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Ponoka County Trainer Accused of Horse Theft Says She Only Wants Payment Owed: Ponoka-area trainer Katrina Doiron, arrested for allegedly withholding a horse to recoup unpaid training fees, says her actions were meant to secure payment for expenses and work she claims were owed after a dispute with the horse’s owner and his family. Read story here.

UK Horse Racing Plans One-Day Strike Over Tax Dispute: British horse racing will stage its first-ever strike on 10 September, cancelling four race meetings in protest of the Government’s proposed betting tax rise, which the industry warns could cost £330m in revenue and thousands of jobs. Read story here.

Stetson Wright Matches Family Saddle Bronc Record in Idaho Arena: Stetson Wright tied his father, Hall of Famer Cody Wright, with a 90-point saddle bronc ride in Gooding, Idaho, matching the 12-year arena record and securing a key victory in his bid for the NFR. Read story here.

CARMAthon 2025 Generates Nearly $200K for Thoroughbred Aftercare: CARMAthon 2025 raised over $198,000 at Del Mar to support Thoroughbred aftercare, funding vital programs that provide retired racehorses in California with retraining, medical care, and safe second careers. Read story here.

Sovereignty Favored in Small Field for Travers Stakes: Dual classic winner Sovereignty will try to give Hall of Famer Bill Mott his first Travers victory in Saturday’s $1.25 million feature, headlining a star-studded Saratoga card with five Grade 1 races and multiple Breeders’ Cup qualifiers. Read story here.

Horse Park CEO Steps Down as Remaining Owners Plan New Facility in the Desert: After six years of transforming Desert International Horse Park into a world-class venue, co-owners Steve and Lisa Hankin have stepped down, with remaining partners planning to relocate and expand the facility to better align with their vision. Read story here.

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U.S. Polo Assn. Pacific Coast Open Semifinals and Final 📍 Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club | 📅 August 10–31 | 🎥 Event details

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

Cody Nite Rodeo 📍 Cody, WY | 📅 August 18 | 🎥 Event details

Range Days Rodeo 📍 Rapid City, SD | 📅 August 18–20 | 🎥 Event details

Copa de Oro 2025 📍 Santa Maria Polo Club – Sotogrande | 📅 August 18–30 | 🎥 Event details

Starsale Auctions 2025 📍 Tolber – Netherlands | 📅 August 18 | 🎥 Event details

U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions + Para Dressage National Championships 📍 Wayne, IL – United States | 📅 August 18–24 | 🎥 Event details

Horse Heaven Roundup Rodeo 📍 Kennewick, WA | 📅 August 19–23 | 🎥 Event details

BSPS Summer Championship Show 2025 📍 Arena UK | 📅 August 19–23 | 🎥 Event details

Young Star Masters 📍 Grevagården – Sweden | 📅 August 19–23 | 🎥 Event details

Coombelands - Senior British Showjumping 2 Day Show 📍 West Sussex – United Kingdom | 📅 August 19 | 🎥 Event details

Aintree - The Jockey Club RoR National Championships 2025 📍 Liverpool – United Kingdom | 📅 August 19–24 | 🎥 Event details

Rosebud Fair Rodeo Xbroncs 📍 Rosebud, SD | 📅 August 20 | 🎥 Event details

Eastern Montana Fair Rodeo 📍 Miles City, MT | 📅 August 20–21 | 🎥 Event details

Gem State Stampede 📍 Coeur D'alene, ID | 📅 August 20–24 | 🎥 Event details

Kitsap Stampede 📍 Bremerton, WA | 📅 August 20–23 | 🎥 Event details

FEI Driving World Championship for Pairs - Beekbergen 📍 Beekbergen – Netherlands | 📅 August 20–24 | 🎥 Event details

Zurich Youth Masters - FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ Youth 2025 📍 Dielsdorf-Zurich – Switzerland | 📅 August 20–24 | 🎥 Event details

KHJA Horse Show 📍 Lexington, KY – United States | 📅 August 20–23 | 🎥 Event details

Springturnier Durmersheim - Reitanlage im Herrschaftsfeld 📍 Durmersheim – Germany | 📅 August 20–24 | 🎥 Event details

