Press Releases
Christina Smith, Nick Haness and Lisa Wall Earn $5,000 National Hunter Derby Wins at National Sunshine Series I
Thermal, Calif. – Nov. 5, 2021 – Hunter derby action took center stage on Friday during the Desert...
Cassio Rivetti and Alanine De Vains Victorious in $9,100 Vita Flex 1.40m CSI3* at National Sunshine Series I
Thermal, Calif. – Nov. 4, 2021 – FEI CSI3* competition, presented by Marshall & Sterling,...
Alexis Taylor and Catendro Score High Performance Hunter Championship at National Sunshine Series I
Thermal, Calif. – Nov. 4, 2021 – The professional hunters concluded on Thursday morning at the...
Eric Navet and Coronado Blue NF Nab $2,500 Welcome Speed at National Sunshine Series I
Thermal, Calif. – Nov. 3, 2021 – The Grand Prix Stadium at the Desert International Horse Park...
Shawn Casady and Cassario 8 Capture Green 3’9” Hunter Wins to Kick Off National Sunshine Series I
Thermal, Calif. – Nov. 3, 2021 – Athletes returned to the Desert International Horse Park on...
Sun Air Jets Continues Exclusive Partnership with Desert Horse Park
Thermal, Calif. - Oct. 25, 2021 - Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) is pleased to welcome Sun...
Nick Wagman and Ben Ebeling Conclude Adequan® Desert Dressage I in Top Form
Thermal, Calif. - Oct. 24, 2021 - The Adequan® Desert Dressage I CDI-W and the Spooktacular...
Guenter Seidel and Jan Ebeling Shine Under the Lights at Desert International Horse Park Adequan® Desert Dressage I CDI-W
Thermal, Calif. - Oct. 23, 2021 - Exhibitors got into the Halloween spirit during Saturday’s...
Desert International Horse Park Announces Schedule Changes for Upcoming FEI Competition
Thermal, Calif. – Oct. 22, 2021 – Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) has made several changes...
Carly Taylor-Smith and Jan Ebeling Top Grand Prix Competition on Opening Day of Adequan® Desert Dressage I
Thermal, Calif. - Oct. 22, 2021 - The first day of competition at the Adequan® Desert Dressage I...
Desert International Horse Park Welcomes Dressage Competitors for Opening Competition of Adequan® Desert Dressage Series
Thermal, Calif. – Oct. 21, 2021 – As dressage horses are getting settled in for the exciting...
Desert International Horse Park Announces Addition of $10,000 Interactive Mortgage 10 and Under Jumper Futurity Series to 2021 National Sunshine Series and Desert Holiday
Thermal, Calif. – Oct. 19, 2021 – The Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) is pleased to...
In the Media
Happy #nationalilovehorsesday ❤️🐴 because who couldn’t love these amazing animals?!
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