Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
U.S. para riders shine in Paris
It was time for U.S. riders to deliver their best in the Paralympics, and that's what they did Tuesday, as equestrian competition got under way in Paris with 78 riders, the largest entry ever for such an event. Rebecca Hart and Floratina secured individual gold in...
US Para dressage squad ready for team test
The U.S. Paralympic equestrian squad was facing a big challenge in Friday's team test against 14 other countries. Great Britain always seems like the team to beat, having won every team medal since 2006. But the Dutch are also a prime contender But the U.S. came...
USA’s Shoemaker fifth at Paralympics
A spook in the canter near the end of Kate Shoemaker's Grade IV test with Vianne Wednesday ended the USA's medal run at the Paralympics in Paris, but her fifth-place finish guaranteed the new combination a start in the freestyle competition. Shoemaker, ranked number...
Help Kevin Babington while you enjoy a special horse show
Six years ago, the life of the Babington family changed forever. Top international show jumper Kevin Babington suffered a disastrous fall with his horse in a grand prix, a crash that left him with a contusion of the spinal cord as a result of hyperextending his neck...
Wishing a speedy recovery for Liz Halliday: UPDATE Sept. 3
Eventer Liz Halliday was taken off the respirator Tuesday, a great step in her recovery from a head injury she sustained in a fall on the cross-country course at the American Eventing Championships . Being able to breathe on her own means she can get more sleep, an...
German rider tops in Hampton Classic finale
Rene Dittmer, who made quite a mark at the Winter Equestrian Festival, translated his success to another season with a victory in the $400,000 Longines Hampton Classic 5-star grand prix over the weekend. The German and Corsica X, a Holsteiner mare by Connor he owns...
A new president for the USET Foundation
The name Kristi Mitchem may not be familiar to you, even though she has just been announced as the president and CEO of the Gladstone, N.J.-based U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation. But you may well know of her daughter, Caroline Mawhinney, number 37 on the FEI jumping...
FEI will take a close look at dressage sustainability
Representatives from national federations and stakeholder groups (including athletes, officials, organizers, trainers, and veterinary experts) will meet Oct. 1 under the banner of the FEI to embark on a comprehensive long-term strategy for dressage to ensure its...
Chromatic’s loss has resulted in a gain for U.S. sport horses
The tragic death of Chromatic BF at April’s FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final in Saudi Arabia has sparked a three-part U.S. Equestrian Federation welfare initiative, designed to improve the safety and well-being of sport horses. In the bigger picture, the horse’s...
Tosh wins International Hunter Derby a record fourth time
Hunt Tosh came from behind with the Wheeler Family's Cannon Creek to take the Platinum Performance/U.S. Hunter Jumper Association's International Hunter Derby Championship for the fourth time and make history in the process. The victory on Saturday was the third for...
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