Jan 24, 2026
Thermal, Calif. – Michael Dennehy and Hulla-Balou kicked off their 10th show season together with a win in the $40,000 Platinum Performance USHJA International Hunt & Go Derby held on Friday, January 23, on the Grass Field at Desert International Horse Park. “I am...
Jan 23, 2026
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...
Jan 16, 2026
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...
Jan 9, 2026
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...
Jan 8, 2026
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...
Dec 12, 2025
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...
