Thermal, Calif. – For the second time this winter season, Nicole Bourgeois and Mc Queen are going home from Desert International Horse Park with a USHJA International Hunter Derby victory. This time, the pair topped a 45-horse field to win the $49,900 Meadow Grove...
Thermal, Calif. – The $100,000 DIHP 3’3” Pro Equitation Challenge, presented by Valencia Sport Saddlery, offers the rare opportunity for professional riders to step into the equitation ring and compete for substantial prize money. That alone makes winning the class at...
Thermal, Calif. – Friday is derby day at Desert Circuit, and on February 27, the day belonged to Nina Alario and Ella Cate Duke. Alario piloted While Away to the win in the $15,000 Burrtec Waste & Recycling USHJA National Hunt & Go Derby – Open, and Duke took...
Thermal, Calif. – Ellie Aitchison just made the move up to the 3’6” Junior Hunters during Desert Circuit 5, but a few weeks in, she and her large junior hunter, Dominion, are already clinching championships together – including during this week’s Desert Circuit 7....
Thermal, Calif. – The team from Abbey Lane Farm dominated derby day on Friday, February 20, during Desert Circuit 7 at Desert International Horse Park. Trainer Lindsay Stefanko kicked off the morning with the win in the $15,000 Abbey Lane Farm USHJA National Hunter...
Thermal, Calif. – While only one of them was mounted aboard On Point, both Jordan Kilkenny and Addison Cheney were certainly on point in Friday, February 13’s USHJA National Hunter Derby classes at Desert Circuit 6, presented by Premier Equestrian. Kilkenny and On...