Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
USA fourth at Falsterbo
The U.S. finished close to the podium Friday in the Falsterbo, Sweden, show jumping Nations Cup, just as a different American team had done at Rome in May. The fourth-place Cup result was the best for a U.S. squad since Rome. The home side, featuring world number one...
Tying up the loose ends at Aachen
So much went on at Aachen while it showcased five disciplines, with the Rolex Grand Prix of show jumping being the big news (our piece is the main story on this website) as the International Equestrian Festival ended its 10-day run. But we shouldn’t overlook the three...
A new look at the loss of show jumper Chromatic BF
The sudden death of Chromatic BF after a competition at the FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last spring will never be forgotten by the horse’s owner/breeder, Kc Branscomb, who is determined to ensure nothing like that happens to another horse...
U.S. Olympic show jumping team selected
Laura Kraut, Kent Farrington and McLain Ward, all of whom rode on the Tokyo Olympic team three years ago, have been selected for the squad that will go to the Paris Games later this month. Laura, the only rider to go clear in the Nations Cup at Aachen last week, will...
Dressage riders from the U.S. make their mark at Aachen
There was some good news for U.S. dressage at the Aachen International Equestrian Festival Saturday. It was comeback time for Steffen Peters in the 4-star Grand Prix Freestyle, where he and Suppenkasper finished third in the wake of a frustrating nineteenth-place...
Chester Weber a driving winner at Aachen
The only U.S. entry in the Aachen four-in-hand driving, Chester Weber showed style and grace in winning the dressage phase with a score of 35.59 penalties over Australia's Boyd Exell, the world number one, marked at 38.79. Chester, the world number 11, said modestly,...
Rider eventing rankings are shuffled
Boyd Martin remains the top American on the FEI's eventing ranking list, but he has dropped from second to sixth. Meanwhile, Caroline Martin Pamukcu, who will be his teammate at the Olympics this month, made a big jump up from twenty first to eleventh. Liz Halliday...
USHJA has a new executive director
One of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association's first employees has become its executive director, as Whitney Allen succeeds Kevin Price in the role. Whitney, formerly USHJA's director of operations, started her work in governance with the American Horse Shows...
USA close to a top-3 finish in Aachen team dressage
The USA just missed the podium in the Grand Prix that opened the 5-star dressage team competition at the Aachen World Equestrian Festival on Thursday morning. The team finished fourth with a total of 214.283 percent behind third-place Denmark (215.544). The squad was...
A good day/bad day story for the U.S. at Aachen: UPDATE
Steffen Peters had a disappointing test with the veteran Suppenkasper in the 4-star Grand Prix at the Aachen World Equestrian Festival on Wednesday, scoring 68.131 percent as he finished nineteenth in a field of 22 starters. The 16-year-old Suppenkasper, or Mopsie as...
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