Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
New Fair Hill 5-star event added to list of cancellations
October’s inaugural Maryland 5- star event at Fair Hill has been postponed for a year “due to health and safety factors, in addition to other challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic” and will take place October 14-17, 2021. The decision, announced today after...
The New Jersey Activities Schedule is back!
After a pandemic hiatus of more than two months (because nothing was happening on the New Jersey equestrian scene) the page listing shows and other activities in the state has returned. Couldn't run it when there was nothing to list. Check it out on this website.
Will the world see a 5-star three-day event this year?
There’s still a chance that there will be a 5-star three-day event somewhere this year. While Kentucky, Badminton, Burghley, Luhmuhlen and Adelaide have fallen by the pandemic wayside, Pau in France and the new Maryland 5-star at Fair Hill are continuing to look at...
Necessity is the mother of invention; HITS, Vermont show join forces
Three Vermont Summer Festival shows that could not be held in their namesake state due to Covid restrictions are moving to HITS-on-the-Hudson, where they will be combined in a six-week series with three HITS Saugerties (NY) Summer Series shows. The joint effort will...
Bad news continues, but now there’s good news too
While more equestrian competitions are being called off because of the pandemic, others are running, enabling the industry to begin healing from months of inactivity. There will be no Global Champions Tour in 2020. The GCT, a rich international circuit with shows from...
Add Burghley to the list of cancellations
The pandemic has claimed the September 5-star Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, which is cancelled for the first time since it was founded in 1961. A statement from the event explained, "our absolute priority is the health and safety of our community, including...
Leslie Howard and David Distler chosen for Hall of Fame
Leslie Burr Howard and David Distler, who were just voted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame, have been two of the most successful members of the equestrian community for half a century. They were set to be installed at the Devon Horse Show this month, but when...
Dressage at Devon cancelled
The "uncertainty of the time" led to today's announcement that Dressage at Devon is cancelled. The September show, a highlight of the year, was called off "to ensure the safety of our competitors, vendors, sponsors, spectators and our wonderful volunteers," according...
Lesson barns can get help with feed through USHJA
Apply by June 1 to the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association for its new Feed Aid program that provides help in purchasing feed for lesson horses. The program is designed as short-term relief for businesses in the hunter/jumper community who provide lessons to non-boarders...
Qualifying for the Maclay finals will be different this year
Due to the pandemic (where have you heard that before?) the National Horse Show will implement a 25 percent reduction in the number of points required to qualify for November's ASPCA Maclay Finals in Lexington, Ky. National officials will monitor Maclay riders'...


