CCI5 Star eventing dates in 2026

Get your dairies out and pencil in the dates for next year’s CCI5* competitions 

With the last CCI5* competition behind us at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau, the 2026 FEI Eventing Calendar has been approved, including the dates for the seven CCI5* competitions to be held in 2026. 

The Adelaide Equestrian Festival is the first to kick off the 2026 calendar with Defender Kentucky following straight on the week after - one week’s rest and then the riders and their teams will be heading to MARS Badminton Horse Trials.

Longines Luhmuhlen Horse Trials in June – an important selection event with both 5* and 4* classes - will be the last 5* before the FEI World Championships Aachen. The action moves back to the USA in October at the MARS Maryland at Fair Hill and the last event of the year takes place in France at Les 5 Etoiles de Pau.

FEI CCI5* Eventing Calendar 2026

Adelaide Equestrian Festival, SA, Australia: 16^th – 19^th April 2026

Kentucky Three Day Event, Lexington, USA: 22^nd – 26^th April 2026

Badminton Horse Trials, Gloucestershire, UK: 6^th – 10^th May 2026

Luhmühlen CCI5*-L, Germany: 17^th – 21^st June 2026

Burghley Horse Trials, Stamford, UK: 2^nd – 6^th September 2026

Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, USA: 14^th – 18^th October 2026

Les Etoiles de Pau, France: 22^nd – 25^th October 2026

Find out more about the CCI5* events here