Course designer John Doyle set a challenging track for Sunday, March 9’s $40,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic at the Desert International Horse Park, but it proved to be no match for Conor Swail and Count Me In. As Swail and “Crosby” gear up for Desert Circuit 10’s...
Thermal, CA – March 9, 2025 – The conclusion to Sunday’s $32,000 Legacy Hunters & Jumpers CSI3* 1.45m Classic at Desert Circuit 9 had a striking resemblance to the same class held just three weeks prior. During Desert Circuit 6, Sameh El Dahan and WKD Aimez Moi...
The Desert Circuit 9 grand prix qualifier proved to be a strong indicator of the results of Saturday afternoon’s $117,000 CSI3* Marshall + Sterling Grand Prix, as the top two riders remained exactly the same. For the second day in a row, it was Belgium’s Jos Verlooy...
Thermal, CA – March 8, 2025 – With a commanding performance from beginning to end, Violet Tatum took home the win in the R.W. Mutch Equitation Championship, sponsored by Butet, on Saturday, March 8, at the Desert International Horse Park. The 16-year-old from Pacific...
Mariano Maggi and Quantico 23 made it two in a row on Friday, March 7, as they topped the $24,999 Marshall + Sterling 1.40m Open Classic after having already won the $30,000 Marshall + Sterling 1.40m Open Classic just five days prior. This time, winning required...
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...
Thermal, CA – March 5, 2025 – For the third time in less than a month, Keri Potter and Kalimera van de Nethe Z are making headlines at the Desert International Horse Park. On Wednesday, March 5, the pair picked up their fourth major win of the 2025 Desert Circuit,...
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...
