Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Dressage star Isabell Werth is retiring–but not right now
The 2024 Olympics in Paris will be the last Games for German dressage superstar Isabell Werth, who told the German press agency that it will be a “turning point” for her career and she will retire at some point after that. The 55-year-old multi gold medalist said she...
Good news–Clooney’s improving
Clooney, the magnificent grey ridden by Martin Fuchs of Switzerland. has taken more than one step forward in his recovery and is being hand-walked. Martin's gold medal mount for the 2019 European Championships slipped in his pasture last month and fractured his...
Hampton Classic ends on a high note after a tough start
The $300,000 Longines Hampton Classic Grand Prix went to Israel’s Daniel Bluman on Gemma W, who outraced speed expert McLain Ward this afternoon to take the Long Island show’s top prize for the second time since 2017. Daniel last month missed being on the first...
U.S. Para team reaches the podium at last
The U.S. moved up from fourth on the first day of team competition to reach the podium today for its first Paralympic team medal, taking the bronze in “a nailbiter to the absolute end” on a score of 224.352, behind gold medal Great Britain( 229.905) and the...
She’s having a baby!
Laura Graves announced today that she and her husband, Curt Maes, are expecting a little girl. The former world number one (the first and only American ever to hold that position in the dressage rankings) Laura has been keeping a low profile since retiring her equine...
It’s gold for USA at the Paralympics
Roxanne Trunnell, ranked world number one, delivered on expectations with Karen Flint and Flintwoode Farm's Dolton by earning gold in Tokyo with a remarkable 81.464 percent for her Grade I test. "He felt like he was really with me and a really good boy," said Roxie,...
The Paralympics are under way with an expected winner
Great Britain was the only country to medal in all three equestrian disciplines at the Olympics.Today, it added to its Tokyo medal trove with a gold, a silver and a bronze as the Paralympics began at Baji Koen Equestrian Park. Leading the medal parade was, of course,...
The fabulous stallion Flexible is gone
The Irishbred show jumper Flexible died peacefully on Aug. 22 of natural causes in his sunny paddock in Oregon. The stallion, who won the World Cup title in 2012 with rider Rich Fellers was 25 and still in work, occasionally jumping which he loved.Flei was owned by...
Want to learn from experts about putting together dressage musical freestyle? Here’s an opportunity
Auditors will come learn the process of building a Freestyle Dressage Test and choreographing the movements to music. Learn the process through the eyes of top international riders, a world renowned judge and a professional composer. Kim Herslow Dressage at Upper...
Swe-den, Swe-den!
Yes, Sweden is "it" after winning team gold at the Tokyo Olympics.. People are interested in everything about the Swedish horses and riders. Who wasn't intrigued by the fact that two team horses at the Baji Koen Equestrian Park were shoeless--Henrik von Eckermann's...
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