federal lawsuit against SafeSport and USEF, alleging they denied him due process and unlawfully destroyed his career through prolonged sanctions based on uncorroborated allegations, despite criminal charges being dismissed and reduced to a misdemeanor conviction. Read story here. (Chronicle of the Horse)

Women’s Rodeo Signs Landmark Scripps TV Deal: A new Scripps national TV deal will bring Premier Women’s Rodeo into over 125 million homes via ION and Grit, expanding visibility for female athletes and launching major 2026–2027 programming, while commissioner Linsay Rosser Sumpter highlights its importance for reaching rural audiences and growing the sport’s storytelling and opportunities. Read story here. (Rodeo SI)

FEI Tribunal Issues Final Anti-Doping Ruling: The FEI Tribunal accepted a settlement in an anti-doping case after Quetzalcoatl Z tested positive for a banned substance, ruling that rider Saree Gordon Solanki bore no fault or negligence and imposing no suspension or fine. Read story here. (FEI)

NCAA Equestrian NCEA Championships | 📍 World Equestrian Center Ocala, FL, United States | 📅 March 30–April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

40 Holsteiner Frühjahrsauktion | 📍 Elmshorn, Germany | 📅 March 30–April 17, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

U.S. Open Polo Championship® | 📍 National Polo Center - Wellington, FL, United States | 📅 April 1–26, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Delegate's Cup | 📍 Beldi Polo Club, Loxahatchee, FL, United States | 📅 April 3–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Butler Handicap® | 📍 Port Mayaca Polo Club, Okeechobee, FL, United States | 📅 April 3–15, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo | 📍 San Angelo, TX, United States | 📅 April 3–17, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

SOUTHWESTERN CIRCUIT GENERAL S. BROWN | 📍 Houston Polo Club, Houston, TX, United States | 📅 April 9–23, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Van Olst Stallionshow 2026 | 📍 Den Hout, Netherlands | 📅 April 13, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Outdoor Late Entry Riesenbeck International | 📍 Riesenbeck, Germany | 📅 April 14–15, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Spring MET 2026 Tour IV Week 2 | 📍 Oliva, Spain | 📅 April 14–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

National Reining Breeders Classic 2026 | 📍 Tulsa, OK, United States | 📅 April 14–24, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

A Sudden Impulse AQHA, FQHA & NSBA Futurity | 📍 World Equestrian Center Ocala, FL, United States | 📅 April 14–17, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

PSCJ ANCCE Medina Sidonia 2026 | 📍 Medina Sidonia, Spain | 📅 April 14–16, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Brownland Farm Spring I | 📍 Franklin, TN, United States | 📅 April 15–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Paso Park Spring Classic | 📍 Paso Robles, CA, United States | 📅 April 15–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Szilvásvárad CSI3*-W | 📍 Szilvásvárad, Hungary | 📅 April 15–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Polowa próba wierzchowa | 📍 Radzionków, Poland | 📅 April 15, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

NAF Five Star Winter Dressage Championships 2026 | 📍 Addington Equestrian, UK | 📅 April 15–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Adelaide Equestrian Festival 2026 | 📍 Australia | 📅 April 16–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Florida Circuit Congressional Cup | 📍 Boynton Beach, FL, United States | 📅 April 16–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Bluebonnet S | 📍 Lone Star Park, TX, United States | 📅 April 16, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

FEI Jumping Nations Cup Youth 2026 Compiègne | 📍 Compiègne, France | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

The Welsh Masters | 📍 Chepstow, United Kingdom | 📅 April 16–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Frühlingsturnier Hof Sosath | 📍 Lemwerder, Germany | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Internationales Vielseitigkeitsturnier Gut Weiherhof CCI3* / CCI2* | 📍 Radolfzell, Germany | 📅 April 16–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Springturnier Worms-Pfeddersheim | 📍 Worms, Germany | 📅 April 16–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

III Symposium Internacional masquecaballos.es 2026 | 📍 Huelva, Spain | 📅 April 16–17, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* LGCT Mexico presented by GNP Seguros | 📍 Ciudad de México, Mexico | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Kranichsteiner Frühjahrsopening | 📍 Darmstadt-Kranichstein, Germany | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Del Mar National Horse Show Dressage Week CDI3* | 📍 Del Mar, CA, United States | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Big D Charity Horse Show | 📍 Weatherford, TX, United States | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

CSI 2* Sentower | 📍 Oudsbergen, Belgium | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Gorla Minore | 📍 Gorla Minore, Italy | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Reiterhof Stückler CSI2* Lavanttal Showjumping Festival Spring Tour Week 2 | 📍 St. Margarethen, Austria | 📅 April 16–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Plenty of Grace S | 📍 Aqueduct, NY, United States | 📅 April 17, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Baird Doubledogdare S (G2) | 📍 Keeneland, KY, United States | 📅 April 17, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Southwestern Circuit Congressional Cup | 📍 San Antonio, TX, United States | 📅 April 17–20, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Ocala International Festival of Eventing 2026 | 📍 Ocala, FL, United States | 📅 April 17–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Red Bluff Round-Up | 📍 Red Bluff, CA, United States | 📅 April 17–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Make-A-Wish Pro Rodeo | 📍 Hempstead, TX, United States | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Midwest Horse Fair & Rodeo | 📍 Madison, WI, United States | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Longview PRCA Rodeo | 📍 Longview, TX, United States | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Elitestevne Sprang Grenland Ryttersportsklubb | 📍 Grenland, Norway | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

