Category Archives: Desert Circuit

If you're looking for a horsey oasis in the desert, Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) is always the right place to fill your cup. On Friday, it also became a...

Katie Laurie (AUS) has ridden her fair share of hot-blooded, quirky horses. “I think it's just what I end up with,” she laughed. “I would love a lovely, quiet, [Grand...

Gamble has been on an unlucky streak this Desert Circuit, according to James Chawke (IRL). And by "unlucky," he means he's only won one class so far. The pair has...

The first four-star event of the 2023 Desert Circuit season starts now! Competition at Desert International Horse Park it heating up Week VI with a fresh injection of top talent....

“I was thinking that second is great, even the top five is great," said Elisa Broz of her plan going into the jump off for the $145,100 Premier Equestrian CSI3*...

You could call Ace of Hearts early career a series of unfortunate events. Discovered by a colleague at age five, the Estonian Sport Horse was training in dressage and had...

Cassio Rivetti (BRA) wasn’t planning to try and win the $5,000 Morning Star Sporthorses CSI3* Special Two Phase 1.40m with Nadale van Dorperheide at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) in...

Dot your I’s and cross your t’s is an idiom Ireland's Mark Kinsella takes to heart. “You must do your homework. Attention to detail is so important,” said the California-based...

The 2023 Desert Circuit reaches the halfway point with Week V, February 8–12. Fifty-two international horses will jog for the CSI3* division. Week II and III's dominating force Gregory Wathelet...

"Caruso," according to Urban Dictionary, is the act of adding melodrama to everything you do. It's an accurate descriptor of Katie Laurie's Cera Caruso. The expressive 15-year-old Australian bred gelding, aka Elvis,...

Olivia Brown (USA) didn't have the chance to watch her jump-off competition in the $50,000 HorseFlight National Grand Prix at Desert International Horse Park on Saturday night under the lights....

What were your most memorable achievements at age 14? Getting your braces off? Setting the new high score on Mario Kart?  For 14-year-old Michelle Berry, it's winning an FEI class....

Karen! came to Chestnut Hills' Shayne and Skylar Wireman as a 1.20m horse sales horse in the fall of 2021. She’s described on her sales page as “Never mareish, always...

After a week off to rest, recoup and restart, Desert Circuit returns to Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, CA for Week IV of the nine week winter circuit. Master...

When Belgium's Gregory Wathelet decided to spend the winter season in California instead of Spain, he no doubt did the cost analysis calculations. How much he'd have to spend to...

Boston Red Sox vs New York Yankees. Real Madrid vs Barcelona. Joe Frazier vs Muhammad Ali. Sports rivalries have long exhilarated fans. The thrill of watching two greats battle for...

“I’m lucky enough at the minute; I have a string of small, fast horses," said world no. 5 Conor Swail on Friday. “They’re so much fun. They run along very...

"This is actually our first FEI show together and I'm just taking my time with him. I think he's going to be a very good horse in the future so...

For Conor Swail, the current world no. 5, winning a class is something that happens on a regular basis. Yet, each class (and horse) is unique, and such things stand...

The stage was set for a blazing jump off. Five horse and rider combinations qualified for course designer Colm Quinn’s short track in the $145,100 Whittier Trust Grand Prix at...