The Rutgers Equine Science Center drew 300 people to the Livingston Campus Center in Piscataway for two days of lively seminars over the weekend featuring many of the best speakers from programs presented over the past 15 years of the organization's existence. A...

At last, it's spring! The Friends of Lord Stirling Stable are hosting a spring nature ride April 2 on 18 miles of the Somerset County Park Commission trails at 256 South Maple Ave., Basking Ridge. All experience levels (or folks with no riding experience at all) are...

Is it time to get rid of some of those old items of tack and riding clothes you no longer use? Or maybe you need to buy some of each? You can do both at the Somerset County 4-H consignment sale, which is set for March17 from 6-10 p.m. and March 18 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m....

Single-session tickets are now available for the Longines FEI World Cup™ Jumping and FEI World Cup™ Dressage Finals in Omaha. The indoor championships in both disciplines will be held at the CenturyLink Center March 29 - April 2. Previously, only series...

The first case involving new and stronger penalty guidelines for violating U.S. Equestrian Federation Drugs & Medications rules will be the subject of a rehearing, the organization announced today. The USEF Hearing Committee has granted a request for the rehearing...

Former U.S. eventing coach Mark Phillips has been named the new cross-country course designer for May's Jersey Fresh International Three-Day Event at the Horse Park of New Jersey. Fresh off the very successful work he did at Saturday's Land Rover Eventing Showcase in...

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday Feb. 10 in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Bedford, N.Y., for Arthur Hawkins, who was the gold standard for horse show officials. Visitation is 5-7 p.m.Thursday, Feb. 9 at the Cassidy-Flynn Funeral Home, 288 East Main St.,...

Tucker Johnson will be stepping down next week as the president and CEO of the Gladstone-based U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation, as former Boeing CEO James McNerney Jr. steps into the position. Jim and his wife, Haity, have a house in Wellington and own jumpers with...

Centenary University’s riding center in Long Valley is one of 10 locations around the country named to host the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s Emerging Athletes Program Regional Training Sessions next year. Centenary also has had the distinction of hosting such a...

Proceeds from next summer’s Mars Essex Horse Trials will benefit the Greater Newark LifeCamp, which  offers day camp experience for approximately 300 Newark-area youths for six weeks during July and August. The horse trials will return to the competition calendar June...