Horse Illustrated covers equestrian events and conferences in order to give readers a first-hand perspective and the latest news. Events include the FEI World Equestrian Games, the Olympic Games, Kentucky Three-Day Event, the Equus Film and Arts Fest, national championships and breed and discipline championships, international discipline events, BreyerFest, the Adequan FEI North American Youth Championships, and more. Keep up to date on who the latest winners are from your favorite event, catch the action through photos from staff, and feel like you are there during our live coverage. And let us help you plan your trip to your favorite equine event.
2024 Paris Olympics: Q&A with Adrienne Lyle of the U.S. Olympic Dressage Team
July 13, 2024
Making her third Olympic appearance for the U.S. Olympic Dressage Team, Adrienne Lyle will arrive in Paris with two new additions: her new mount, Helix, and her 9-month-old daughter, Bailey. A 2012 Dutch Warmblood gelding owned by Zen Elite Equestrian Center and cared for by Marina Lemay, Helix was purchased...
BreyerFest 2024: Celebrate with Blue Zeus Limited Edition Figure Model and Clare Staples of Skydog Ranch & Sanctuary
July 11, 2024
LEXINGTON, KY – BreyerFest 2024, the annual celebration of all things equestrian, will feature an exciting new addition this year: the Blue Zeus model figure. This highly anticipated release celebrates the stunning blue roan Mustang stallion, Blue Zeus, who now resides at Skydog Ranch & Sanctuary in Prineville, Oregon. Clare...
2024 Paris Paralympics: US Equestrian Announces U.S. Paralympic Equestrian Team for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
July 11, 2024
LEXINGTON, KY. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the United States as part of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. Para-equestrian competition will begin on Tuesday, September 3, and continue through Saturday, September 7, hosted at the equestrian grounds of Versailles....
2024 Paris Olympics: Equestrian Preview
July 11, 2024
The Olympic torch is currently winding its way through France on the way to the “City of Lights” to ignite the cauldron on the evening of July 26 during the opening of the 33rd Modern Olympiad in Paris. Meanwhile, in national equestrian federation offices and training stables around the world,...
2024 Paris Olympics: US Equestrian Announces U.S. Olympic Jumping Team for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
July 6, 2024
LEXINGTON, KY. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horses combinations selected to represent the U.S. Olympic Jumping Team as a part of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, to be held in Versailles, France, from July 27 – August 9, 2024. The jumping competition will begin...
2024 Paris Olympics: US Equestrian Announces U.S. Olympic Dressage Team for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
June 25, 2024
LEXINGTON, KY. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the four athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the United States as a part of Team USA at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games hosted from July 26 – August 11, 2024. The dressage competition will begin on July 30, 2024, and continue...
2024 Paris Paralympics: US Equestrian Announces U.S. Paralympic Dressage Team Short List
June 21, 2024
LEXINGTON, KY. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the 12 athlete-and-horse combinations selected to the U.S. Paralympic Dressage Team Short List ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games to be held in Versailles, France, from September 2-7, 2024. The team will be led by Chef d’Equipe Michel Assouline and...
True Equestrian Heroes Set Stage for 35th BreyerFest®: Against All Odds July 12-14, 2024 in Lexington, KY
June 12, 2024
PEQUANNOCK, NJ — BreyerFest: Against All Odds spotlights heroic horses and horsepeople with tales of triumph over adversity who have defied expectations and difficulties to become real-life stories of equine empowerment. Now in its 35th year, BreyerFest will take place July 12-14, 2024 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington – and online...
2024 Paris Olympics: US Equestrian Announces U.S. Olympic Eventing Team Ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic Games
June 4, 2024
LEXINGTON, KY. – US Equestrian is pleased to announce the athlete-and-horse combinations selected to represent the U.S. Olympic Eventing Team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games hosted from July 26 – August 11, 2024. Eventing competition will be the first equestrian discipline on the overall Paris 2024 sporting schedule and...
2024 Kentucky Derby: Make Your Pick
May 3, 2024
Read along for a look at each horse competing in the 2024 Kentucky Derby. In 2021, 17,779 Thoroughbred foals in the United States alone were registered with the Jockey Club. This Saturday, only 20 Thoroughbreds — two of them born in Japan — will load into the starting gate for...
