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.

American Eventers Top Three After Dressage at Santiago 2023 Pan Am Games
October 28, 2023
It was time to play in the sandbox for the Pan American Games eventers today as they did their best to correctly execute FEI CCI4* Dressage Test B. Thirty-four competitors from nine Pan American countries moved down center line in front of ground jury members Sandy Phillips (GBR) at...

Eventing Begins at Santiago 2023 Pan American Games
October 27, 2023
As the 2023 Santiago Pan American Games dressage competition ended, event horses grazing alongside their grooms starting dotting the landscape around the Grenadier Regiment Riding School here in Quillota. It is their turn to mix it up for medals and their country’s honor in eventing at the Pan American Games....

2023 Pan American Games: Ecuador’s Julio Mendoza Loor, Based in USA, Wins Gold in Dressage Freestyle, Joao Victor Macari from Brazil Silver and Anna Marek from USA Bronze
October 25, 2023
United States-based Ecuadorian rider Julio Mendoza Loor, riding the 12-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding Jewel’s Goldstrike, captured Ecuador’s first-ever gold medal in dressage today at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. Mendoza is a familiar face to most U.S. dressage fans since he and his wife Jessica are based in South...

Three U.S. Riders Qualify for Santiago 2023 Pan American Games Dressage Freestyle – Watch Live or On Demand
October 25, 2023
Watch the Pan American Games dressage freestyle competition today, Wednesday, October 25, 2023, starting at 11 a.m. Eastern (10 a.m. Central, 9 a.m. Mountain, 8 a.m. Pacific and 5 a.m. Hawaii.) United States riders competing will be Codi Harrison on Katholt’s Bossco, Anna Marek on Fire Fly, and Sarah Tubman...

Take a Trip Backstage with the Horse & Country Livestream Crew
September 29, 2023
As equestrian sports continue to grow in popularity, there are more and more exciting competitions taking place around the world in every discipline. While it is impossible to attend all of these events in person, we now have a virtual front row seat thanks to livestreaming. Horse & Country (H&C),...

Mongol Derby: Second place for U.S. Marine veteran in the world’s toughest horse race
August 21, 2023
The Mongol Derby, the world’s longest and toughest horse race, has been thundering across Mongolia’s steppe for ten days this month. In one of the closest ever races, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran from Massachusetts, Matthew Perella, took second place. Based on the ancient horse messenger system used by Genghis Khan...

BreyerFest®: Driving Forward is July 14-16
June 10, 2023
PEQUANNOCK, NJ — From equine stars to “pony cars,” BreyerFest: DRIVING FORWARD is the fast track to family fun with something for everyone. The annual celebration returns to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, July 14-16, 2023. A mecca for Breyer model horses, the real horses that inspire them, and...

2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event Wrap-Up
April 30, 2023
Under threatening skies, 23,576 fans flocked to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., as the worst of the winds and rains held off to witness the grand finale of the 2023 Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day CCI5*-L Divison It was a nail-biter to the very...

Cross-Country Day is Complete at the Land Rover Kentucky 3-Day Event
April 29, 2023
Cloudy gray skies and sprinkles of rain dotted the landscape at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., for cross-country day at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event. Hailed by fans as the “best weekend all year”—and the best day of the best weekend—34,298 people streamed through the gates to...

Second Day of Dressage is Complete at the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event
April 28, 2023
Under a darkly clouded sky that occasionally gave way to peeks of sun, 13,252 spectators streamed into the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Ky., to watch the second day of dressage at the Land Rover Kentucky Three Day Event. Notably, this was the best Friday attendance since 2017, pre-pandemic. CCI5*-L...