Wild Horse Killed, Fort Erie Race Probe & The American Rodeo 2026 🐎🌎💥

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Horse Killed in Assateague Island Crash, First Fatality Since 2022: A 16-year-old wild horse named Gizmo was struck and killed by a driver on Assateague Island, marking the first fatal horse crash there since 2022, with authorities currently investigating. Read story here.

Ontario Probes ‘Very Perplexing’ Fort Erie Race After Princess O Denmark’s Unexpected Loss: The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is reviewing a Fort Erie race where favorite Princess O Denmark lost a commanding lead under jockey Kirk Johnson in a performance described as "very perplexing." Read story here.

The American Rodeo Unveils Exciting Dates for 2026 Edition: The American Rodeo will return in 2026 with a later schedule than in past years, starting with three regional qualifiers in April—East in Lexington, Ky., Central in Oklahoma City, Okla., and West in Las Vegas, Nev.—and culminating with Championship Weekend at Globe Life Field after eight consecutive weeks of FOX coverage. Read story here.

Best Sport, Buttons and Blues Claim First Titles at 2025 USEF Pony Finals: At the 2025 USEF Pony Finals, Best Sport and Buttons and Blues captured their first national titles in the medium regular and small green pony hunter divisions, while the pony jumper championship and small regular hunter competition also kicked off in Lexington. Read story here.

White Abarrio Set to Compete in Pacific Classic: Multiple Grade 1 winner White Abarrio will target the Aug. 30 Pacific Classic at Del Mar, a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” race, before remaining in California to prepare for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Read story here.

Abel Lezcano Returns to Riding Following Kidney Transplant: After being sidelined by kidney failure and undergoing a transplant, veteran jockey Abel Lezcano has defied doctors’ predictions and returned to the saddle. Read story here.

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Whittier Trust Silver Cup® 📍 Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club | 📅 July 25–August 10 | 🎥 Event details

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

Jerome County Fair And Rodeo 📍 Jerome, ID | 📅 August 4–6 | 🎥 Event details

Herwart von der Decken-Schau 📍 Verden, Germany | 📅 August 4 | 🎥 Event details

Kimball - Banner Fair and Rodeo 📍 Kimball, NE | 📅 August 5 | 🎥 Event details

Caribou County Fair & Rodeo 📍 Grace, ID | 📅 August 5–6 | 🎥 Event details

Northeast Montana Fair & Rodeo 📍 Glasgow, MT | 📅 August 5–6 | 🎥 Event details

Field Of Dreams Stampede 📍 La Crete, AB, Canada | 📅 August 5–6 | 🎥 Event details

Equifest 2025 📍 Arena UK | 📅 August 5–9 | 🎥 Event details

Marshall + Sterling USEF Pony Finals 📍 Lexington, KY, United States | 📅 August 5–9 | 🎥 Event details

Del Mar Summer Festival II 📍 Del Mar, CA, United States | 📅 August 5–9 | 🎥 Event details

RDS Dublin Horse Show 2025 📍 Dublin | 📅 August 5–10 | 🎥 Event details

British Showjumping National Championships 2025 📍 Kenilworth, United Kingdom | 📅 August 5–10 | 🎥 Event details

NM sprang - Landsmesterskap ponni og hest - Drammen Ridesenter 📍 Drammen, Norway | 📅 August 5–10 | 🎥 Event details

Cache County Fair And Rodeo 📍 Logan, UT | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Carbon County Stampede 📍 Rawlins, WY | 📅 August 6 | 🎥 Event details

Farm-City Pro Rodeo 📍 Hermiston, OR | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Will Rogers Memorial Rodeo 📍 Vinita, OK | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Lawton Rangers Rodeo 📍 Lawton, OK | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo 📍 Sikeston, MO | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

United States Open Xtreme Broncs Match 📍 Faith, SD | 📅 August 6 | 🎥 Event details

Lawton Rangers Rodeo 📍 Lawton, OK | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

