Press Releases
Nicky Galligan Continues West Coast Success at Desert International Horse Park
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - December 6, 2020 - Nicky Galligan (IRE) and his...
Laura Kraut and Gerko III Van de Zeilhoek Steal the Show in the $5,000 1.40m Open Classic, Sponsored by Hemp Hydrate
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - December 4, 2020 - Laura Kraut (USA) and Gerko III Van de...
Hunter Derby Competition Kicks Off at Inaugural Desert Holiday
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – December 4, 2020 – The inaugural Desert Holiday kicked...
A Superb Performance by Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper at the Desert International Horse Park
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - November 22, 2020 - The Adequan® Desert Dressage II CDIW,...
Charlotte Jorst and Kastel’s Nintendo Undefeated at the Desert International Horse Park
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - November 21, 2020 - American rider Charlotte Jorst topped...
Picture Perfect Day for Charlotte Jorst and Steffen Peters at the Adequan® Desert Dressage II CDIW, presented by Buffini & Company
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - November 20, 2020 - Dressage competition is underway at...
Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper Emerge Victorious in the Four Winds Farm FEI Grand Prix Special, presented by Tex Sutton Equine Air Transport
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - November 15, 2020 - The Four Winds Farm FEI Grand Prix...
Kastel’s Nintendo and Charlotte Jorst Dance to Victory in the FEI Grand Prix Freestyle CDIW, Sponsored by Buffini and Company
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - November 14, 2020 - Competitors took to the Grand Prix...
Steffen Peters and Suppenkasper Top the Competition in the FEI Grand Prix CDI3*, Sponsored by Elizabeth Keadle
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - November 13, 2020 - Competition finished Friday afternoon...
Charlotte Jorst and Kastel’s Nintendo Triumph in the FEI Grand Prix CDIW Qualifier Sponsored by Beverly Gepfer and Kirk A Martins Foundation and Presented by the Pulver Family
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. - November 13, 2020 - The Adequan® Desert Dressage I,...
Katie Taylor and L’Con Reyes Reign Supreme as the $30,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Champions
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – November 8, 2020 – Hunter competition debuted in the...
Paige Walkenbach Prevails in the 2020 PCHA Horsemanship Finals, 14 & Under
For Immediate Release: THERMAL, Calif. – November 8, 2020 – Paige Walkenbach (Paradise Valley, AZ)...
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