Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Racing pillar John von Stade has left us
He was the ultimate volunteer. John von Stade, who died yesterday at the age of 83 after a long illness, spent 50 years as co-chair of the Far Hills Race Meeting while it went from being an event that attracted a few thousand spectators to the country’s richest day of...
National Snaffle Bit gets another hunter/jumper show series
The Sonoma (Calif.) Horse Park will hold its six 2022 hunter/jumper shows from May to September under the auspices of the National Snaffle Bit Association, rather than the U.S. Equestrian Federation, it was announced today. Last week, word from the park was that it...
Equestrian phase of modern pentathlon on the way out
Show jumping will be dropped from the modern pentathlon lineup after the Paris Olympics in 2024, according to several media accounts. The sport received an unwelcome spotlight in Tokyo after a horse refused with a German rider who had been leading the competition to...
Clooney made it!
Martin Fuchs' marvelous horse Clooney, who suffered a life-threatening accident in his pasture accident during the summer, finally came home this week. The Westphalian gelding Martin rode to the European show jumping championship in 2019 slipped in his pasture Aug. 16...
Fair Hill’s cross-country debut is a hit
The crowds turned out for the debut of the new Maryland 5 star event’s cross-country day, flocking to the Fair Hill Special Event Zone in numbers never seen over the last 32 years at the old Fair Hill International fixture in another area of the late William DuPont’s...
Dressage trainer Michael Barisone will be tried in 2022 for attempted murderer
More than two years after Michael Barisone was charged in connection with the shooting of a tenant at his Long Valley, N.J., horse farm, a February trial date has been set for the 2008 Olympic dressage alternate. His lawyer, Ed Bilinkas indicated during a hearing in...
Annual meetings going virtual–again
The U.S. Dressage Federation and the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association have scrapped plans for in-person annual meetings later this autumn and will go virtual, as they did last year USHJA Executive Director Kevin Price said a survey sent out by the organization, asking...
New event set for Horseshoe Bend Park
Trail users have an opportunity this month to enjoy themselves while supporting Horseshoe Bend Park in Kingwood Township. On Oct. 30, the first annual Horseshoe Bend Boogie Endurance Ride and Ultramarathon will be held. There hasn’t been an endurance ride in central...
Time for a road trip? Why not visit Equitana
If you want to immerse yourself in an equestrian learning experience, and shop at 200 trade fair vendors in the process, Equitana Oct. 1-3 at the Kentucky Horse Park is the place for you. Specialists such as Olympic dressage medalist Laura Graves and progressive...
U.S. eventers and show jumpers are stars in Aachen
It's been a banner week for Americans in Aachen, Germany at a show many consider the most prestigious in the world. The Land Rover U.S. Eventing Team today finished in second place at World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen, the best team finish for a U.S. squad in the...
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