Thu, Oct 1 – Sun, Oct 4, 2026
Virginia Dressage Association Show
DressageShenandoah Valley
Virginia Dressage Association fall show weekend at the Virginia Horse Center.
Virginia Horse Center is a 600-acre, world-class equestrian facility in Lexington, Virginia, hosting regional, national, and international competitions across all riding disciplines. The campus includes nine show rings, eight schooling rings, eight barns with roughly 500 stalls, a cross-country course, and the 4,000-seat Anderson Coliseum. Operated by the nonprofit Virginia Horse Center Foundation, it hosts dozens of horse shows, breed championships, and community events each year.
Upcoming events here
Thu, Oct 8 – Sat, Oct 10, 2026
Friesian Grand Nationals
Breed ShowShenandoah Valley
National Friesian breed championship show at the Virginia Horse Center.
Thu, Oct 8 – Sun, Oct 11, 2026
North American Suffolk Horse Association Annual Meeting
Breed ShowShenandoah Valley
Fri, Oct 9 – Sun, Oct 11, 2026
Virginia Horse Center Combined Driving Event
Combined DrivingShenandoah Valley
Sat, Oct 10 – Sun, Oct 11, 2026
Fox Run Horse Show
Hunter/JumperShenandoah Valley
Fox Run hunter/jumper show weekend at the Virginia Horse Center.
Fri, Oct 16 – Sun, Oct 18, 2026
JM Equine Barrel Race
Barrel RacingShenandoah Valley
JM Equine barrel racing weekend at the Virginia Horse Center.
Sat, Oct 17, 2026
Goose Creek Hunter Jumper Horse Show
Hunter/JumperShenandoah Valley
One-day Goose Creek hunter/jumper show at the Virginia Horse Center.
Sat, Oct 17 – Sun, Oct 18, 2026
UDJC Dressage and Jumping Show (October)
Multi-DisciplineShenandoah Valley
Second fall United Dressage and Jumping Club show weekend at the Virginia Horse Center.
Sun, Oct 18, 2026
Virginia Horse Center Benefit Trail Ride
Trail RidingShenandoah Valley
The Benefit Trail Ride is held October 18, 2026 at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, per the venue's official 2026 provisional events calendar.
Wed, Oct 21 – Sun, Oct 25, 2026Featured
Virginia Horse Center Fall Classic
Multi-DisciplineShenandoah Valley
Thu, Oct 29 – Sun, Nov 1, 2026
Virginia Horse Center Eventing (October)
EventingShenandoah Valley
Recognized eventing competition (dressage, cross-country, show jumping) at the Virginia Horse Center.
Fri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1, 2026Featured
VHSA Championship Finals
Hunter/JumperShenandoah Valley
Thu, Nov 5 – Sun, Nov 8, 2026
VHSA Associate Finals
Hunter/JumperShenandoah Valley
The Virginia Horse Shows Association Associate Finals run November 5-8, 2026 at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, per the venue's official 2026 provisional event…
Fri, Nov 20 – Sun, Nov 22, 2026
AQHA Virginia Harvest Festival
Breed ShowShenandoah Valley
Fri, Nov 20 – Sat, Nov 21, 2026
Southern Extreme Bull Riding Association (SEBRA)
WesternShenandoah Valley
Sat, Dec 5, 2026
American Saddlebred Expo
Breed ShowShenandoah Valley
American Saddlebred Expo at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, listed on the venue's official events calendar.
Thu, Dec 10 – Sun, Dec 13, 2026
The Barracks Hunter Jumper Show
Hunter/JumperShenandoah Valley
Past events
- American Saddlebred Horse Association of Virginia Horse Show
- Glenmore Hunt Pony Club Show
- Eventing in Virginia – Jumper Derby & Dressage
- UDJC Dressage and Jumping Show
- Goose Creek Horse Show
- VA State Barrel Show Finals
- Virginia Dressage Festival
- House Mountain Horse Show (September)
- Virginia Paint Horse Show
- Rockbridge Regional Fair and Expo
- VA 4-H State Championship Horse & Pony Show
- East Coast Halter Futurity
- House Mountain Horse Show (August)
- Virginia Quarter Horse Championship Show
- USHJA Young Hunter Pony National Championship
- Sallie B. Wheeler / Virginia Young Horse Show
- Virginia Classic Open Dressage
- Thoroughbred Heritage Horse Show
- Virginia Horse Center Starter Trials
- National Barrel Horse Association Colonial Nationals
- Virginia Classic Paint Horse Show
- Rockbridge Community Horse Show
- Lexington National Horse Show A – Festival of Champions
- East Coast Championships
- Virginia 4-H State Horse Show
- Eastern Arabian Show
- East Coast Western Dressage Championships
- American Connemara Pony Society Region 3 Show
- Virginia Walking Horse Celebration
- Virginia Commonwealth Games Equestrian Competition
- SWVHJA's Midsummer Dream Show
- Shenandoah Valley Dressage Summer Show
- Dressage at Lexington
- Virginia Horse Center Summer Classic
- VHSA Associate Summer Horse Show
- Region 15 & 16 Arabian Championships
- Equestrian Vaulting Region IX Championship
- House Mountain Horse Show (June)
- Virginia Arabian Horse Show
- Shenandoah Classic Horse Show
- 4-H Skills Qualifier and Horse Show
- YEDA National Championship Show
- Virginia Barrel Classic
- Virginia Horse Center Eventing
- Mid-Atlantic Dressage Festival & Lexington CDI 3*
- The Bonnie Blue National Horse Show