Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
What a weekend for horse sport in Florida
Top-level show jumping in the Sunshine State has overcome the pandemic and EHV-1. The impressive evidence is the turnout for the biggest grands prix in Wellington and Ocala last weekend. With a total of $1,700,000 offered at three venues in the state, 148 horses...
PHA Finals to be held at Monmouth at the Team
The National Professional Horsemen’s Association Medal Finals will be a highlight of this summer’s Monmouth at the Team show, which is being moved from the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation in Gladstone to the Centenary University Equestrian Center in Long Valley. With...
Have questions about EHV-1? Here’s a chance to get the answers
Furlong's Healthy Horse virtual seminar, presented by B.W. Furlong Associates will host a presentation by Dr Aja Harvey Wednesday March 24 at 6:30 p.m. The topic is information about theEHV-1 virus and biosecurity recommendations to keep your horses safe. Don't forget...
USHJA Town Hall examines key issues
Several key topics came up last night at the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s Town Hall meeting on Zoom, one in a series of sessions that enables members and board members to share their thoughts. USHJA President Mary Knowlton (formerly Babick, who changed her name...
Now it’s official: No overseas spectators allowed at the Tokyo Olympics
We wrote on March 10 that it looked as if only residents of Japan would be allowed to attend the Games in person, and that is indeed the case. It was confirmed today that foreign spectators have been banned from the Games because of Covid fears. A majority of the...
Course designer and builder Tremaine Cooper has left us
Tremaine Cooper died last weekend in an accident while working outdoors near his home in Bluemont, Va., the U.S. Eventing Association announced. He was 52. An eventer, course designer and builder, his thoughtful approach resulted in tremendous advancements for the...
Horse with temp tested in Wellington negative for EHV– UPDATED 6:05 p.m. March 18
Equestrian Sport Productions announced today that a horse who spiked a temperature at the Adequan Global Dressage Festival grounds has tested negative for Equine Herpes Virus-1. The horse and its barn mate were isolated. Anyone shipping horses into the Palm Beach...
FEI World Cup Finals in show jumping and dressage cancelled due to EHV-1
A two-week extension of the shutdown of international events across mainland Europe until April 11 announced by the FEI (international equestrian federation) due to the outbreak of the neurological form of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1).has led to cancellation of the FEI...
No overseas spectators for Tokyo Olympics?
As the Covid state of emergency for the Tokyo area is extended until March 21, Japanese newspapers are reporting that overseas visitors will not be permitted to attend the Olympics there this summer. Japan plans to limit the number of people allowed into the country...
HITS Saugerties is raising the bar
In the wake of Spruce Meadows cancelling its summer shows, Tom Struzzieri, president and CEO of HITS, said an upgrade to FEI 4-star for HITS on the Hudson's July and August shows is designed to "fill the void for grand prix riders in the U.S. and Canada, who depend...
