Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
New Jersey’s horse industry needs a unified voice
Karyn Malinowski, director of the Rutgers Equine Science Center, gave an address last week to the state Equine Advisory Board calling for a unified voice in the New Jersey horse industry, and a why the different facets of the industry must support each other. She made...
It’s over–Bromont loses 2018 WEG
The FEI (international equestrian federation) pulled the plug today on the Bromont equestrian facility's ill-fated effort to stage the 2018 World Equestrian Games. The finances just weren't there to enable the Quebec venue to host the compilation of eight disciplines....
Save us a table in heaven, Kiki
She was the guardian at the gate, the one who presided at so many VIP areas, always gracious but firm if someone without a wristband tried to cajole their way to a table. It won't be the same without Kiki Umla, who has left us. How Kiki kept her sense of humor and...
Big trouble for Bromont WEG
A decision by the Canadian federal government not to provides funds for the 2018 World Equestrian Games scheduled for Bromont, Quebec, leaves the event in a fiscal hole from which there may be no way out. The WEG has been in trouble from the start. Bromont got the...
Don’t mess with the USEF
The U.S. Equestrian Federation's flawless record of winning court challenges to its anti-doping program continued last week, after the New York State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the organization in the case of Archibald Cox's penalties for violations of the...
Good news, bad news, for British equestrianism
Uthopia, the 15-year-old stallion who was purchased by a mystery buyer last month at a Northern Ireland auction, will be staying with his trainer, Carl Hester. For a month, the fate of Uthopia was unknown. Carl, the man behind the gold medal success of British...
Plans for a celebration of Frank Chapot’s life
A celebration of Frank Chapot's life will be held Sept. 19 at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation in Gladstone, N.J. Details of the event, such as the time it will take place, are still being worked out. Frank, a resident of Neshanic Station who died earlier this...
Para-Dressage Centers of Excellence expand
Carlisle Academy Integrative Equine Therapy & Sports in Lyman, Maine, has been named New England’s hub for disabled equestrian sport and young rider programs through training camps and clinics. Carlisle built on the success of its therapeutic riding center and...
Olympic show jumping short list named
The entire U.S. bronze medal team from the 2014 World Equestrian Games has been named to the 10-member short list for this summer's Rio Olympics. McLain Ward (HH Azur, Rothchild), Kent Farrington (Voyeur, Gazelle), Beezie Madden (Breitling, Simon, Cortes C and...
Omaha gearing up for World Cup with test event
A new 4-star dressage show is set for next month in Omaha, Neb., where it will be the test event for the 2017 Reem Acra FEI Dressage World Cup finals. The competition at the International Omaha has drawn Canadian Olympian Jacquie Brooks, whose Hallelujah/Les...


