Polo & HITS

Polo season for 2025 is almost upon the Coachella Valley.

Polo Updates for 2025.  Season is almost here, and the horses and their humans are heading back to the Coachella Valley.  There will be 3 clubs offering polo this season.  Eldorado Polo Club will continue to host leagues January, February and March, but this season there are 2 additional clubs to add even more fun for the players!  All the players and their grooms, and families converge on our Coachella Valley for about 4 months, so they add a ton of activity, fun, and business to our little valley, including real estate.  If you are looking to buy or sell in the Coachella Valley, give local agent, Kim Kelly a call at 760-285-3578.

The Eldorado Polo Club, begins competitions with the Women’s West Coast Open on 12/27.  The opening sunday of the clubhouse is Dec. 29, then the Leagues begin on Jan. 4, and every Sunday through March, the public is welcome to attend the matches.

Then there’s a new addition to club polo which is Twin Palms Polo Club.  This club will be offering 4-8 goal leagues Jan, Feb, and March which is a very competitive level of play.  Located in Thermal, California, Twin Palms Polo is a premier polo facility nestled beneath the stunning snow-capped peaks of the Santa Rosa Mountains. Established in 2005, this exclusive venue boasts two meticulously maintained polo fields, a 48-stall barn, lush grass pastures and a dedicated exercise track.

Then there’s Calhoun Ranch, owned by Alex Haagen of Empire polo club fame.  Calhoun Ranch has quite a few fields, although the new fields are still pretty young and probably can’t be played on this season.  There will be a league probably, and chukkers, it’s still being organized, so we’ll see what they offer this year.  But the fact that that there are so many clubs is brilliant!  If you are visiting the Coachella Valley, next season, be sure to look up the schedule for one of the clubs and stop by.  Here is a tour of a lovely home located right across Ave. 52 from the polo fields.  Approx 4400 sf and offering 5 beds/6 baths, including a 2 room casita, a huge lot, pool/spa, and low HOA’s..

The 2025 Polo Season is heating up!

Polo Season is coming soon!  It’s still sizzling here in the Coachella Valley, but the Santa Barbara season is winding down, as are out other summer clubs, so it’s time to start thinking about securing your stabling, and setting up your teams at the Eldorado Polo Club.  If you are looking to buy or sell in the Coachella Valley, give local equestrian/agent, Kim Kelly a call at 760-285-3578.

The barns at Eldorado open for horses on November 15.  I’ve already secured my same stabling, and the barns normally fill up fast, so be sure to contact the office and get your spot!  Polo season Practices begin on December 20, followed by the Women’s Tournaments.  Games are open to the public to watch, so schedule a Sunday afternoon at the Club.  Regular League Play begins in January, and for 3 months, it’s Polo, Polo, Polo!

If you’re looking for a Coachella Valley home, or farm, the new listings hit about mid November, so our low inventory should really pick up!  If you’re in town and want to stop by an Open House that is located very near to the Polo Fields, come tour 81850 Mountain Spur Dr., La Quinta.  This Rancho Santana Estate home will be open Sunday, 10/6 from 12-3 pm.  Take the tour below, then stop in and walk the property. 

The Linfoot Polo Clinic can sharpen your skills!

Polo Clinic coming in December:  The annual Linfoot Polo Clinic is returning to the Eldorado Polo Club from December 13-15.  Corky and Kathy Linfoot do a fabulous job and their limited number of students come away with a wealth of knowledge!  Our local equestrians are returning to the desert in preparation for the 2025 polo season, and the clinic is a way to start the season prepared.  Call local equestrian and resident, Kim Kelly if you are looking to buy or sell in the Coachella Valley at 760-285-3578.

The Linfoot Polo Clinic is an annual tradition at the Eldorado Polo Club in Indio, CA.  The clinic is designed to pride participants with information and skills to help you meet your polo goals.  The clinic is limited to 20 participants, so sign up early to secure your spot.  The husband and wife team have done polo clinics for 35 years on four continents. Kathy has been teaching riding since age 14 and some of you may know her 1st ever student–Tom Goodspeed!

Former 7-goaler, Corky, has won two U.S. Opens, 4 Pacific Coast Opens and multiple tournaments abroad. He coached the Canaian team in the FIP in Australia and has coached the successful Casa Blanca Polo Team in Indio, California for 9 years.

Early bird pricing before 10/15 is $800.   Regular pricing is $1,000.  $400 deposit required at registration.  For more information, head to polobylinfoot.com.

Polo season, 2025

Polo Season, 2025. The equestrians are coming, the equestrians are coming!  Yep, here we go. Season 2025 is almost here!  The horses and the humans that accompany them are heading back to the desert for the winter season.  There have been some changes in the horsey landscape here in the Coachella Valley.  If you’re looking to buy or sell in the Coachella Valley, give local equestrian and agent, Kim Kelly a call at 760-285-3578.

