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The Essex Horse Trials is adding to its special history

The Essex Horse Trials is adding to its special history

As dusk fell on the evening before the first Essex Horse Trials in 1968, Sally Ike was helping organizer Roger Haller complete work on the final cross-country fence at his family’s Hoopstick Farm in Bedminster, N.J. At the time, Sally was a candidate for the Olympic eventing team. It was an era when horse trials were scarce and eventing was just beginning to gather its strength in the U.S. Essex filled a need, and everyone pitched in to help make it happen. While the event started as a...

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U.S. and Aachen set for a new partnership

U.S. and Aachen set for a new partnership

Britain’s splendid Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is a hard act to follow in the pantheon of the Aachen horse show’s “partner country” collaborators. But the USA is ready to handle the position in Germany this summer, armed with such all-American traditions as cheerleaders, Quarter Horses, cowboys and football players. Aachen began the partner country initiative in 2001, when Spain was interested in promoting the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games in Jerez. Since then, nations including...

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The Essex Horse Trials is adding to its special history

The Essex Horse Trials is adding to its special history

As dusk fell on the evening before the first Essex Horse Trials in 1968, Sally Ike was helping organizer Roger Haller complete work on the final cross-country fence at his family’s Hoopstick Farm in Bedminster, N.J. At the time, Sally was a candidate for the Olympic eventing team. It was an era when horse trials were scarce and eventing was just beginning to gather its strength in the U.S. Essex filled a need, and everyone pitched in to help make it happen. While the event started as a one-day, homemade fixture, it wasn’t long before it became a staple of the country’s eventing calendar. Essex attracted the country’s best eventers, from Bruce Davidson to Mike Plumb, and many other famous names. Sally went on to win it aboard the ex-racehorse, Roxboro. In 1979, Essex moved a few miles away to the U.S. Equestrian Team in Gladstone. There it stayed as a popular fixture through 1998, until part of the property was sold and there wasn’t enough room to stage the cross-country segment. But in 2017, Essex made a big comeback at Moorland Farm, the home of the Far Hills Race Meeting, a short canter from the USET. The lack of an all-weather arena at Moorland became a sticking point, however. It was solved in 2022 by holding the dressage and show jumping phases at the USET Foundation, then switching over to Moorland the next day for competition over its scenic cross-country course. Cross-country day at Moorland is highlighted by an extremely successful car show, which draws a big...

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U.S. and Aachen set for a new partnership

U.S. and Aachen set for a new partnership

Britain’s splendid Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment is a hard act to follow in the pantheon of the Aachen horse show’s “partner country” collaborators. But the USA is ready to handle the position in Germany this summer, armed with such all-American traditions as cheerleaders, Quarter Horses, cowboys and football players. Aachen began the partner country initiative in 2001, when Spain was interested in promoting the 2002 FEI World Equestrian Games in Jerez. Since then, nations including France, Denmark and Sweden have participated as partners in the entertainment that transformed the opening ceremony at the historic competition. On July 2, it will be the U.S. that takes center stage for what is also a 90-minute TV show at a venue featuring the best in grand prix jumping, vaulting, eventing, dressage and driving competition. The ceremony production is an 800-person extravaganza, with 200 horses. And even after the ceremony, the partner country remains an important presence throughout...

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