Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
The latest (Feb. 21) on the EHV-1 situation at California shows
California's Desert International Horse Park is being even more cautious after an outbreak of EHV-1 (equine herpes virus) on the premises, cancelling its show scheduled for this week and closing access to new arrivals for at least the next week. Instead of running the...
Lamaze tapped to lead Canadian show jumping team
Canada's most decorated equestrian, Olympic show jumping individual gold medalist Eric Lamaze, is his country's new technical advisor for the discipline. Eric also will serve as chef d'equipe for the squad. He replaces Mark Laskin, who had held the job since 2012 and...
Beezie Madden’s ride Garant has changed hands
Callie Schott, who was the assistant rider for Beezie Madden at John Madden Sales, has gotten the ride on Garant, with whom Beezie had been shortlisted for the Tokyo Olympics. The horse was sold by Abigail Wexner to Southern Arches Farm, where Callie is the trainer....
UPDATE Feb. 9: Help the family whose Nebraska stable burned, resulting in loss of life
The Nebraska stable owned by Canadian equestrian team veteran show jumper Karen Cudmore and her husband, Blair, burned early last Thursday in a horrific blaze believed to be accidental, leaving one barn worker dead and a firefighter in the hospital. The barn worker...
UPDATE Feb. 19: The latest on EHV-1 at the Desert Horse Park
California's Desert International Horse Park is taking the cautious route after an outbreak of EHV-1 (equine herpes virus) on the premises and is closing access to new arrivals for at least the next week. Individuals with horses that are currently in transit will be...
Help Kevin Babington while helping yourself to ride better
A group of distinguished riders are offering lessons in an auction designed to benefit Kevin Babington, the Olympic show jumper left paralyzed by a fall in competition nearly 2 and 1/2 years ago. Though Kevin has made some progress since the accident, which is...
Task force named to set the course for U.S. eventing
The way forward for the USA to achieve top level eventing aspirations will be examined by a new panel, the Eventing Elite Program Task Force, which includes some of the discipline's biggest names, announced today by the U.S. Equestrian Federation. Riders such as...
Look ahead to Omaha and the 2023 FEI World Cup Finals
There's a question about whether the FEI World Cup finals will be able to run this spring in Leipzig, Germany, because of the Covid situation and resulting government restrictions. A number of indoor shows in Europe already have been cancelled or are being held...
Resolution for Tokyo modern pentathlon equestrian scandal
As the International Modern Pentathlon Union debates what should replace show jumping in its sport line-up for the 2024 Paris Olympics (apparently some sort of cross-country obstacle race is being considered), German prosecutors dropped their investigation into two...
David O’Connor honored
Olympic eventing individual gold medalist David O’Connor, the first president of the U.S. Equestrian Federation, was presented with the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Exemplary Service Award by the U.S. Olympic Endowment at its annual award ceremony in Colorado Springs at the...
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