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Construction is well underway of two of five new horse barns for newly developed area of Wellington International scheduled to host the Global Dressage Festival in 2027.The roofs of both barns are being installed as work progresses on building concrete pads for the three other barns.Plans call for each barn to have 60 horse stalls measuring 12 ft. x 12 ft./3.6m x 3.6m.

Today, February 17, 2026, marks the beginning of the new year, according to the traditional Chinese calendar. 2026 is the year of the Fire Horse and also marks the 43rd year in the 78th cycle of this calendar system. While the turn of the year in the Gregorian calendar took place on January 1, the Chinese New Year is based on the lunar calendar.

The US Equestrian Federation (USEF) is launching a new program for combined driving - a Chef d’Equipe Apprentice Program. The initiative is designed to identify individuals with the potential to be developed to fill future Chef d’Equipe positions.

The 16-year-old Zangersheide mare Legacy, who enjoyed worldwide success under Irish rider Daniel Coyle, is retiring from show jumping. Her retirement was announced by owner Ariel Grange of Lothlorien Farm, on Instagram. In addition, Legacy, who delivered more than 29 1.60-meter podium finishes, was honored before the Longines FE Jumping World Cup™ on February 14.

Charlie Jones and the Hanoverian stallion Charmeur won the $24,500 HorseFlight Jumper Classic at HITS Ocala on Sunday, closing out week five of the Winter Festival. Jones and Charmeur were first in the order of go and, in the jump-off, stopped the clock in a time that proved uncatchable. Tracy Fenney and Neato came the closest, falling short by 0.18 seconds.

Karl Cook and the 11-year-old Selle Francais mare Foxy de la Roque laid down the only double clear jump-off round to win the $117,000 Premier Equestrian FEI CSI3* Grand Prix at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, California, on Saturday. The Olympian also placed third with another mare, Home-Run, a 14-year-old Dutch Warmblood.