Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
A chance to practice for trail classes in Pittstown
Want to practice your trail class skills? 7 Springs Farm, 14 Perryville Road, Pittstown, will have a course set up from 10 a.m.-noon on Sunday Feb. 19, and a second session from noon-2 p.m., if more than 15 riders register for the first session. Try opening a gate,...
Veterinary topics on the agenda at Annandale seminar
B.W. Furlong & Associates is holding its 16th annual Horse Health Seminar Feb. 19 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Beaver Brook Country Club, 25 Country Club Dr., Annandale. The agenda is wide-ranging, with topics including leptospirosis, colic, embryo transfer, navicular...
Monmouth at the Team horse show is honored
The 2016 debut of Monmouth at the Team won the New Jersey Horse Shows Association’s Show of the Year award this month. It took some daring on the part of co-organizers Tucker Ericson and his cousin, Michael Dowling, to move New Jersey’s oldest horse show out of...
West Milford teen tops national competition
West Milford High School junior Mackenzie Suffy earned high point rider honors at last weekend’s College Preparatory Invitational (CPI) in West Palm Beach, Fla. The event at the Jim Brandon Equestrian Center replicated the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association’s...
Horse show announcer Tom Mannos honored by PHA
I first heard the distinctive and authoritative voice of announcer Tom Mannos at the Middlesex County Horse Show, back in the days when it was actually held in Middlesex County, at scenic Johnson Park in New Brunswick. Happily, I had plenty of other chances to listen...
New fall 4-star will be in Virginia or Maryland
The short list for the second U.S. 4-star three-day event is very short. It's been narrowed to two venues with experience in FEI competitions. Although there had been talk of adding a second American 4-star to the spring Rolex Kentucky 4-star in 2018, the date was...
The WEG won’t be returning to the U.S. in 2022
The Kentucky Horse Park, which hosted the 2010 World Equestrian Games in Lexington, has dropped its bid fro the 2022 FEI World Equestrian Games. Since the only other bidder was Samorin, Slovakia, that facility looks like the winner. The Kentucky Horse Park needs $12...
New USDA regulations geared to Tennessee Walkers, racking horses
It could have been problematical for all breeds, but new teeth in the Horse Protection Act regulations will be geared to eliminating the practice of soring in Tennessee Walking Horses and racking horses, where stronger action is needed. The original draft of the...
Langer honored with USEF lifetime achievement award
Consummate volunteer Larry Langer, one of the key figures in the hunter/jumper industry, received the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the organization’s annual meeting in Kentucky. He has been part of the sport for 66 years, ever since he...
Four more years for Coach Ridland
He guided the U.S. show jumping team to medals at the 2014 World Equestrian Games, the 2015 Pan American Games and the 2016 Olympics, so it was no surprise that Robert Ridland just got another four years as the squad's technical adviser/chef d'equipe, or the title he...
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