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U.S. show jumpers are stars in Aachen
The USA's NetJets Show Jumping Team won the Mercedes-Benz Nations Cup at Germany’s Aachen, considered by many the world’s most prestigious horse show, with each rider putting in at least one clean round and Brian Moggre putting in two on Balou du Reventon. “Aachen is...
What are your thoughts on amateur rules?
The U.S. Equestrian Federation is going to revise the rules related to amateur competitors. The scenario has gotten a lot more complicated in the age of social influencers, and others who dabble in teaching beginners but aren't really professionals.Where do you think...
Head to the new Maryland 5-star to see top horses and riders: Sept. 28 UPDATE
Stars, stars, stars! Great Britain's Zara Tindall, the former European and world eventing champion, just entered next month's new Maryland 5-star at Fair Hill. Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter joins her country's team gold medal Olympian Oliver Townend, the world's...
The Master’s Chase returns
The Master's Chase races at Natirar on Main Street in Peapack & Gladstone are back on Oct. 9 after a year off due to Covid. The event's roots are in the cherished local tradition of steeplechasing in the Somerset Hills. Although the modern landscape means riders...
New York leg of GCL won’t be held this year
If you were planning to go to the New York venue for show jumping's Longines Global Champions Tour Sept. 24-26, better make other plans. The show, which debuted on Governor's Island in 2019 and was cancelled due to Covid in 2020, is not running this year. The League...
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...
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