Hunter/Jumper

Lauren Balcomb & Verdini D’houtveld Z Cap 2025 with $75,000 AdventHealth Grand Prix Victory The final Grand Prix of 2025 delivered a fitting conclusion to the year, with packed stands, an electric atmosphere, and top horse-and-rider combinations vying for the final victory in the $75,000 AdventHealth Grand Prix. Horses jumped in stellar form on Saturday night, producing one of the largest and […]

Callie Schott and Garant Go All Out to Win $340,000 Go Rentals CSI5* Grand Prix In an exciting Desert Holiday CSI5* finale, Callie Schott and Garant kicked it into overdrive to win the $340,000 Go Rentals CSI5* Grand Prix on Saturday, December 13, at Desert International Horse Park. “I told myself that I was just going to try to go and not […]

Morgan Ward and Qornet vd Bisschop Make a Winning Debut in the $24,500 FarmVet Grand Prix During HITS Ocala Holiday Classic The grounds of HITS Post Time Farm in Ocala, Florida, came back to life during the week of December 8-14, 2025, as competition officially kicked off the venue’s Holiday Series. Local competitors and long-distance travelers alike returned to the […]

Lauren Balcomb & Verdini D’houtveld Z Cap 2025 with $75,000 AdventHealth Grand Prix Victory The final Grand Prix of 2025 delivered a fitting conclusion to the year, with packed stands, an electric atmosphere, and top horse-and-rider combinations vying for the final victory in the $75,000 AdventHealth Grand Prix. Horses jumped in stellar form on Saturday night, producing one of the largest and […]

DIHP Roadrunners Get a Win for the Home Team in $200,000 MLSJ CSI5* Team Competition The Desert International Horse Park Roadrunners made their first win of the 2025-2026 Major League Show Jumping season a particularly memorable one as they sealed the Leg 7 victory in front of the home crowd on Friday, December 12, at DIHP in Thermal, Calif. Representing the DIHP […]

Mark Bluman Lands First Win with Landon de Nyze in $182,000 Great American Insurance Group CSI5* Qualifier Daniel Bluman had a feeling that Landon de Nyze would be well suited for his cousin, Mark Bluman, and that perception proved to be correct on Thursday, December 11, at Desert International Horse Park. In only their second show together, Colombia’s Mark Bluman […]

Simon Schröeder Speeds to One-Two Finish in $10,000 Barnwalkers 1.35m Welcome Speed A field of 75 entries took on Wednesday’s $10,000 Barnwalkers 1.35m Welcome Speed, but not one of them could catch Simon Schröeder. He kicked off Desert Holiday 2 at Desert International Horse Park with a one-two finish in the December 10 opening class. Schröeder’s top finish came aboard his veteran […]

Laura Kraut and Bisquetta are Brilliant in $750,000 CSI5* Coachella Cup Grand Prix They do not make jump-offs much closer than the one that decided the $750,000 CSI5* Coachella Cup Grand Prix, presented by Morrow-Meadows Corporation, on Saturday, December 6, at Desert International Horse Park. In a thrilling conclusion to CSI5* and Major League Show Jumping competition at Desert Holiday 1, Laura Kraut […]

McLain Ward and First Lady Fly to First Again in $182,000 Visit Greater Palm Springs CSI5* Qualifier For the second year in a row, the USA’s McLain Ward and First Lady are leading the way at Desert Holiday 1. On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the pair kicked off the week’s featured CSI5* competition the same way they did in 2024: […]