Adelaide’s beautiful parklands play host to the first CCI5* of the season in April. Photo by Atalya Boytner.
If you’re itching for some CCI5* action, this weekend is just the ticket for you (it just may require some alarm juggling on your part — but more on that soon!). The 2026 Adelaide Equestrian Festival CCI5* and the Oceania Championships officially kicked off on Thursday in South Australia with the Racing SA CCI3*-L/Young Rider Oceania Championship starting the dressage and the Horseland CCI4*-S and CCI5*-L starting Friday (and yes, it’s already Friday in Australia!).
For our U.S. readers, the action will be broadcast live late in the evenings; if you’re a night owl this might just be the best weekend ever! Of course, on-demand replays are also available if you prefer to follow along at a more reasonable hour.
Here’s a look at the live stream schedule on H&C+. To keep it simple, I’m going to use the CCI5* for our primary reference point and direct you to the full event schedule here for the remaining divisions.
We also know we have readers in all corners of the world, so we recommend using the free resource, WorldTimeBuddy for easy time zone conversions. We’ll reference Eastern, Central and Pacific Standard Time as well as British Summer Time and Central European Standard time.
Friday, April 17 – Dressage
CCI5* Start Time:
1:00 p.m. ACST / 11:30 p.m. EST (Thursday) / 10:30 p.m. CST (Thursday) / 9:30 p.m. MST (Thursday) / 8:30 p.m. PST (Thursday) / 4:30 p.m. BST (Friday) / 5:30 p.m. CEST (Friday)
Saturday, April 18 – Cross Country
CCI5* Start Time:
12:00 p.m. ACST / 10:30 p.m. EST (Friday) / 9:30 p.m. CST (Friday) / 8:30 p.m. MST (Friday) / 7:30 p.m. PST (Friday) / 3:30 a.m. BST (Saturday) / 4:30 a.m. CEST (Saturday)
Sunday, April 19 – Show Jumping
CCI5* Start Time:
3:00 p.m. ACST / 1:30 a.m. EST (Sunday) / 12:30 a.m. EST (Sunday) / 11:30 p.m. CST (Saturday) / 10:30 p.m. MST (Saturday) / 9:30 p.m. PST (Saturday) / 6:30 a.m. BST (Sunday) / 7:30 a.m. CEST (Sunday)
The Oceania Championships CCI3*-L and CCI4*-S are run alongside the CCI5*, so be sure to check the full schedule on the Adelaide website here. You can also refer to the links below for much more, including a preview of Mike Etherington-Smith’s 5* and Clayton Fredericks’ 4*-S courses on CrossCountryApp.
Atalya Boytner is boots on the ground for EN this weekend, and we’re proud to also be assisting Adelaide with their media outreach. We’ll have more stories from Australia coming your way all weekend long, so stay tuned and Go Eventing.
Adelaide Equestrian Festival CCI5* & Oceania Championships (AUS): [Website] [Tickets] [Schedule] [Entries] [Ride Times] [Scoring] [CrossCountry App XC Map] [Live Stream] [EN’s Coverage]
