Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
A pillar of U.S. Eventing has passed away
The eventing community is mourning the passing of Steve Blauner, a key figure in championing syndicate ownership, who had shares of six syndicated horses that represented the U.S. at the Olympic Games, World Equestrian Games and Pan American Games. A trustee of the...
Do your part on the bill to end sales tax for boarding horses
The New Jersey State Senate has followed the State Assembly, passing a bill that would eliminate the sales tax on horse boarding, something that has been in the works for a very long time. The Assembly effort was spearheaded by Ronald Dancer...
Learn about horse health at event in Annandale
B.W. Furlong & Associates presents its 19th Annual Healthy Horse Seminar from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 29. at Beaver Brook Country Club in Annandale, featuring topics that include senior horse care, sport science and genetic diseases.. Registration is required but...
New Jersey Horse of the Year winners
Seven New Jersey owners claimed Horse of the Year championships at the U.S. Equestrian Federation's annual meeting last weekend. They included Leslie Goryeb of Gladstone, with MD Tsunami, Arabian Country Pleasure/Country Pleasure Driving Open; Joanne Dadd, Bedminster,...
UPDATE: Progress on bill to eliminate sales tax on boarding
The New Jersey State Senate yesterday followed the State Assembly and passed a bill that would eliminate the sales tax on horse boarding, something that has been in the works for a very long time. The Assembly effort was spearheaded by Ronald Dancer...
Barisone was back in court
Dressage Olympian Michael Barisone remains in New Jersey's Morris County Correctional Facility, following a not guilty plea today during his arraignment in Morristown on two counts of attempted murder and two counts of possessing a weapon for an unlawful purpose. He...
An effort to end the New Jersey sales tax on horse boarding
Earlen Haven, a longtime licensed U.S. Equestrian Federation judge who runs Country Haven farm in South Jersey, is rallying the troops to push for approval of a measure that would eliminate the sales tax on horse boarding. She asks that at noon on Monday Jan. 6,...
Olympic cross-country test will be shorter
As was the case with the eventing at the 2008 Olympics in Hong Kong, the cross-country course for the 2020 Tokyo Games is being shortened due to horse welfare concerns. The route will be 4,500 meters instead of the regulation 5,700 meters, with eight minutes instead...
Glasgow is gone
Glasgow, a stunning show jumper who shone in both the professional and amateur ranks, died the day after Christmas at the age of 28. With a personality to match his athleticism, he will be remembered not only for his many international victories with Norman Dello...
UPDATE: Equestrian supporter Helen Gordon has left us
A service will be held at 11 a.m. Feb. 8 at St. Luke’s Church, 182 Main Street, Gladstone, for Helen Griffith Jones Gordon, a longtime supporter of the Essex Fox Hounds and the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation, who died Dec. 18 in North Branford, Conn. "She was a...