CWEN-C Working Equitation Turnier RC Pferdezentrum Stadl-Paura 2026 WAWE Qualifier | 📍 Stadl-Paura, Austria | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

B-stævne FRV med Bundgaard Byg | 📍 Denmark | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

North Holland Horse Trials | 📍 Oudkarspel, Netherlands | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Ebreichspark COMER City CSN-B* Spring Tour 2026 | 📍 Ebreichsdorf, Austria | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

CSN-B Matosinhos | 📍 Centro Hípico do Porto e Matosinhos, Portugal | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Lidköpings Ridklubbs Vårdressyr | 📍 Lidköpings Ridklubb, Sweden | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Hevosopisto Spring Finals | 📍 Ypäjä, Finland | 📅 April 17–18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

CSN** Kobilarna Lipica – POKAL SLO | 📍 Lipica, Slovenia | 📅 April 17–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Pulai Lovaspark SE CSN Nemzeti és felkészítő verseny | 📍 Balatonvilágos, Hungary | 📅 April 17–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Ising Open Sales | 📍 Gut Ising, Germany | 📅 April 17, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Burnham Market International Horse Trials | 📍 Burnham Market, United Kingdom | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Stallion AI Stallion Parade | 📍 Shropshire, United Kingdom | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

CS Giubiasco | 📍 Giubiasco, Switzerland | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

CDN*** & Copa ANCCE Liga Nacional de Doma Clásica RFHE Gran Premio Equus Duri 2026 | 📍 Zamora, Spain | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Pferdesporttage Team Balmer | 📍 Aesch (Neftenbach), Switzerland | 📅 April 18–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Magdeburg | 📍 Magdeburg, Germany | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Kiskunhalas CSN Felkészítő és országos verseny | 📍 Kiskunhalas, Hungary | 📅 April 18–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Le Printemps des Sports Equestres FEI Dressage Nations Cup 2026 CDIO5 CSI5 Master Pro | 📍 Fontainebleau, France | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Bay Shore S | 📍 Aqueduct, NY, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Grand National Timber | 📍 Butler, MD, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

It's Only Money S | 📍 Hollywood Casino At Charles Town Races, WV, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Pepsi S | 📍 Fonner Park, NE, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Antares S (G3) | 📍 JRA, Japan | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Ben Ali S (G3) | 📍 Keeneland, KY, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

VisitLEX Elkhorn S (G2T) | 📍 Keeneland, KY, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Dahlia S | 📍 Laurel Park, MD, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Federico Tesio S | 📍 Laurel Park, MD, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Henry S. Clark S | 📍 Laurel Park, MD, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

King T. Leatherbury S | 📍 Laurel Park, MD, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Weber City Miss S | 📍 Laurel Park, MD, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Bathhouse Row S | 📍 Oaklawn Park, AR, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Oaklawn H (G2) | 📍 Oaklawn Park, AR, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Valley of the Vapors S | 📍 Oaklawn Park, AR, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

American S (G3T) | 📍 Santa Anita Park, CA, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Grand National Steeplechase | 📍 Butler, MD, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Middleburg Spring Races | 📍 Middleburg, VA, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Northeastern Circuit Arena Women's Challenge | 📍 Newburgh, NY, United States | 📅 April 18–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Pacific Coast Circuit Admiral Chester W. Nimitz | 📍 Lakeside, CA, United States | 📅 April 18–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Battle Born Broncs | 📍 Fallon, NV, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

San Angelo Cinch Chute-Out | 📍 San Angelo, TX, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Weekley Brothers Davie Pro Rodeo | 📍 Davie, FL, United States | 📅 April 18, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Lea County Classic Steer Roping | 📍 Lovington, NM, United States | 📅 April 18–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

MS Gulf Coast Pro Rodeo | 📍 Gulfport, MS, United States | 📅 April 18–19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Corpus Christi GB Qualifier | 📍 Hamilton, TX, United States | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Loudoun Hunt Point To Point | 📍 Leesburg, VA, United States | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Biogio's Rose S | 📍 Aqueduct, NY, United States | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Fukushima Himba S (G3T) | 📍 JRA, Japan | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Satsuki Sho (Japanese Two Thousand Guineas) (G1T) | 📍 JRA, Japan | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Palisades S | 📍 Keeneland, KY, United States | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Santa Maria S (G3) | 📍 Santa Anita Park, CA, United States | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Český skokový pohár Martinice | 📍 Martinice, Czechia | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag München | 📍 München, Germany | 📅 April 19, 2026 | 🎥 Event details

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