It was a good day to be Irish. Irishmen topped the podiums of each of the feature classes Friday of Desert Holiday I at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP), and took several of the second- and third-place finishes as well. Taking the top spot in the $72,200...
Tanimara Macari (MEX) put her trust in her horses on Thursday of Desert Holiday I and it paid off. The 23-year-old rider, competing along the Major League Show Jumping Tour, was on fire to take the win in both the CSI2* and CSI5* classes on the grass during her first...
Eugenio Garza Perez took a big win for his team in the desert to close out 2021, and he’s back to his winning ways in 2022 as he topped the first National class of Desert Holiday, the $10,000 Ritz Carlton Rancho Mirage Welcome Speed. Aboard Caracas, he secured the...
Claire Robinson went a year and a half before she could really nail the flying changes on her horse Glamour Boy. It was love at first sight for Robinson’s mother, Carol, so the U25 competitor came home with the horse, who Carol owns, in 2018. “He was the sort of horse...
Steffen Peters (USA) surprised no one as he and Suppenkasper took the win in Saturday’s FEI Dressage World Cup™️ Grand Prix Freestyle, presented by EurEquine Stallions, at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP). Performing the same Freestyle he debuted in Tokyo just...
Desert Dressage II, presented by Adequan®, got underway Friday, November 18, at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) as part of the Desert Dressage series, presented by the Brad & Kathy Coors Family. The first of three CDI World Cup Qualifying events, Desert...
Michelle Berry braided a variety of “good luck” charms into Mecho Van’t Kiezelhof’s mane for the $30,000 1.40m Adeptus Open Classic Sunday afternoon of National Sunshine Series II. Considering she won the class last week, she may not have needed too much extra luck,...
There’s a new name in the desert, and it’s Jose Maria Quintana. The 20-year-old has taken California by storm recently, and it was no different at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) as he bested 51 entries aboard Catoki Boy to win the $100,000 FarmVet Grand Prix...
Nick Haness’s partnership with HH Elmo just keeps getting better. Just seven days after he won the $100,000 WCHR West Coast Hunter Spectacular with Lindsay Maxwell’s 13-year-old Dutch Warmblood gelding (Verdi x Padinus), he took top honors yet again, this time in the...
One victory at the Desert Internatonal Horse Park (DIHP) National Sunshine Series was not enough for Mark Kinsella. Aboard his second-place mount in Wednesday’s $10,000 Welcome Speed, Quality H, Kinsella took the win Thursday in the $30,000 Ritz Carlton 1.45m Open...