55 Concours Hippique Zuoz 📍 Zuoz, Switzerland | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

CSN5* GTC - Medellín 2025 📍 Medellín, Colombia | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Finala Campionat II 📍 Prejmer, Romania | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

CSI Houten 📍 Houten, Netherlands | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Šamorín DANUBE CHAMPIONS tour - 2025 week 3 📍 Šamorín, Slovakia | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Summer Fort Welcome 📍 Langley, Canada | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Summer Fort Welcome 2025 📍 Thunderbird Show Park, Langley, BC | 📅 August 6–10 | 🎥 Event details

Was will mein Pferd wirklich? Freiheit oder Dressur | mit Kenzie Dysli x Katharina Hemmer 📍 Hilter a.T.W., Germany | 📅 August 6 | 🎥 Event details

WEC Ocala Summer Series IX 📍 WEC Ocala, United States | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses 📍 Verden, Germany | 📅 August 6–10 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Notre Dame d'Estrées 📍 Notre Dame d'Estrées, France | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

Zurich Masters 📍 Dielsdorf, Switzerland | 📅 August 6–9 | 🎥 Event details

CSI5* Major League Show Jumping - GREAT LAKES EQUESTRIAN FESTIVAL VI 📍 Traverse City, MI, United States | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

CSI Lastrup Klein Roscharden mit ESI Fohlen- und Springpferdeauktion 📍 Lastrup, Germany | 📅 August 7 | 🎥 Event details

Bozeman Stampede 📍 Bozeman, MT | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo 📍 Afton, WY | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Owyhee County Rodeo 📍 Homedale, ID | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Garfield County Fair & Rodeo 📍 Rifle, CO | 📅 August 7 | 🎥 Event details

Moffat County Fair Rodeo 📍 Craig, CO | 📅 August 7 | 🎥 Event details

Omak Stampede 📍 Omak, WA | 📅 August 7–10 | 🎥 Event details

Renville County Fair 📍 Bird Island, MN | 📅 August 7 | 🎥 Event details

Summit County Fair & Rodeo 📍 Coalville, UT | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Payette County PRCA Rodeo 📍 New Plymouth, ID | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Missoula Stampede 📍 Missoula, MT | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Bear Paw Roundup 📍 Chinook, MT | 📅 August 7–8 | 🎥 Event details

Bösdorfer Fahrsporttage 📍 Bösdorf, Germany | 📅 August 7–10 | 🎥 Event details

Monheim Gut Blee 📍 Monheim, Germany | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

CSI 4* Sentower - STP Riders Series 📍 Opglabbeek, Belgium | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Festival des Dressurpferdes 📍 Marbach, Germany | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Baborówko Jumping Show 2025 📍 Baborówko, Poland | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Friedrichskoog Classics - Woche II 📍 Friedrichskoog, Germany | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

2025 South African Championships Shongweni 📍 Shongweni, South Africa | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Agria DRF-mesterskaber i springning for pony og children 📍 Kongsdal Rideklub, Denmark | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Teuto Rising Stars 📍 Hagen aTW, Germany | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Finnish Championships - Jumping & Eventing, Ypäjä 📍 Ypäjä, Finland | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Reiterhof Stückler - CSI2* - LAVANTTAL SHOWJUMPING FESTIVAL 2025 Week 1 📍 Wolfsberg, Austria | 📅 August 7–10 | 🎥 Event details

Grand National de CCE - Le Pin 📍 Le Pin, France | 📅 August 7–9 | 🎥 Event details

Airvent Lovas Club - CSN (Nemzeti és felkészítő verseny) 📍 Kecskemét, Hungary | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Bábolna - Championatus II.forduló és Mén-Kanca verseny 📍 Bábolna, Hungary | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Kisbér - FEI Fiatal Fogatlovak Világbajnoksága 📍 Kisbér, Hungary | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

CDN3* Rios EQ - LIGA NACIONAL DE DOMA CLÁSICA GRAN PREMIO 2025 📍 Murcia, Spain | 📅 August 8 | 🎥 Event details

