Acceptances are DUE for the 141st National Horse Show

Acceptances are DUE for the 141st National Horse Show Hunter & Junior/Amateur Jumper acceptance responses are due by: Wednesday, October 9th If your entry appears as qualified and you have not received an acceptance email or if you need your acceptance email resent, please email cindy@nhs.org. If an acceptance was emailed and no response is […]

Special Events at The 2024 National Horse Show

Spend a weekend at the 141st National Horse Show. Join us on Friday, November 1st, and Saturday, November 2nd for CSI3* show jumping action, as well as: Live entertainment, cash giveaways, Lexington Brewing and Distilling Co. beer and bourbon tastings on Friday night. NHS’s annual John Deere-themed Barn Night, the Country Boy Brewing Beer Garden, […]

WSJ Foundation Lounge Passes NOW Available at The National Horse Show

Passes to the WSJ Foundation Lounge are available for the highly anticipated 2024 National Horse Show. The WSJ Foundation was created to provide assistance in healing to both people and animals. Committed to supporting various not for profit efforts, the WSJ Foundation is dedicated to bringing an awareness of healing into communities. Individual passes are […]

Media Accreditation & Private Photography/Videography Applications Now Open

NHS is now accepting Media Accreditation Applications for the 141st National Horse Show, October 23 – 3, 2024. If you wish to attend the show as a member of the official press, please fill out the application below. Applications for private photographers/videographers are also now available. If you are a Private Photographer/Videographer wishing to shoot […]

2024 Prize List Available & Entries Open

Lexington, KY – July 22, 2024 – The official prize list for the 2024 National Horse Show is now available! Join us for the 141st National Horse Show this fall from October 23 – November 3 in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. In addition to the highly-anticipated finals and classes traditionally offered […]

Riding to Glory: Carlee McCutcheon Wins ASPCA Maclay Championship

After two weeks of high-caliber competition, the 140th National Horse Show concluded on Sunday, November 5, with the ASPCA Maclay National Championship, presented by Chansonette Farm. This prestigious equitation final brought together 228 junior athletes from the United States and several countries at the Alltech Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, competing for the coveted championship. Following […]

Speed Reigns Supreme at the National Horse Show

  Conor Swail And Casturano Win The $38,700 International Speed Stake Presented By T&R Development  The excitement at the 2023 National Horse Show (NHS) soared during the International CSI4*-W competition on Friday, November 3, with the $38,700 International Speed Stake presented by T&R Development. A field of 18 impressive horse-and-rider pairs assembled for the competition, […]

Drumroll and Geoffrey Hesslink Take the Win in the $50,000 NHS Hunter Classic

Closing out hunter competition at the 140th National Horse Show, Champion and Reserve Champion horse-and-rider combinations from professional, amateur, and junior hunter sections 3’3” or higher were invited back for the highlight hunter class of the week, the $50,000 National Horse Show Hunter Classic. Drumroll, ridden by Geoffrey Hesslink and owned by Meridian Farm LLC, […]

Junior Hunter Highlights and Champions at the National Horse Show

Another wave of success washed over the Hunter Ring at the National Horse Show on Friday, November 3 as the 2023 junior champions and trophy winners visited the red carpet to receive their accolades.  The first pair to visit the red carpet in the Alltech was the 2014 Belgian Warmblood mare Ever So Often–owned by […]

Interviews with the First Hunter Champions of the 140th National Horse Show

We caught up with the professional and amateur hunter champions, along with the generous sponsors of the 140th National Horse Show: Holly Orlando & Kalvarie: Champion of the Goshen Hill Green Hunter 3’6” presented by Caroline Moran Q: Can you tell us about the horse and your partnership? A: “It’s a big partnership; It’s a […]