Thermal, CA – January 18, 2024 – It did not take Gregory Wathelet long after landing back in California to also land back on top of the leaderboard at the Desert International Horse Park. On Saturday night, January 18, the Belgian rider kicked off his 2025 Desert...
Thermal, CA – January 17, 2025 – In the first two weeks of Desert Circuit at the Desert International Horse Park, Nick Haness and Navarino are now two-for-two on USHJA National Hunter Derby victories. After taking home a win during Week 1, Haness and Navarino returned...
Speed was the name of the game in Friday’s Jump for Kevin Babington 1.20m, and Michelle Berry had plenty of it. The 16-year-old rode Traver’s Girl HS to the win in the class with a time of 62.455 seconds. Second place with a time of 64.018 seconds went to Savannah...
When Olivia Aul reflects on when she first acquired Cheers! three years ago, she says a hunter derby set on the spacious Grass Field at the Desert International Horse Park may have been “a little bit much” for the gelding at the time. Today however, it’s an event...
Thermal, CA – January 16, 2024 – After more than a decade of winters spent competing in Florida, this year marks Lorcan Gallagher’s first full season at the Desert International Horse Park, and on Thursday, January 16, he showed that he is in Thermal, CA, to be a...
Desert Circuit 2 marked Autumn’s Boy’s first time competing in the 3’6” Green Hunters, and rider Katie Taylor-Davidson could not have asked for a better start at the 3’6” height for the 10-year-old Zangersheide gelding. On January 15-16 at the Desert International...
Thermal, CA – January 15, 2025 – The first award cooler of Desert Circuit 2, presented by Go Rentals, went home with Jamie Sailor on Wednesday, January 15, at the Desert International Horse Park. Sailor piloted Atlantic DVZ to victory in the $10,000 IDA Development...
Thermal, CA – January 12, 2025 – It has been over a decade since Trapp O’Neal last competed at what is now the Desert International Horse Park, but now that he is back, the Texas-based rider has wasted no time in returning to the winner’s circle. On Sunday morning,...
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...
