Press Releases
Desert International Horse Park Announces 2024/2025 Desert Dressage Schedule
Following another great season, dressage will make a return to the desert for the 2024/2025...
Desert International Horse Park Unveils 2024 National Sunshine Series and Desert Holiday Schedule Highlights
Two of the most thrilling series on the Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) show calendar every...
Gregory Wathelet Continues Winning Ways with Kristalic in $32,000 CSI4* 1.45m Classic
Originally it was not the plan to step Kristalic, owned by Morning Star Sporthorses, into the FEI...
Ingrid Gjelsten Caps Off Desert Circuit with a Win in $182,000 La Quinta Resort & Club CSI4* Grand Prix
Ingrid Gjelsten (NOR) came to Desert International Horse Park with a dream, and she’s leaving a...
Balance and Simplicity Guide Nick Haness and Golden Road to $100,000 Irene Neuwirth WCHR West Coast Hunter Spectacular Victory
Carleton Brooks told Nick Haness two words to manifest Friday: Balance and Simplicity. Brooks...
Kyle King Resumes his Reign in $32,000 Bridgeport Farms CSI4* 1.50m Speed
Kyle King (USA) may not have had the ideal circuit, results wise, but he’s enjoyed every minute of...
Desert International Horse Park Supports HorseGrooms
Desert Horse Park is excited to announce a collaboration with HorseGrooms as part of its...
James Chawke and Katie Laurie Take Home Wins in $10,000 1.35m Welcome Speed
To embark on the final week of action of Desert Circuit, there were yet again two winners of the...
Riders Convene to Champion Healthy Sport in Second Inaugural $20,000 Meadowgrove & Friends 1.20m Open Classic
On Sunday morning of Desert Circuit 9, presented by Kubota, 74 entries came forward in the annual...
An Unforgettable Night for Sabine Close in R.W. Mutch Equitation Championship
Sabine Close described her night in the R.W. Mutch Equitation Championship, sponsored by Hayutin,...
Nick Haness Pilots Cavaletto Loma Z To $49,900 USHJA International Hunter Derby Victory
Not long ago, Cavaletto Loma Z was jumping the FEI divisions with international show jumper Ashlee...
Conor Swail Recounts his Wins with Count Me In
Conor Swail (IRL) always has a winning season in the desert, and Desert Circuit 2024 has been no...
In the Media
Congratulations to the two Roadrunners named to the United States Olympic team for 2024! 🇺🇸 Mclain Ward and Karl Cook will be heading to Paris and we are so excited to cheer them on. Congratulations to Kent Farrington and Laura Kraut for rounding out an incredible squad! 👏
Celebrate the (Desert) Holidays with us!! Desert Holiday is always one of the most exciting events of the year at DIHP, and thanks to another expanded set of classes, this year will be no exception to that. The two week show, spanning December 3-15, 2024, will again feature CSI5* and CSI2* competition as part of the season finale for Major League Show Jumping. But there’s so much more, and you can see it all NOW on our website 📲
Huge congratulations to these West Coasters on scoring big wins at the Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships in Traverse City this weekend!
Paige Walkenbach and Babylon were the Overall 3`6" Junior Hunter Champions after their win in the 3`6" Small Juniors. Paige was also 3`6" Large Junior Hunter Champion with San Pedro 15.
Djuna Lauder and Estimated Prophet were reserve champions in the 3`6" Large Junior 16-17 division.
Congrats to all riders on a fabulous week of Junior Hunters and good luck at JHNC West!
📸: Andrew Ryback Photography
Three Roadrunners (so far) are headed to the Olympics in Paris! 🇫🇷 Congratulations to Erynn Ballard🇨🇦, Ashlee Bond🇮🇱, and Daniel Coyle🇮🇪 for being named to their nations’ respective teams. We will be cheering you on stateside!!
Congratulations to Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper, owned by Akiko Yamazaki & Four Winds Farm, for being named to the U.S. Olympic team for Dressage! We can’t wait to cheer on this West Coaster in Paris 👏🇫🇷
📸: Terri Miller
Nick Haness and McQueen strike again! Congrats to Nick and the whole team behind McQueen on the win in the $100,000 WCHR Central Hunter Spectacular ✨ He just can’t stop winning! 👏
📸: @megangiesemedia
Happy Father`s Day to all the dads out there! 💕
We just can’t WAIT to welcome back two weeks of CDI Dressage World Cup Qualifying competition to our park for the 2024-2025 season! Dressage riders, mark the following dates for both international and national level dressage:
🔹November 14-17, 2024
🔹January 2-5, 2025
Both events include qualifying competition for CDI-W/CDI3*/CDI2*/CDI1*/CDIU25/CDIY/CDIJ/CDICh/CDIP/CDIAm/CDIYH
Familiar faces atop the podium at @jumpinglabauleofficiel 🏆👀 Congratulations to Kent Farrington, Karl Cook, and Gregory Wathelet, who ended up first, second, and third in the Rolex Grand Prix of La Baule! We always love to see top results from those who invest their time with us out west 👏
📸: @jessik_r
For the 2024/2025 season, we have even more international competition coming your way. Get ready for 12 FEI competitions over eight total international weeks, including three weeks of CSI5*, and three weeks of CSI4*.
Highlights include:
🔷Two weeks of CSI5* and CSI2* action during Desert Holiday, highlighted by the $1,000,000 CSI5* Coachella Cup Grand Prix and $1,000,000 MLSJ Team Final
🔷The Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ North American League Qualifier during Desert Circuit 4 (January 29-February 2, 2025), with CSI5* and CSI2* action
🔷Two weeks of CSI4* action
🔷Three weeks of CSI3* action
Get ready for an epic season of FEI!
📸: High Desert Sport Photo
Have you marked your calendar for the 2024/2025 season yet?! All dates, plus a list of special class highlights, are officially live on our website so please go have a look and start building your schedule for the winter! We can`t wait to #seeyouinthedesert! 🌵
2024/2025 Dates:
☀️National Sunshine Series: October 30-November 10, 2024
🎄Desert Holiday: December 3-15, 2024
😎Desert Circuit: January 8-March 16, 2025
Some Devon blues 🩵 Congrats to these West Coasters on big moments in the Dixon oval this year!
Nick Haness - Leading Hunter Rider
Halie Robinson - Leading Lady Rider
Irene Neuwirth - Leading Amateur Owner Rider
Desert International Horse Park is proud to welcome BRAINJUICE & BRAINJAVA as the Official Brain Power of DIHP and the DIHP Roadrunners! Leg 1 of MLSJ Season 4 is complete with a huge win for Roadrunner Erynn Ballard🇨🇦 and we can’t wait to see how the rest of the season unfolds with BRAINJUICE & BRAINJAVA supporting us! #roadrunnersnews
Another Roadrunner team member win today! 🥇 And a huge one for Erynn Ballard, topping the $340,000 MLSJ CSI5* Grand Prix with Nikka VD Bisschop at Thunderbird Show Park!
📸: Kim Gaudry
#roadrunnersnews
Congratulations are in order for West Coaster and Roadrunner Karl Cook who won the CSI5* Rolex Grand Prix of Rome 🇮🇹🍝 What a big win for this pair!!!
📸: Mackenzie Clark
#roadrunnersnews