SILICON VALLEY EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL 1 📍 Woodside, CA – United States | 📅 August 20–23 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Del Mar Summer Classic I 📍 Del Mar, CA – United States | 📅 August 20–23 | 🎥 Event details

FEI European Championships J & Y 📍 Strzegom – Poland | 📅 August 20–23 | 🎥 Event details

Delbrück Masters 📍 Delbrück – Germany | 📅 August 20–23 | 🎥 Event details

Waratah World Cup Show 📍 Sydney, New South Wales – Australia | 📅 August 20–24 | 🎥 Event details

Lethbridge Pro Rodeo 📍 Lethbridge, AB | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Ramona Rodeo 📍 Ramona, CA | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Great Plains Stampede Rodeo 📍 Altus, OK | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Deutsche Jugendmeisterschaften Dressur & Springen 📍 Aachen – Germany | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Drentse Veulenveiling 📍 Assen – Netherlands | 📅 August 21 | 🎥 Event details

Moritzburger Championatstage 2025 📍 Moritzburg – Germany | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Championatsfinaler i Springning 📍 Stutteri Ask – Denmark | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Airvent Lovas Club - CSN - OM 📍 Kecskemét – Hungary | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

111 Summer Festival CSI31YH Lier 📍 Lier – Belgium | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

The National Pony Championships 2025 📍 Mullingar Equestrian Centre – Ireland | 📅 August 21–24 | 🎥 Event details

Scone Palace International Horse Trials 📍 Perth – United Kingdom | 📅 August 21–24 | 🎥 Event details

Reitstall Schloss Kammer - BLMM Springen 2025 📍 Schörfling am Attersee – Austria | 📅 August 21–24 | 🎥 Event details

FEI Eventing European Championship for Juniors & Young Riders - Strzegom 📍 Strzegom – Poland | 📅 August 21–24 | 🎥 Event details

Waratah World Cup 2025 📍 Sydney International Equestrian Centre – Australia | 📅 August 21–25 | 🎥 Event details

British Dressage High Profile Show 2025 📍 Bury Farm – Slapton, Buckinghamshire, UK | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Auvers 📍 Auvers – France | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

MP-B Jaszkowo 2025 📍 Jaszkowo – Poland | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

BK/CB Amazones & BvB/CdB Youth 📍 Opglabbeek – Belgium | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Württembergische Meisterschaften 📍 Weilheim/Teck – Germany | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

South View - British Showjumping Junior Scope Festival 📍 Cheshire – United Kingdom | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

CSI5* Major League Show Jumping Angelstone 📍 Toronto – Canada | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Royan 📍 Royan – France | 📅 August 21–23 | 🎥 Event details

Lake Arena Outdoor - CSN-A + CSN-B - THE 35TH ANNIVERSERY SHOW 📍 Wiener Neustadt – Austria | 📅 August 21–24 | 🎥 Event details

Al Shira'aa Turnier der Sieger - Münster 📍 Münster – Germany | 📅 August 21–24 | 🎥 Event details

Watertown Rodeo 📍 Watertown, SD | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Colorado State Fair & Rodeo 📍 Pueblo, CO | 📅 August 22–25 | 🎥 Event details

Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo Series 📍 Steamboat Springs, CO | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

The Big 94.5 Country Topeka PRCA Rodeo 📍 Topeka, KS | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Salmon Stampede PRCA Rodeo 📍 Salmon, ID | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Cattlemen Days Rodeo 📍 Ashland, MO | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Watertown Rodeo 📍 Watertown, SD | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Colorado State Fair & Rodeo 📍 Pueblo, CO | 📅 August 22–25 | 🎥 Event details

Nanton Pro Rodeo 📍 Nanton, AB | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Norco Mounted Posse PRCA Rodeo 📍 Norco, CA | 📅 August 22–24 | 🎥 Event details

Springturnier RFV Rindelbach 📍 Rindelbach – Germany | 📅 August 22–24 | 🎥 Event details

CSN5* CHAS - LIGA NACIONAL DE SALTOS RFHE 2025 📍 Gijón – Spain | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Agria DRF-mesterskab i springning for ponyhold 📍 Sportsrideklubben – Denmark | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

National A3* Ornago - Malaspina 📍 Ornago – Italy | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

