Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
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,...
Aaand they’re on–the Far Hills Race Meeting is set to run
It’s been a difficult year for the Far Hills Race Meeting, following cancellation of its 2020 edition due to the pandemic. But the races are returning to center stage in a big way this autumn at Moorland Farm on Route 202, as the steeplechase fixture marks the...
No surprises as U.S. Olympic show jumping team is named
Who didn't see this one coming? The same American squad that competed in Rome last month has been named as the show jumping team for the Tokyo Olympics. Kent Farrington (Gazelle) and his 2016 Olympic silver medal teammate,, McLain Ward (Contagious)--who is also a...
New Jersey rider joins dressage Century Club
The 500th member of the Century Club is Helene Dellechiaie of Oak Ridge became the 500th member of the U.S. Dressage Federation’s Century Club, for riders and horses whose ages total 100 or more and complete a dressage test. Helene is 71 and her Connemara pony,...
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