Countdown to the event
2024 National Sunshine Series Prize List is now live here! Season stalls open on August 15! Reserve at deserthorsepark.com/stall-reservations Weekly stalls for National Sunshine Series will go on sale and entries will open on September 2.
DIHP News
Who’s ready for some pro equitation⁉️
The fan-favorite $20,000 DIHP 3’3” Pro Equitation Challenge, open to all professionals, returns on Friday of Desert Holiday 2. 🎄 We can’t wait to see some of our favorite hunter and jumper riders and trainers showcasing their equitation skills!💪
Planning to attend Desert Circuit for the first time in 2025? ⤵️
1️⃣ First, make your stall reservations.
2️⃣ Then submit your online entries!
Your entries do not guarantee stalls, so stall reservations must also be made separately.
(Both stall reservations and online entries are available at the link in bio.)
We can’t wait to welcome you this winter! 🤩🌴🐴
Congratulations to this weekend’s CDI3* winners at Desert Dressage I, presented by @premierequestrian! 👏🏼
Amy Miller and Encore won the CDI3* Grand Prix, sponsored by It’s a Good Life, with a score of 65.656%, and Guenter Seidel and Equirelle topped the Grand Prix Special, sponsored by Four Winds Farm, with a score of 66.553%!
📸: @terrimillerartist
Ready to get back to the desert!? Desert Circuit entries open MONDAY at 8 a.m. (PT), and stall reservations are open now at the link in bio!
We’re a bit biased, but dressage in the desert may be the most beautiful dressage around! 😍🌄
It’s always an honor to host Desert Dressage, and we’re now winding down a great first weekend of 🔝 dressage for the 2024-2025 season!
In the CDI-W, Geñay Vaughn and Gino swept the FEI World Cup™ qualifying competition! They topped the CDI-W Grand Prix, sponsored by Adequan, with a score of 63.978%, and a score of 72.615% earned them the win in the CDI-W Grand Prix Freestyle, sponsored by @premierequestrian. Congratulations, Geñay! 👏🏼
📸: Terri Miller-Steiner
The IHSA/USHJA 3’3” Hunter Seat Medal Final - West is now underway, marking its Las Vegas National Horse Show debut! Here’s a look at the track that 31 entries are jumping this morning!
Tune in to @usefnetwork to watch live!
📹: @chriiboyle
Paige Walkenbach has made a point to come to the Las Vegas National to contest the WCE Medal Final for the past several years - first finishing third, then second, and today getting the win! 🏆🥇👏🏼 Congratulations, @paigewalkenbach.eq!
🥈Jayme Omand
🥉Brooke O’Malley
It came down to an exciting six-horse jump-off before Kasey Ament and Gaia galloped away with the win in Friday night’s $49,999 1.40m Grand Prix, sponsored by @barnwalkersusa and @idadevelops! 👏🏼 Congratulations, Kasey!
🥇 Kasey Ament and Gaia - 0/0/35.646
🥈 Maddee Morley and Champions Legue - 0/0/36.542
🥉 Amanda Gomez and Charly-Ann - 0/4/34.934
Watch to hear from Kasey following her win! 📹
Ready to spend the winter with views like these!? 😍🌄
The 2025 Desert Circuit prize list is now available at the prize list link in bio, and entries will open at 8 a.m. (PT) on Monday, November 18!
Princeton’s looking at the face of a winner! 🪞🏆
USHJA “Backstage Pass” winner Ariana Rozenberg presented Paige Walkenbach and Princeton as the winners of the $25,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby - Junior/Amateur, marking the third year in a row that Paige and Princeton have won the class! Congratulations, @paigewalkenbach.eq! 👏🏼
🥈 Violet Tatum and Bel Ragazzo
🥉 Paige Walkenbach and Ever So Often
Snapshots from the South Point winners’ circle 🏆🤩 #LasVegasNational
The first hunter champions of this year’s @equisportms/ @ushunterjumper National Championships were crowned on Wednesday! 👑
Congratulations to:
👑 Dustin Goodwin and Reputation - Grand Champion Green Hunters and USHJA 3’6”/3’9” Green Hunter Champions
👑 Julia Rossow and What’s Up - USHJA 3’ Green Hunter Champions
👑 Joie Gatlin and Save the Date - USHJA 3’3” Green Hunter Champions
Amanda Gomez and Charly-Ann are 2️⃣ for 2️⃣ in the 1.40m division at the Las Vegas National!!👏🏼
After winning on Tuesday, they returned to do it again, this time topping the $5,000 1.40m Speed, sponsored by Brown Advisory! PLUS not only did they win the class, they did so by nearly 7 seconds!! 😮🏎️💨
🥇 Amanda Gomez and Charly-Ann - 54.993 seconds
🥈 Nicole Haunert and Cleopatra - 61.936 seconds
🥉 Maddee Morley and Champions Legue - 64.647 seconds
With Karli Postel in the irons, Full Moon Fever looked ready to jump over the moon 🌕 on Tuesday evening, earning them the win in the $25,000 USHJA National Hunter Derby - Open! 🤩🏆
🥈Katie Taylor-Davidson and Simply Spectacular
🥉Kendall Bourgeois and Tic Tac Toe
#LasVegasNational
Whether it’s a wide-open course in our DIHP Grand Prix Arena or a tighter, indoor track in the South Point Arena, Amanda Gomez and Charly-Ann are quick across it all!!
They kicked off the 2024 Las Vegas National Horse Show with a win in the $5,000 1.40m Welcome, sponsored by @riskstrategiescompany! 👏🏼🏎️💨
🥈 Crystal Nelson and Vigo Epsom de L’Escaille
🥉 Alexandra Frohman and Django Blue
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EVENTS
The 2023/2024 season at Desert International Horse Park hosted 14 weeks of top-level hunter/jumper competition, including eight weeks of FEI competition and 12 weeks of Premier hunters. In addition, there were four weeks of dressage competition featuring three weeks of CDI-rated action.
Reserve season stalls beginning August 15 by emailing stabling@deserthorsepark.com.
Submit entries via ShowGrounds Live.
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Weekly stalls and entries open September 2. Entries close October 21.
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Weekly stalls and entries open October 1. Entries close November 11.
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Weekly stalls and entries open November 1. Entries close Dec. 18 for DC 1-3, Jan. 15 for DC 4-6, and Jan. 31 for DC 7-10.
