Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
A fun eventing day is on the horizon
The Pineland Riders Pony Club is planning an eventing fun day Oct. 13 at Flora Lea Farm, 20 Branin Road, Medford. Competitors can ride as many as three dressage tests, three stadium rounds and two cross-country courses. It is a chance to try a new dressage test, a new...
See top equitation riders at the USET Foundation
The most challenging of the equitation finals, the Platinum Performance/U.S. Equestrian Federation Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East, is set for Oct. 5-6 at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation. The judges are Sue Ashe and Molly Ashe-Cawley, the first...
Ready for a new helmet? You’re in luck this weekend
In 2010, Riders4Helmets hosted the first national event designed to educate equestrians on the benefits of wearing a properly fitting, secured and certified helmet. The event brought over 300 U.S.-based retailers and eight helmet manufacturers together, to help...
Enjoy yourself at the Masters’ Chase
Amateur horse-racing, tailgating, boutiques and demonstrations of field sports are part of the Essex Fox Hounds Masters' Chase, a highlight of the Weekend in Gladstone festivities Oct. 4-6. The Oct. 5 chase is held at Natirar, the county park on Main Street in...
A grim reminder that it’s time for fall shots
Be sure to sign your horses up for fall shots if you haven't done it already. Five more horses in New Jersey have been diagnosed with Eastern Equine Encephalitis during the last two weeks, bringing the total of 10 animals in New Jersey contracting the virus in 2019....
Celebrate 50 years with Lord Stirling Stable
The Somerset County Park Commission's Lord Stirling Stable in Basking Ridge will mark a half-century of operation Sept. 22 in the hunter pace field from noon-4 p.m. There will be a live band, hay rides and activities for the kids, For an extra fee, children can take...
Meg Sleeper coping after barn fire
Endurance rider Meg Sleeper's barn in Hunterdon County burned down during a violent hail storm last month. Luckily, her horses were turned out and all animals are safe, but she lost most of her equipment, hay and feed. She praised "the selfless work and caring of the...
Have a heart and donate
Riding with Heart is looking for new and gently used tack, barn equipment, horse sheets and blankets and riding clothes for its sale Sept. 28-29 at its facility, 639 Route 513, Pittstown. Bring items to the farm from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. Call (908)...
Devon Fall Classic has plenty for fans as well as riders
Whether you're an equestrian or a member of the public, there is a lot happening at the seventh Annual Devon Fall Classic, presented by Bryn Mawr Hospital Sept. 12-15 on Route 30 in Devon, Pa. A benefit for the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair Foundation, the event...
It’s nearly time for some tailgating
The Spring Valley Hounds will present the SVH Polo Cup Aug. 31 at Grayfields Farm, 80 Long Bridge Road, Allamuchy (exit 19 off Route 80), with 50 percent of the proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. Gates open at 10 a.m. so you can get a start on the...


