Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Barisone is staying in jail following preliminary court hearing
Dressage trainer Michael Barisone, charged in the shooting of a former student, will remain in custody after a Superior Court judge expressed concern during a pretrial detention hearing today about what might happen if he were allowed to go free pending resolution of...
An evening of wine and equine in Cream Ridge
New research on nutrition, pasture management, manure and other topics will go down easy with a glass of wine Aug. 20 at the Cream Ridge Winery, 145 Route 539, Cream Ridge. Wine tasting begins at 5 p.m. followed by speakers at 6 p.m. The program will provide...
It’s time for Monmouth at the Team
Monmouth at the Team, which runs Aug. 12-19, is in its fourth year of implementing an intriguing competition concept that works. Cousins Tucker Ericson and Michael Dowling took over the faltering Monmouth County Horse Show in 2016, expanded its dates, cut it back from...
HITS leaves West Coast for Ocala focus in winter
HITS, Inc. and CEO Thomas Struzzieri announced today that the Thermal, Calif. series of horse shows and the winter circuit in Arizona have been sold so the organization can concentrate on its Ocala showgrounds in the winter. The California series founded in 1992,...
Topics of interest to the state’s horse industry on tap in South Jersey
The New Jersey Farm Bureau is presenting an Equine Town Hall Event Aug. 15 at the Gloucester County Dream Park, 400 Route 130 in Swedesboro. This is the South Jersey version of last year’s meeting in Chester, Morris County. Topics will include the Right to Farm for...
Why not try following the hounds?
The Monmouth County Hunt is offering a Hunt Clinic on Sunday, Sept, 15 at 8 a.m. This is an opportunity to get out riding cross-country and find out about a new sport. The hounds will be hunting, and this is a great time for horses not accustomed to hunting to be...
Morris is fighting SafeSport accusations
George Morris, the world’s most famous show jumping trainer, is in the process of disputing a lifetime ban by the U.S. Center for SafeSport on charges of violating the SafeSport Code between 1968 and 1972. Based for years at Hunterdon Inc. in Pittstown, the...
The Tewksbury Trail Pace is coming back
The Tewksbury Trail Pace, one of the most popular paces in the state, is returning this year for its silver anniversary. It will be held Sept. 15 at the Hill & Dale Preserve to benefit the NJ Conversation Foundation. Last year, the pace took a break and a pleasre...
EEE strikes horse in Ocean County
The year's first reported New Jersey case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a serious, mosquito-borne illness, was found in a mare vaccinated against the disease in April. The mare, who was about 12 years old, was euthanized this week. “Horse owners need to be...
The College Preparatory Invitational is coming to NJ this autumn
Young riders will have a chance to experience the college equestrian competition format and win scholarships at New Jersey’s College Preparatory Invitational Sept. 21-22 at The Ridge at Riverview in Asbury. Founded in 2010, CPI not only educates hunter seat...
