Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Remember Packy McGaughan at a gathering this month
A celebration of life will be held for Patrick “Packy”. McGaughan on Saturday, June 19 at 4 p.m. The celebration will be in the jump field of Banbury Cross Farm, 26315 Haines Rd., Clarksburg, Md. Everyone who wants to honor Packy is invited to attend and tell their...
An effort to save wild horses from slaughter
President Biden’s budget includes record spending for roundups and removal of wild horses from our public lands. And too many go to slaughter after that. My question is, why not geld most of the stallions and let nature take its course? Mary Irby, executive director...
It doesn’t sound like fun, but there’s a higher purpose in Tokyo
The Olympic Games always have been more than an athletic competition: in the past, they offered an opportunity for athletes to mingle with their counterparts from other countries, swap pins and (time permitting) visit a variety of venues to watch sports other than...
UPDATED: There’s more to U.S. performance in Rome than a finish off the podium
What could well be the U.S. show jumping team for Tokyo got a test run at Rome's Intesa Sanpaolo Nations Cup in the scenic Piazza di Sienna, and it showcased top American talent, even with a disappointing fifth-place finish. First of all, the placing off the podium...
U.S. eventing team for Tokyo named
While the dressage and show jumping disciplines are still going through their selection processes for the teams that will go to Tokyo, the U.S. eventing squad was announced today. The short-listed dressage riders and show jumpers are still in their trials process, but...
The Devon Horse Show facility is getting spruced up
Upgrades have been made during 2020 and 2021 to the historic Devon shwogrounds, where the spring show has been cancelled for two years in a row, but summer and autumn competitions will go ahead. More than 500 stalls have been reconstructed and screening has been added...
National Horse Show and Kentucky 5-star producer EEI join forces
The National Horse Show, held in the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park, has joined forces with Equestrian Events Inc., which presents the 5-star Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event at the venue. The strategic partnership is aimed at strengthening the National...
The bad luck of the B’s; this time the Bromont event is canceled
First it was Badminton, then Burghley, that were scrapped due to Covid restrictions. and today Canada's Bromont, another three-day event whose name starts with B, is off the calendar. The MARS Bromont CCI June 2-6 will not be held because, as the organizing committee...
Thoroughbreds will have their own show
The Fair Hill Thoroughbred Show (fairhill thoughbred show.org) will be held Sept. 18-19 at the Fair Hill showgrounds in Elkton, Md., with the goal of providing affordable entry fees, scholarships, stakes classes and prizes in every division.. “The philosophy of the...
Judgement, a remarkable stallion, is gone
The first KWPN (Dutch) approved stallion bred and foaled in America, Judgement ISF passed on last week, just shy of his 30th birthday. He is buried at his home, Iron Spring Farm in Pennsylvania. He had a 10-year career as a grand prix jumper with Michael Matz and then...
