Upperville Colt & Horse Show records major 2026 competition results and honors

Upperville’s 173rd Colt & Horse Show concluded June 7 with Daniel Bluman and Hummer Z winning the $200,000 FEI CSI4* Upperville Jumper Classic, the event’s most prominent documented 2026 result.

The show ran June 1–7 at the Grafton and Salem showgrounds in Upperville. The Upperville Colt & Horse Show identified the 2026 event as presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN and published the competition results and follow-up ceremony coverage in its press room.

Headline results included three major purses

Bluman and Hummer Z took the $200,000 FEI CSI4* Upperville Jumper Classic. The result placed an international-level competition at the center of this year’s Upperville program.

McLain Ward won the $30,000 Salamander Collection Upperville American Standard Grand Prix with Supersox ter Ledonck. Amanda Steege and Lafitte de Muze won the $25,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby for the third consecutive year.

Steege’s result was not simply a 2026 win; the organizer described it as the pair’s third straight victory in that competition. Together, the documented results show a program that included jumper, grand prix and hunter derby competition, with purses ranging from $25,000 to $200,000.

A weeklong event with a local heritage component

The 2026 show was the 173rd edition of the recurring Upperville Colt & Horse Show. Visit Middleburg described it as a significant regional equestrian event, while the show’s own coverage connected the competition schedule with recognition of Upperville’s equestrian heritage.

That combination matters locally because the event brings competitors, visitors and workers to showgrounds in Upperville and places a recurring large-scale equestrian program within the community. The approved information does not quantify how many people attended, how traffic changed, how much visitors spent or how much revenue local businesses received. Any effect on businesses, workers or roads therefore cannot be measured from the available sources.

Wall of Honor report followed the competition

On June 8, the organizer published a report on the 2026 Upperville Wall of Honor induction ceremony. The dated report followed the June 1–7 competition schedule and extended the event coverage beyond contest results to a formal recognition of local equestrian heritage.

The available source material confirms that the induction ceremony took place and was reported, but it does not identify all of the inductees. The 2026 record therefore includes verified competition winners, named purses and a heritage ceremony, while leaving attendance, economic-impact and complete honoree details unspecified.