Pferdesporttage Uettligen 📍 Ortschwaben, Switzerland | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

CSN5* Ruta La Cerdanya - LIGA NACIONAL DE SALTOS RFHE 2025 📍 Puigcerda, Spain | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Karl-Oskar Cup 📍 Växjöortens Fältrittklubb, Sweden | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Pannon Lovasakadémia - CSN (Nemzeti és felkészítő verseny) 📍 Kaposvár, Hungary | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Finnish Championship - Dressage, Woikoski 📍 Woikoski, Finland | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

NAF Five Star Hartpury International Horse Trials 2025 📍 Hartpury, Gloucestershire, UK | 📅 August 8–10 | 🎥 Event details

Reitstall Schloss Kammer - CSN-B* CSNP-B 📍 Schörfling am Attersee, Austria | 📅 August 8–10 | 🎥 Event details

CSN** Laredo horse & Fun Week 1 - 2025 📍 Laredo, Spain | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Flanders Embryo Auction Dublin 📍 Dublin, Ireland | 📅 August 8 | 🎥 Event details

Veulenveiling Prinsjesdag CSI Houten 📍 Houten, Netherlands | 📅 August 8 | 🎥 Event details

Deutsche Meisterschaften Voltigieren 📍 München-Riem, Germany | 📅 August 8–10 | 🎥 Event details

Van Bockxgrave Young Stallion Auction 📍 Online, Netherlands | 📅 August 8 | 🎥 Event details

Steamboat Springs Prorodeo Series 📍 Steamboat Springs, CO | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Yakima Valley Fair and Rodeo 📍 Grandview, WA | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Ventura County Fair Rodeo 📍 Ventura, CA | 📅 August 8–10 | 🎥 Event details

Guy Weadick Days 📍 High River, AB, Canada | 📅 August 8–10 | 🎥 Event details

Sully County Fair and Rodeo 📍 Onida, SD | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Linn County Fair & Rodeo 📍 Mound City, KS | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Sand & Sage Roundup 📍 Lamar, CO | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Silver Sage Pro Rodeo 📍 Clitherall, MN | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Lincoln County Fair and Rodeo 📍 Hugo, CO | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Cascade Pro Rodeo 📍 Cascade, MT | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Rusk County Fair Pro Rodeo 📍 Ladysmith, WI | 📅 August 8–9 | 🎥 Event details

Painted Pony Championship Rodeo 📍 Lake Luzerne, NY | 📅 August 8-9 | 🎥 Event details

Dawson Creek Exhibition & Stampede 📍 Dawson Creek, BC, Canada | 📅 August 9–10 | 🎥 Event details

Cowtown Rodeo 📍 Woodstown Pilesgrove, NJ | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

Mesquite Championship Rodeo 📍 Mesquite, TX | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

Berlin Grand Prize 2025 📍 Berlin-Hoppegarten, Germany | 📅 August 9–10 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag München 📍 München, Germany | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

CDN3* CECyL - LIGA NACIONAL DE DOMA CLÁSICA CABALLOS JÓVENES 2025 📍 Segovia, Spain | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

38 Oldenburger Elite-Fohlenauktion 📍 Vechta, Germany | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

Kiskunhalas - CDN - Kelet Magyarországi Regionális Döntő 📍 Kiskunhalas, Hungary | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

KWPN Nationale Tuigpaardendag 📍 Ermelo, Netherlands | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

CCI Borová 📍 Borová, Czechia | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

Mistrovství České republiky spřežení 📍 Semice, Czechia | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

Flanders Foal Auction Sentower 📍 Opglabbeek, Belgium | 📅 August 9 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Berlin-Hoppegarten 📍 Berlin-Hoppegarten, Germany | 📅 August 10 | 🎥 Event details

Český skokový pohár Jítrava 📍 Jítravský Dvorec, Czechia | 📅 August 10 | 🎥 Event details

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