Eldorado Polo Club opens it’s stabling on November 13.  The stick and ball field opens on December 13, and practices begin on December 20.  The 2025 polo season officially begins with the USPA Women’s Pacific Coast Open and Women’s Challenge Tournaments on December 27, 2024.

January and February will feature the 4 and 8 goal leagues, and in February and March, the 12 goal league kicks in.  Polo games are open to the public with playoff games played at 10, 12 and 2 on Saturdays and Sundays.  Take this short walkthrough farm video for an example of the Coachella Valley Eastern farm land that exists. 

2024 polo season is about ready to start!!

Polo update for 2024 season:  It’s that time of year again..polo and HITS show seasons are getting ready for 2024!  The world famous Eldorado Polo Club will be having another full roster of teams competing in 2024.  As for the HITS horseshow, the Sunshine competition will be November 1-12, and they are now taking reservations for the 2024 season.  If you’re looking to buy or sell a seasonal home or farm, or a year round home or equestrian property, give me a call at 760-285-3578.  

The polo grounds have had some recent changes.  Field #4 by the Cantina, which we did not have access to last year due to the enormous tent the music festival owners installed on it, is back for 2024!  This is a very popular field because the noon games can be watched over lunch or cocktails at The Cantina!  Family friendly, and a polo friendly announcer there as well.  Another change for the season is the stabling.  The pipe pens by Jackson Hole Horse Emporium and Pablo’s tack repair shop are all gone!  The pipe pens are being re assembled behind the old HITS showground stalls.  If you’re looking for stabling for the 2024 season, visit the Eldorado website and get your reservation in!

It’s been a busy summer for real estate.  Land and Farms in particular have been transferring consistently over the summer.  If you’ve been thinking of buying a farm or vacant land or a home, don’t sit.  Inventory is down, so prices have remained steady, and buyers that are ready, can still get a decent price.  Mortgage rates are still high at 6-7%, but with land and farms, it is not unusual for sellers to carry the note with 40-50% down.  Take a tour of this 2 acre property located East of hwy 86; called Pineapple Hill Retreat, and offered at $1,500,000.

Polo in the summer in the Coachella Valley

Summer polo in the Coachella Valley.  We’ve had a very mild May, and it seems June is going to be the same.  We are looking at 90’s as a high for the end of May into the first week of June.  That makes it easy for us local desert rats to play summer polo!  The Eldorado Polo club is still in the process of taking down the music festival installations, including that huge tent that took up the entire Field #4!.  Empire Polo Club is no longer a polo facility, but rather an event site, so our local summer polo is currently happening at Rancho Polo Equestrian Center in Thermal.  People looking for property in the Coachella Valley are welcome to stop by and see an early morning practice.  If you are looking to buy or sell your property in the Coachella Valley, give local Realtor, Kim Kelly a call at 760-285-3578.

Polo is enjoyed by hundreds of players and their ponies in the Coachella Valley year round, though our true season runs from December through April.  Summer polo is played at 8 a.m. Wednesday through Sunday.  The Thermal HITS show grounds hosts fantastic competitions as early as November, and running through April.  Polo and HITS competitors are active owners of real estate in the Coachella Valley.  Sometimes they want a small condo such as at Indian Palms Country Club.  Some of my clients look for 4 to 5 bedroom homes to house their grooms and barn managers, in communities such as the La Quinta Cove or Desert Club Estates.

Often competitors shop for their desert retreat in gated, golf course communities such as Rancho La Quinta, The Hideaway, Tradition, Mountain View Country Club and La Quinta Country Club.  Let me know your price point, and general area of the valley that you may be interested in, and I’ll take it from there!  Many other buyers may be thinking of purchasing a parcel of land, either undeveloped or an equestrian estate.  Our valley offers it all!  Take a tour of this incredible land parcel known as Siri Ranch in Thermal, CA.  Offered at $26,000/acre with 4 water meters on a total of 108 acres.  One or multiple smaller parcels may be purchased rather than the large one if that is what you are looking for. 

HITS Thermal Horse Park around the corner from the Thermal Club, entry on Airport Blvd., Thermal, CA.

HITS & Polo Update:  Another Season is about to begin in the Coachella Valley Horse world.  Polo ponies and their owners will begin arriving in November, and the HITS show competitors will be hauling in their top jumping and show prospects in November, and through December.  Time for another HITS & Polo Coachella Valley Equestrian Update!  If you’re searching for Land, Ranches or Residential, give local agent, Kim Kelly a call at 760-285-3578.