Thermal, CA – March 7, 2025 – After several winters spent competing on the East Coast, Jos Verlooy made the decision to begin showing instead on the West Coast at the Desert International Horse Park, and based on results alone, the Belgian rider is likely to be glad...
Lily Sonneborn and Nick Haness each arrived at the Main Hunter Ring at the Desert International Horse Park just in time to take home $10,000 USHJA National Hunt & Go Derby wins. Sonneborn had just made it to Thermal, CA, from her home in Washington, D.C. less than...
Thermal, CA – March 7, 2025 – With a strong hand-gallop to the final fence, Nick Haness and West Coast Equine Partners’ Cavaletto Loma Z galloped their way straight to the top of the leaderboard in the $49,000 Bridgeport Farms USHJA International Hunter Derby on...
Throughout the 2025 Desert Circuit, the Desert International Horse Show has cranked up the number of $10,000 1.15m Mini Prix offered, and on Sunday, March 2, Ellington Vasan and Samia Staehle both also cranked things up a notch to take home $10,000 1.15m Mini Prix...
Thermal, CA – March 2, 2025 – In a tight race right down to the finish, Mariano Maggi and Quantico 23 closed out Desert Circuit 8, presented by Adequan, with a win in the $30,000 Marshall + Sterling 1.40m Open Classic on Sunday, March 2. Fourteen horses from the...
Thermal, CA – March 1, 2025 – There was no catching Sameh El Dahan on Saturday night, March 1, at the Desert International Horse Park. Aboard WKD Toronto, the British rider took the win in the $75,000 Adequan Grand Prix by a margin of more than eight seconds. On the...
