Thermal, Calif. – Some of Desert Circuit’s smallest competitors took to the show’s biggest field on Friday, January 24, for the $5,000 Kickapoo Ponies USHJA Pony Hunt & Go Derby. From a starting list of 23 ponies, the win on the Grass Field at Desert International...
Thermal, Calif. – Friday, January 16, marked a banner day for both Gabriela Pattinson and Darya Davoudi as the two riders clinched their first USHJA National Hunter Derby victories. For Pattinson, her inaugural win came aboard Cat’s Meow in the $10,000 USHJA National...
Thermal, Calif. – The first USHJA National Hunter Derby wins of Desert Circuit 2026 went home with Chelsea Brittner and Avery Glynn on Friday, January 9, at Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, Calif. Brittner piloted Yellowstone to victory in the $5,000 USHJA...
Thermal, Calif. – Desert Circuit 1 marked only In Theory’s second week competing in the 3’6” Green Hunters, but with Lindsay Stefanko in the irons, the 7-year-old Dutch Warmblood now already has a division tricolor to his name. Stefanko piloted the gelding to three...
Thermal, Calif. – India Kulkin and Magic Moment may be a new partnership, but the pair is already two-for-two when it comes to hunter derby victories. After earning a win during Desert Holiday 1, they returned to do it again at Desert Holiday 2, this time taking the...
Thermal, Calif. – Lise Quintero and Always A Gentleman made their show debut a winning one on Friday, December 12, as they rode away with the victory in the $20,000 CWD Young Hunter Classic. Quintero had only ridden the 5-year-old Canadian Warmblood gelding one other...
