Press Releases
A Big Return for Jenny Karazissis and Big Shot in Desert Circuit VI’s Performance Hunter 3’6” Division
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – March 4, 2021 – Jenny Karazissis and Big Shot, owned by...
My Desert Circuit: Meet Rachel Long
Rachel Long is a twenty-year-old equestrian hailing from Horseshoe Bend, Idaho. She is an avid...
My Desert Circuit: Meet Kim Cheikha
A mother of four with a passion for horses, Kim Cheikha has been blessed by horses her whole life....
Portugal’s Luis Sabino Gonçalves Triumphs in FEI $137,000 1.55m CSI3*, Sponsored by Kubota
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – February 28, 2021 – Top show jumping competition...
My Desert Circuit: Meet Tessa Backman
Meet Tessa Backman! This Utah native has been riding horses since she was eight years old....
Kyle King and Coffee To Go Save the Best for Last to Win the FEI $36,600 1.45m CSI3*, Sponsored by AIG
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – February 27, 2021 – A field of twenty-one top show...
My Desert Circuit: Meet Anna Kotler
Anna Kotler is a talented junior rider competing in the junior hunters and equitation under the...
My Desert Circuit: Meet Ashlin Goodwin
Ashlin Goodwin is a twelve-year-old equestrian based in Santa Barbara, CA. Hailing from equestrian...
Eric Navet and Cadillac Jack Soar to Win the FEI $36,600 1.50m CSI3*, Sponsored by Desert Flight
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – February 26, 2021 – The Grand Prix Stadium continued with...
Jenny Karazissis and Lindsay Maxwell Triumph in the USHJA National Hunter Derbies
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – February 26, 2021 – With the second half of Desert...
My Desert Circuit: Meet Natalie Rae Medlock
We sat down with Natalie Rae Medlock of Orange, CA after her win in Desert Circuit V’s DIHP Adult...
Desert Circuit V: A Tremendous Thursday for Katie Laurie, Kasey Ament, and Tali de Jong
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – February 25, 2021 – Thursday of Desert Circuit Week V saw...
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