Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
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...
Update on Clooney
It turns out that Clooney has a humerus fracture on his right side after a pasture accident earlier this month. According to his rider, Martin Fuchs, "He is in the best care at Tierspital Zürich and seems to be his normal self at the moment. "He is eating well and is...
Horse show announcer Tom Mannos has passed away
Tom Mannos was known as “ The Voice of Equestrian Sport,” a polished and professional announcer heard everywhere from the Hampton Classic to Madison Square Garden, Equitana, the Belmont Park Horse Fair, the Middlesex County Horse Show and dozens of other competitions...
Big changes on the eventing front in Florida
The eventing scene in Florida is really ramping up. The World Equestrian Center in Ocala has acquired the Ocala Jockey Club, about 20 minutes from the WEC, which opened in January and offers restaurants and a four-star hotel, in addition to indoor and outdoor...
Major switches on key Olympic teams
The new rules on substitutions for the three-member squads in Tokyo could have a big effect on the placings as team show jumping gets under way tomorrow. As planned, McLain Ward has been moved onto the U.S. show jumping team in Tokyo with Contagious, while Kent...
What’s in store for the Lake Placid shows?
After a year off due to the pandemic, the Lake Placid, N.Y., Horse Shows have “come back very strong,” said chairman Philip Richter, as the two-week competition looks toward the future. Those involved with the shows are working on two-, four-, six- and 10-year plans,...
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