2020: Major Equestrian Events

There are several equestrian events taking place in 2020 from annual events such as The Grand National to Badminton Horse Trials. However, 2020 is even more exciting because of the Olympics taking place in Tokyo Japan in dressage, eventing and show jumping.
10th -13th March | The Cheltenham Festival | National Hunt racing | Gloucestershire |
1st – 5th April | Blue Chip Championships | Show jumping | Hartpury |
2nd – 4th April | Grand National Meeting | National Hunt racing | Liverpool |
8th – 12th April | Winter Dressage Championships | Dressage | Hartpury |
2nd – 3rd May | 1,000 and 2,000 Guineas | Flat racing | Newmarket |
6th – 10th May | Badminton Horse Trials | Eventing | Gloucestershire |
13th -17th May | Royal Windsor Horse Show | Showing/SJ/Dressage/Endurance/Driving | Windsor |
15th – 17th May | Chatsworth Horse Trials | Eventing | Derbyshire |
21st – 24th May | Houghton International Horse Trials | Eventing | Norfolk |
4th – 7th June | Bramham Horse Trials | Eventing | West Yorkshire |
5th – 6th June | The Epsom Derby Meeting | Flat racing | Surrey |
9th – 14th June | Bolesworth CSI**** | Show jumping | Cheshire |
16th – 20th June | Royal Ascot | Flat racing | Berkshire |
24th – 28th June | Hickstead Derby Meeting | Show jumping | West Sussex |
26th – 28th June | National & YR endurance championships | Endurance | Suffolk |
2nd – 5th July | Barbury Horse Trials | Eventing | Wiltshire |
21st – 26th July | Royal International Horse Show | Showing/Show jumping | West Sussex |
25th July – 8th August | Tokyo Olympics | Dressage, eventing and show jumping | Tokyo, Japan |
27th July – 2nd August | FEI Young Rider/Junior Eventing & Dressage Championships | Eventing | Hartpury |
4th 9th August | British Show jumping National Championships | Show jumping | Stoneleigh |
7th – 9th August | Festival of British Eventing | Eventing | Gatcombe |
14th – 16th August | Global Champions Tour of London | Show jumping | Royal Hospital Chelsea, London |
23th – 29th August | Scope Festival | Show jumping | Cheshire |
27th – 31st August | Tokyo Paralympics | Para dressage | Tokyo, Japan |
2nd – 6th September | Burghley Horse Trials | Eventing | Lincolnshire |
17th – 20th September | Blenheim Horse Trials | Eventing | Woodstock, Oxon |
18th – 20th September | National Driving Championships | Carriage driving | Essex |
24th – 27th September | National Dressage Championships | Dressage | Cheshire |
7th – 11th October | HOYS | Show jumping/showing/dressage | Birmingham NEC |
10th – 11th October | British Vaulting Championships | Vaulting | Bishop Burton EC, Beverley |
15th – 21st December | Olympia | Dressage/show jumping/showing | Olympia, London |
26th December | King George VI Steeple Chase | National Hunt racing | Kempton |
1st – 3rd January 2021 | Liverpool International Horse Show | Show jumping/dressage | Liverpool |
Enjoy these forthcoming events in 2020. The Horse Exchange will make sure we keep up to date with all the live action and results.