3* och 2* tävling i hoppning ridhäst 📍 Horse Park Vellinge – Sweden | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Sandnes Grand Slam Finale D/L Sprang 📍 Sandnes – Norway | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Springturnier Mainz-Bretzenheim 📍 Mainz-Bretzenheim – Germany | 📅 August 22–24 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Copa Michou y Mau 2025 📍 Ciudad de Mexico – Mexico | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Stal Brouwer Auctions - Beekbergen 2025 📍 Beekbergen – Netherlands | 📅 August 22 | 🎥 Event details

WEC August Dressage presented by Hampton Green Farms 📍 Ocala, FL – United States | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

E-hest og Breeders 2025 - Arendal og Grimstad Rideklubb 📍 Arendal – Norway | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Rhine-Ruhr Region Race Day 2025 📍 Mülheim – Germany | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

DP mladi konji & POKAL SLO 2025 CSN** – ŠD KC CELJE 📍 Celje – Slovenia | 📅 August 22–24 | 🎥 Event details

Weston Lawns - Amateur & Veteran Grand Prix Show 📍 Warwickshire – United Kingdom | 📅 August 22–24 | 🎥 Event details

Chepstow Summer International CSI2* 📍 Chepstow – United Kingdom | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Addington Equestrian - Senior British Showjumping 3 Day Show 📍 Addington – United Kingdom | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Veulenveiling Prinsjesdag Droom Hoeve 📍 Grootebroek – Netherlands | 📅 August 22 | 🎥 Event details

Foal Auction 111 2025 📍 Belgium | 📅 August 22–23 | 🎥 Event details

Holsteiner Fohlentage: Landesfohlenchampionat & Auktion 📍 Elmshorn – Germany | 📅 August 22–24 | 🎥 Event details

Interior Frontier Days 📍 Interior, SD | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Maynard Fire Relief Rodeo 📍 Maynard, MN | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Cowtown Rodeo 📍 Woodstown Pilesgrove, NJ | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Mesquite Championship Rodeo 📍 Mesquite, TX | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Interior Frontier Days 📍 Interior, SD | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Big Bend Round Up 📍 Waterville, WA | 📅 August 23–24 | 🎥 Event details

Painted Pony Championship Rodeo 📍 Lake Luzerne, NY | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Mistrovství České republiky pony ve skocích a drezuře 📍 Zduchovice – Czechia | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

3 Fohlenchampionat West & Trakehner Kamingespräch 📍 Windhagen – Germany | 📅 August 23–24 | 🎥 Event details

Pannon Lovasakadémia - CDN - Délnyugat Magyarországi Regionális Döntő 📍 Kaposvár – Hungary | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

The Sussex Club Horseball Open at Hickstead 📍 Haywards Heath – United Kingdom | 📅 August 23–24 | 🎥 Event details

Filly Auction 111 📍 Lier – Belgium | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Dressage Ireland National Youth Championships 📍 CoilÓg Equestrian Centre – Ireland | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Český skokový pohár Ptýrov 📍 Ptýrov – Czechia | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Mülheim 📍 Mülheim – Germany | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Großes Dressur- und Springturnier Holzkirchen-Thann 📍 Holzkirchen-Thann – Germany | 📅 August 23–24 | 🎥 Event details

Schockemoehle Online Auction - Young Jumpers 📍 Online – Germany | 📅 August 23 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Hannover 📍 Hannover – Germany | 📅 August 24 | 🎥 Event details

Agria DRF-mesterskab i dressur for klubhold 📍 Silkeborg Rideklub – Denmark | 📅 August 24 | 🎥 Event details

Fohlenchampionat Land Tage Nord 📍 Hude – Germany | 📅 August 24 | 🎥 Event details

Fohlenschau Zuchthof Wadenspanner 📍 Pattendorf – Germany | 📅 August 24 | 🎥 Event details

CSI5* HAMPTON CLASSIC HORSE SHOW 📍 Bridgehampton, NY – United States | 📅 August 24–30 | 🎥 Event details

Hublot Polo Gold Cup Gstaad Final 2025 📍 Gstaad Polo Club – Suiza | 📅 August 24 | 🎥 Event details

Midwest Open Final 2025 📍 Las Brisas Farm and Polo Club – Chicago | 📅 August 24 | 🎥 Event details

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