Category Archives: Desert Circuit

The order of go for Sunday’s $30,000 Brown Advisory Open Classic Series 1.40m at the Desert International Horse Park included Olympians, FEI World Championship competitors – and one 13-year-old that...

Following the 2022 ECCO FEI World Championships in Denmark, Australia’s James Arkins had a choice: go to Florida where he had been competing prior to the championships or see a...

Following the first round of the $100,000 WCHR West Coast Hunter Spectacular, Nick Haness and HH Elmo had enough of a lead that they could have played it safe in...

When it comes to finding horses, Luis Gonçalves is always looking for a good canter, scope and carefulness – and being sired by Mylord Carthago certainly doesn’t hurt. “I like...

A year ago, Joie Gatlin and Cruz were an unlikely pair to be found in the winner’s circle of a speed class. The Danish Warmblood gelding, owned by Kate Hovland,...

The sun and show jumping and hunter stars are all shining this week at the Desert International Horse Park for the National Sunshine Series I! While nothing beats being live...

Desert International Horse Park in Thermal, CA has canceled Weeks V to VIII of the 2022 Desert Circuit and Desert Dressage IV due to the ongoing equine herpesvirus outbreak. EHV-1...

On Friday, February 11th, management at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) first reported an Equine Herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) infection on the property of the Thermal, CA showground. EHV‐1 virus is...

Time wasn’t a factor in the $40,000 Adequan Grand Prix under the lights at Desert International Horse Park on Saturday night. It was the factor.  Six of the 33 combinations...

It was a postcard moment. Watching Katie Taylor-Davidson and L’Con Reyes, the first of 27 combinations to set hoof in the spectacular grass field at Desert International Horse Park in...

Watching Mark Kinsella and Doraindo blaze to victory in Thursday’s $25,000 FarmVet Grand Prix at the Desert International Horse Park, you’d never guess that it was the pair’s first jump-off—or...

It's Hunter Week at Desert Circuit IV! Thirty of the west's best hunter pairs will contest the $50,000 Butet USHJA International Hunter Derby on the spectacular grass field at Desert...

Winning 15 FEI classes in 5 months takes great talent and a top-notch string of horses—and for Conor Swail, a healthy supply of horse treats doesn’t hurt either. “Whoever I'm...

Keri Potter already has two FEI wins under her belt this winter at the 2022 Desert Circuit, and when she looked at the hoof prints in the sand on Saturday,...

Berry de Maillet is a hunter wizard in training.   The former jumper competed up to the 1.45m CSI4* level in his previous life, showing internationally in Spain, Mexico, and...

Who needs the luck of the Irish when you already have the speed of Conor Swail and Nicky Galligan? The Irish riders made sweeping the $37,000 Marshall & Sterling 1.50m...

For Karrie Rufer, it was love at first lick. The American show jumper first encountered Mr. Europe, aka "Eddie," while on a shopping expedition in the Netherlands. She was in...

This week, Hall of Fame Thursday remembers one of the great horses of all time, Abdullah, Show Jumping Hall of Fame class of 2008. An article published in the program...

Can two-time FEI victors Keri Potter and Quintana II keep their streak alive Week III of the Desert Circuit? Will world #9 Conor Swail swoop in with a win? It...

For Keri Potter, keeping Quitana 11 fit for the mare’s owner and her longtime student, Hannah Loly, is her primary objective this winter—but picking up a few international wins along...