Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Improvements continue at Wellington International
It's four months and a bit until Florida's Winter Equestrian Festival gets under way again, but the improvements at Wellington International have been in the process since last year. The break from showing in July and the first half of August enabled more work to be...
A special equestrian is very much missed
After a long battle with cancer, respected horsewoman Linda Andrisani passed away in her sleep Sunday night. She set a high bar, both as a trainer and a widely admired judge, whose contributions to the horse industry were always appreciated by her peers and exhibitors...
A record is set at the USHJA Hunter Derby Championship
Victoria Colvin became the only rider ever to win the Platinum Performance/USHJA International Hunter Derby Championship four times on four different horses, as she rode through pain to take the title Saturday at the Kentucky Horse Park. Tori and the Ingram family's...
A national championship gets a different showcase
The 2026 U.S. Equestrian Federation Grand Prix Dressage National Championship is moving to the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Fla., from May 13-17, where the atmosphere will offer a special opportunity in the run-up to the FEI World Championships at Aachen,...
We are only a year away from the FEI world championships
The 2026 FEI World Championships already are in the process of being well-organized a year out, but what else would you expect from a competition being staged at the Aachen, Germany, showgrounds? At a press conference this week, those involved including FEI President...
Top-class show jumping comes to New Jersey
London. Vienna. Rome. Liberty State Park? How does a New Jersey park wind up on the same page of the Longines Global Champions Tour website with some of the world's greatest cities that have hosted its show jumping competitions? It's all about the vista -- because the...
Want to buy tack? Unload tack? Help others?
Summer is a good time to start cleaning out the tackroom and thinking about the fall tack sales in New Jersey that benefit therapeutic riding facilities. Riding with HEART at 639 County Road 513, Pittstown has its sale Oct. 4-5. It accepts, "anything for the horse,...
Parra suspended for 15 years, FEI cites “abusive behavior”
An investigation of allegations that dressage trainer/rider Cesar Parra "repeatedly and deliberately subjected the majority, if not all, of the horses he owned and trained to recurring and serious abuse over a number of years," has resulted in a record suspension of...
Why not give endurance riding a try, with short rides available
Did you ever think about doing endurance riding, but were intimidated by the challenge of something so different from your usual competitive routine? There's an easy way to test it out with the introductory rides being offered at the Horseshoe Bend Boogie Endurance...
Morrissey gets DIHP GM gig
Matt Morrissey, who has worked in show management with his father, Michael Morrissey and late uncle, Gene Mische, has been named general manager of the Desert International Horse Park. He is also a founder of the Major League Show Jumping series. The facility...
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