Events

Joie Gatlin and Oslo Claim 3’6” Green Hunter Championship Joie Gatlin started the season at Desert International Horse Park on a high note, earning championship honors with Oslo, owned by Alexis Meadows. “He’s one of my favorite horses ever, hunter or jumper,” Gatlin said of the 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding. “We’ve had him for just over a year now. We […]

Robert Blanchette and Chardonnay Get Better with Time It’s evident watching them in the ring that Robert Blanchette and Chardonnay have found their rhythm, and it played in their favor Thursday as they took victory in the $30,000 FarmVet 1.45m Open Classic during week one of the National Sunshine Series. The pair had a midway draw in the order of […]

National Sunshine Series Starts Swimmingly for Patrick Billes and Espartano LS Patrick Billes won the $10,000 1.35m Welcome Speed in early 2022 with Espartano LS, but he’d say he brought back a different horse to win the same class in November 2023, as the opening class of the National Sunshine Series at Desert International Horse Park (DIHP). He and the […]

Maggie King Takes The Win in The Hamel Foundation National Horse Show 3’3” Equitation Championship The 140th National Horse Show showcased its unwavering commitment to equestrian excellence as the spotlight shifted to the highly anticipated Hamel Foundation National Horse Show 3’3″ Equitation Championship. In this prestigious event, riders demonstrated exceptional skills and grace in this challenging equitation competition. The equitation […]

Golden Repeats Grand Performance, Tarumianz Captures WIHS Pony Equitation Finals on Last Day of 2023 WIHS Ponies closed out competition on Sunday, October 29, for the 2023 Washington International Horse Show, presented by MARS Equestrian™. Betsee Parker’s Brixton and Vivian Golden won the Grand Pony Hunter Championship, presented by the Castellanos Family, for the second year in a row. Victory in […]

Nichols, Ball, and Wagman Capture Wins at Desert Dressage, Presented by Adequan® Desert Dressage 1, presented by Adequan® –the first of four weeks of dressage competition at the Desert International Horse Park (DIHP) in Thermal, CA – wrapped Sunday with elite West-Coast dressage athletes taking home top honors. Young rider Erin Nichols stepped into the Grand Prix level for the first time […]

Double Podium Finish for Maya Ines Denis Chambon in $25,000 Perfect Products Grand Prix The 2023 Fall Series returned this week for its third week of competition, ESP Fall III. The $10,000 Bainbridge Companies 1.40m Stake commenced this week’s competition on the Derby Field with twenty-five horse-and-rider combinations taking to the course. Of the twenty-five pairs, seven returned for the shortened course […]

Mändli and Chartraine Pre Noir Chase Victory in $78,000 Speed Final CSI5* at 2023 WIHS Swiss Olympic team silver medalist Beat Mändli headlined the feature class on Friday, October 27, at the 2023 Washington International Horse Show (WIHS), presented by MARS Equestrian™. Riding Chartraine Pre Noir, Mändli outraced the field to win the $78,000 Speed Final CSI5*, capping off the exciting […]