Hunter/Jumper

Brooke Morin and Skylar Wireman Reach New Heights in $15,000 DIHP 6-Bar The crowd watched excitedly to see if any pairs of the 15 starters could clear 1.82 meters in the final round of the $15,000 DIHP Hidden Creek Farms 6-Bar. With just five pairs making it to the final round, the task (and the final fence) seemed enormous. But […]

JUMPERS TAKE TO THE ALLTECH ARENA FOR THE 140TH NATIONAL HORSE SHOW Rene Dittmer Continues his Winning Streak in the $73,800 International Welcome Stake presented by North Star  International show jumping competition made its debut at the 2023 National Horse Show (NHS) on Thursday, November 2nd. Welcoming some of the world’s top show jumping athletes and their mounts, the CSI4*-W […]

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 […]