Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Gibbs leads the way at the Talent Search
Dominic Gibbs, a 16-year-old from Colorado, was in the lead half-way through the Platinum Performance/U.S. Equestrian Federation Show Jumping Talent Search Finals East today. The teen, who rides with Beacon Hill Show Stable in Colts Neck, went to the top of the...
A special visitor for Kevin
Show jumper Kevin Babington left NYU Langone Health Care to continue his journey of recovery at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation. The move came 26 days after Kevin suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury in a traumatic fall at the Hampton Classic. Today,...
Big time show jumping comes back to New York City
The Global Champions Tour is making it first stop in New York Sept. 27-29 at a unique venue, Governor's Island against a backdrop of Manhattan skyscrapers. The island is accessible only by ferry, but the fee is just $3 and admission to the show is free. It's another...
Garden State horsewomen are heading to Ohio for EAP
The 11th annual Lindsay Maxwell Charitable Fund/USHJA Emerging Athletes Program National Training Session will include a good share of Jerseyans who qualified for the Nov. 7-10 session at The University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. Those who made their mark in 10...
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...
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...
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)...
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,...
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