Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
USA poised for podium in GP dressage
The U.S. climbed to third place (76.971) in the team rankings in Rio, with bravura performances by its last two riders under pressure, Steffen Peters with Legolas (77.614) now standing sixth individually, and anchor Laura Graves on Verdades (78.071), fifth. Legs...
Plenty of action on Rio GP Dressage day 1
You may have thought things would calm down once eventing moved out of the Deodoro Equestrian Center and the spotlight shifted to Grand Prix dressage, but no. The biggest surprise of the day was Adelinde Cornelissen's decision to retire from the ring partway through...
Jung is gold again, Nicolas silver and USA’s Dutton bronze in Rio
Few things in the Rio Olympic eventing competition have played out exactly as planned, but one important medal did, with individual gold going as expected to the (insert your own superlative here, fabulous is mine) Michael Jung of Germany and his stalwart mount, Sam....
Eventing gold for France, Germany silver, Aussies bronze
The team eventing at Rio ended with France (169 penalties) getting its second-ever Olympic gold medal in the sport (the first was 2004), as New Zealand dropped out of contention with, surprisingly, four rails from Sir Mark Todd. Australia's leading man, Chris Burton,...
U.S. event team out at Rio; Boyd and Phillip in individual race
Everyone said Frenchman Pierre Michelet's cross-country course would make a difference in the Olympic eventing standings and boy, did it, just as it had in the 2014 World Equestrian Games. It was a real Olympic cross-country course for the first time since the 2000...
No tidings of joy for U.S. eventers in Rio
The U.S., seventh after the first day of eventing dressage, moved up to a tie (137.5 penalties) for sixth with New Zealand today after the conclusion of the first phase at the Deodoro complex. All is not lost, with a tough cross-country test slated for tomorrow, in...
Rio Day 1 eventing dressage, where’s the USA?
Good on William Fox-Pitt of Great Britain for coming back from a devastating head injury that kept him off a horse for months last year. He had a lovely dressage test in Rio today with Chilli Morning to take the lead in the eventing with a score of 37 penalties. “All...
Who’s your pick for Olympic medals? These are mine
It's here, finally, the often-controversial but long-awaited Rio Olympics. Saturday morning the eventers start off the equestrian competition with their dressage phase, so it's time to offer my thoughts on who will win the medals. The least-predictable of the...
What was it REALLY like in Rio?
Marilyn Payne, president of the eventing ground jury at the Olympics, will be reporting on her experience at the Games at Beval Saddlery in Gladstone Aug. 20. The occasion is a fundraiser for her daughter, Holly Payne Caravella, who is heading to the Burghley, England...
A new destination for the WEG? UPDATE,
The chatter at this weekend's International Bromont show in Canada was that the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games might find a home in Eastern Europe. Word was, though totally unconfirmed, of course, that the Samorin Equestrian Center in Slovakia could be under...
