Nancy Jaffer
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Simonson’s no surprise at Grand Prix championships
Of course Christian Simonson and Indian Rock won big on the first day of the U.S. Equestrian Federation Grand Prix Dressage National Championship. What else would you expect from the defending national champion and Rocky, who were second in the Zen Elite FEI World Cup...
Wizard is a special memory
Wizard, the Oldenburg who was Adrienne Lyle's mount for an Olympics and the World Equestrian Games, has passed away in retirement at age 27. Adrienne, who went from Debbie McDonald's working student to her assistant before going out on her own, paid tribute to the...
A former racehorse is a hero
What happens to race horses when their career at the track ends? That's a question which is getting more attention these days -- as it should. There are opportunities for a new start in the show ring, pleasure riding and therapeutic work, among others. Sadly, not all...
Kent’s number one: again
A little more than a month after winning the $1 million Rolex US Equestrian Open Grand Prix and the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping Final, the USA's Kent Farrington was promoted to world number one in the Longines rankings, overtaking Britain's Scott Brash, who held...
A dedicated vital volunteer has left us
Sheila Tweedie, trustee emeritus of Mane Stream in Oldwick, N.J., passed away May 2. For more than half a century, she had been involved with Mane Stream and its predecessor, Somerset Hills Handicapped Riders Club in Bedminster, N.J. Trish Hegeman, Mane Stream's...
Canadian show jumping medalist and coach Tom Gayford is gone
Canada's longtime show jumping Olympic medalist and chef d'equipe, Tom Gayford, died over the weekend at age 97. He rode on Canadian teams for nearly 30 years, beginning in the 1940s until the 1970s. At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, he was on the show jumping squad...
What’s important to know about Equine Herpes Virus
The Virginia Horse Center's cancellation of a show after a horse with EHV-1 neurological was euthanized at a Culpeper, Va., show has prompted horse owners' questions about the condition. The U.S. Equestrian Federation put out information on the subject that is...
It’s victory for the USA at the Defender Kentucky 5-Star Three-Day Event
Moments after winning the Defender Kentucky 5-Star Three-Day Event on Diabolo Sunday afternoon, Will Coleman said “I wake up most days and I feel like a pretty lucky guy, but I feel extraordinarily blessed today, not just for this horse, but for the opportunity to...
What a win for Tamie Smith!
Victory in the Cosequin 4-Star Short was well-deserved for Tamie Smith on Sunday at the Kentucky Horse Park, where she was the lone competitor among 31 starters to go clear in the show jumping phase and clinch the title after leading through every segment of the...
Kent scores yet another major grand prix show jumping victory
The amazing Kent Farrington did it again: In less than a month, he has won the Rolex US Open $1 million Grand Prix, the Longines FEI World Cup Final and Saturday night, the $340,000 Major League Show Jumping International 5-Star at the Kentucky Horse Park. He's number...
