Event calendar

August 2026

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1Danville Open Western Horse Show Festival of Racing DRHPC Show Great Meadow Saturday Polo (Aug 1)
2A Jump Above Schooling Jumper Show (August)CVSJA Show (Aug 2)Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 2)Roseland Polo Sunday Match (Aug 2)	3	4Foundations in Polo Clinic with Doug Barnes (Aug 4)	5Lexington National Horse Show A – Festival of Champions Picturesque Farm Horse Show	6Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 6)	7Regional Pony Club Rally Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 7)VRSVA Jumper Show	8Southwest Virginia Barrel Blast Rockbridge Community Horse Show Morven Park Summer Show Series II Great Meadow Saturday Polo (Aug 8)Atlantic Saddle Club Show at River Run Farm Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 8)
9Oakdale Summer HT/CT & Dressage Show Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 9)Roseland Polo Sunday Match (Aug 9)NOVAWE Working Equitation Clinic with Stephanie Jennings Fix-A-Test at Glory Days Farm EKG Stables Show at Hill Valley Farm	10	11Foundations in Polo Clinic with Doug Barnes (Aug 11)	12Red Gate Farm Jumper Show	13CDCTA Summer Dressage Schooling Show Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 13)	14Virginia Classic Paint Horse Show National Barrel Horse Association Colonial Nationals Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 14)	15Bristol Virginia Rodeo Dressage Clinic: Confidence Before Collection with Michael Alway Silver Lining CHSA Show (Aug 15)Keswick Hunt Club Foxhunting Clinic Virginia Horse Center Starter Trials Roseoldian Farm Horse Show Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 15)Hanover Heritage Horse Show Bellemount Stables Horse Show Great Meadow Saturday Polo (Aug 15)Foxtail Farm Horse Show Topline Horse Center Show Four Horseshoes Youth Foundation Benefit Show
16Thoroughbred Heritage Horse Show Fuse Equestrian Combined Training Series Roseland Polo Sunday Match (Aug 16)Windchase Cross-Country Clinic with Phyllis Dawson Brookhill Farm Horse Show Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 16)	17	18Prince William County Fair Horse Show	19Virginia Classic Open Dressage	20Sallie B. Wheeler / Virginia Young Horse Show Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 20)	21Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 21)	22Intro to Foxhunting Clinic with Natalie Wales Windchase Cross-Country Derby CVHS Show (Aug 22)VADA/Nova Summer Wind Down I & II Licensed Show Great Meadow Saturday Polo (Aug 22)Luna Blu Show Series Beverly Summer 3 Hunter/Jumper Show Berryville Show Series at Devaux Farm Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 22)Rose Mount Farm Horse Show
23USHJA Young Hunter Pony National Championship Hazelwild Farm Horse Show Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 23)Roseland Polo Sunday Match (Aug 23)	24	25	26	27Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 27)	28Virginia Quarter Horse Championship Show Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 28)	29House Mountain Horse Show (August)Four Oaks Farm August Hunter Show Great Meadow Saturday Polo (Aug 29)Stonehouse Stables Horse Show East Coast Halter Futurity MDS Dressage Show at Southern Heritage Farm Bridlewood Farm Horse Show Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 29)
30CVSJA Show (Aug 30)Roseland Polo Sunday Match (Aug 30)Summerduck Run Farm 52nd Annual Show Series Woodpecker Farm Horse Show End of Season Trail Ride with Keswick Hunt Club at the Barracks Colonial Downs Live Racing (Aug 30)	31

Also running during August 2026

Virginia 4-H State Horse Show (Fri, Jul 31 – Sun, Aug 2, 2026)
East Coast Championships (Fri, Jul 31 – Sat, Aug 1, 2026)