United States Eventing Association

Golf has the Masters. Football has the Super Bowl. U.S. eventers have the Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event (K3DE), and today marks the first day of the 2026 event at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The Bluegrass is about to be bombarded with eventing lovers from all over the world, and we ...

Every spring, the Kentucky Horse Park becomes the center of the eventing world. The Defender Kentucky Three-Day Event, one of just a handful of CCI5*-L competitions globally, draws the sport’s top horse-and-rider combinations to test their skill, partnership, and grit at the highest level.

Building on the Fair Hill Foundation’s recent announcement confirming the continuation of high-level eventing at Fair Hill in 2026, Select Event Group announced today that it has assumed the role of lead organizer, bringing together the operational leadership, partners, and community alignment re...