Thermal, CA – January 11, 2025 – Kyle King wanted to utilize Saturday night’s $25,000 Kubota Grand Prix as a nice and easy confidence builder for his top mount Odysseus, but when it came time for the jump-off, King decided he couldn’t just take it nice and easy....
With the top scores in both the first and second round, Ella Dalton and Simply Irresistible rode away with the win in Saturday’s $2,500 3’6” Junior Hunter Classic, sponsored by Free Ride Equestrian. Dalton and the 13-year-old Hanoverian gelding kicked off the class at...
Jessica Gleason says that Source Code exceeds her expectations every time out, and the 8-year-old gelding did it again on Friday, January 10, winning the $5,000 Interactive Mortgage 10 & Under Futurity Series for Desert Circuit 1. Gleason and Source Code were one...
Abigail Steller and Mercurius II S seem to have a knack for kicking off Desert Circuit with a big win. In 2024, the pair topped the Desert Circuit 1 $2,500 Amateur-Owner Hunter 3’3” Classic, and this time they rode away with the win in the $5,000 USHJA National Hunter...
Thermal, CA – January 10, 2025 – Nick Haness and Navarino made their hunter derby debut a winning one on Friday, January 10, at the Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, CA. With scores of 90.5 and 95, the 7-year-old stallion claimed victory in the $5,000 USHJA...
Thermal, CA – January 9, 2025 – A partnership of nearly four years helped Megan McDermott and Nintendo top the $15,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic by a margin of almost four seconds on Thursday, January 9, at Desert Circuit 1, presented by Kubota. McDermott and the...
