Wednesday News & Notes

One Big Thing: Registration for the LA28 Ticket Draw opens today!

Photo by Tilly Berendt.

If you’ve been ready and waiting for tickets to drop for the LA2028 Olympic Games, today is the first step! Beginning today, during the registration period, you must register and create a profile through the official LA28 website to be entered in the ticket draw. During one of the randomized ticket drops, you will find out via email if you’ve been assigned a time slot during which tickets can be purchased. Register for the ticket draws here and get on the list to join the party with us in LA!

US Events This Weekend

Stable View Aiken Opener HT (SC): [Website] [Entries/Ride Times]

Other Links and Reading

Mini Classifieds

We’re kicking off 2026 with a new feature: mini-classifieds! If you have something to sell or promote, consider this your space to get right in front of an audience within your target market. Listings cost just $5, or you can purchase 3-5 days of mentions here in News & Notes at a bulk discount.

Please note: horses for sale MUST be listed on our partner site, Sport Horse Nation. We will not accept horse listings here, but we can feature your Sport Horse Nation listing! This space should be used for promoting events, fundraisers, clinics, job openings, tack sales and other events.

Have questions? Email [email protected]If you want to purchase your listing, click here.

Wednesday Classifieds

  • Sport Horse Nation Feature: 2021 Upper Level Prospect on a budget — Snatch up this young and shiny OTTB in NY with scope, potential, and a great head on his shoulders for a steal of a deal at just $7.5K. Has been given some solid foundations and could go in any direction.
  • Sport Horse Nation Feature: Amateur Friendly AEC Top-10 Novice Gelding — This 2014 TB cross in NM with a “teddy bear personality” is ready to be an amateur’s next big winner. Standing at a clean 18 hands, he’s currently schooling Training level and recently finished in the top-10 at AEC.
  • Sponsor Feature: If you’re in Aiken for the winter season, the USEA Grooms Program is putting on an educational series at the Aiken Horse Park through February — get the next session on your calendar here.

Training Tip of the Day

Panicked horses can be scary to handle — get some advice from the 2x Road to the Horse winner on how to handle a horse that pulls back or won’t load.

Go Eventing

It’s that time of year — time for some Carolina Horse Park ponies to get painted 🎨

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