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A special show jumper is gone
Kroon Gravin, one of the great competition horses of the early 21st Century, has died in retirement at the age of 30. The two-time winner of the American Invitational (2001 and 2002), ridden by Molly Ashe Cawley, also was the first U.S entry to win Berlin's Eternit...
Two Atlantic County horses victims of EEE
Two unvaccinated horses in Atlantic County were euthanized after contracting Eastern Equine Encephalitis, the second and third cases of the illness that have surfaced in New Jersey this year. The animals were an 8-year-old mare and a 7-year-old mini-horse stallion....
Memorial gathering set for former Lord Stirling Stable manager
Harry Case, who defined Lord Stirling Stable's character as its first manager, was a much-admired man. When the Ft. Meyers, Fla., resident, died on May 22, 2020, pandemic restrictions meant that wasn't the time for those who knew him to gather in his memory. Now his...
Roxie does it again: another Para gold for U.S. rider
Roxie Trunnell, who won gold in Friday's individual Grade I test, did it again today after achieving a record-breaking score. Ranked as world number one, topped her category of the freestyle at Baji Koen Equestrian Park with Karen Flint and Flintwoode Farm's...
New Jersey horses continue success at USEF dressage championships: UPDATE
As the U.S. Equestrian Federation's Festival of Champions drew to a close, Alice Tarjan of Oldwick ended her stellar cavalry charge at Lamplight Farm in Illinois with titles in two more divisions. She took the Grand Prix tri-color on Candescent, the mare with which...
It’s the Alice Tarjan daily double double!
She did it again, and again. The day after taking first and second place in the Grand Prix at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions with her mares Candescent and Donatella M, Alice Tarjan was first and second in the Intermediaire II for the Developing Grand Prix...
Tarjan’s horses win at national dressage championships
Alice Tarjan was always going to be a key player at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions. How could she be anything else, after finishing sixth in the final U.S. Olympic trial last spring and bringing nine horses from her Oldwick farm to Lamplight Farm in Illinois...
Eastern Equine Encephalitis strikes in Cumberland County: UPDATE
The call to vaccinate is everywhere during the Covid pandemic but it is also an admonition from the state Department of Agriculture, after a 7-year-old unvaccinated mare in Cumberland County contracted EEE and had to be euthanized. (Note: The department originally...
The Tewksbury Trail Pace is back!
The Tewksbury Trail Association’s Trail Pace marks its 25th anniversary with an 8-mile course at Christie Hoffman Farm Park. One of the most popular paces in New Jersey, it's set for Sept. 19 at a lovely setting at 108 Fairmount Road West (Route 512) in Tewksbury,...
Sandro Hit has died
An infection has claimed the life of the gorgeous black stallion who was in the bloodlines of all three horses on the 2021 U.S. Olympic silver medal dressage team. The decision to euthanize 28-year-old Sandro Hit was made when veterinarians determined that continuing...
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