Thermal, Calif. – When the World No. 1 rider is coming behind you in the jump-off, you have little choice but to take some chances if you want to win. So, that is exactly what Mathijs Van Asten did on Saturday night, January 24, and it paid off in spades as he and...
Thermal, Calif. – Since making a comeback to competition in September 2025, Karl Cook and Kalinka van’t Zorgvliet have consistently found themselves back atop the leaderboard, including on Saturday, January 24, in the $63,000 C3RV CSI2* Grand Prix at Desert...
Thermal, Calif. – Jamie Sailor planned to just go “medium” pace in the jump-off for the $10,000 Stal Hendrix DIHP 10 & Under Futurity 1.35m. However, her mount, Mad Money TW, quickly showed he was ready for more, ultimately resulting in the pair’s win in the...
Thermal, Calif. – The last pair to go were the best to go in Friday’s $32,000 Cavalor CSI5* 1.45m Classic, as Ali Ramsay and Bonita VH Keizershof Z sped to the win in an increasingly fast jump-off. A field of 21 entries took on the January 23 class – held during...
Thermal, Calif. – Camilo Rueda and Indus van het Keysereyck have been partnered for roughly six years, and the strength of their longtime partnership was apparent on Thursday, January 22, as they jumped to the win in the $32,000 Round Meadow Farm CSI2* 1.45m Speed...
Thermal, Calif. – Kent Farrington is back at Desert International Horse Park, and on January 22, he made one of his first stops at the Thermal, Calif. venue the top of the podium in the $117,000 Pomponio CSI5* 1.50m Welcome. Farrington and his winning mount Orafina...
