Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Gemma led after Burghley cross-country
How fast things change in horse sport. Just last month, Gemma Stevens was mourning having wound up as the drop score for Britain's gold medal eventing team at the FEI World Championships in Aachen, Germany, after being eliminated for three refusals with Flash Cooley....
Vogel’s the number one show jumper now, but rides for another title Sunday
The USA's Kent Farrington has been supplanted from the number one spot in the Longines Show Jumping Rankings by Germany's Richie Vogel, who is in that illustrious spot for the first time in his career. Yet the spotlight may get even brighter for the European champion...
A new title for an equestrian media giant
GRAND PRIX Group, the company that bought the Chronicle of the Horse a year ago, has purchased the World of Show Jumping website. The site has been in existence since 2011. Vincent Goehrs, president of GRANDPRIX Group. stated, “World of Showjumping has been built...
Suspension for another whipping incident involving a prominent trainer
An FEI Tribunal panel has determined that Australian dressage Olympian Heath Ryan committed abuse by whipping a horse 42 times in a row during a training session, then delivering blows nine more times, as seen in a May 2023 video. Ryan, also a three-time Australian...
A battle of superstars at the Hampton Classic
All but two of the 31 entries in Sunday's $400,000 Longines Hampton Classic grand prix had some issues along the intriguing course set by designer Nick Granat for Sunday's $400,000 Longines Hampton Classic grand prix. Until the last horse went at the Long Island show,...
Time to pay tribute to a great campaigner
After Oliver Townend won the MARS Maryland 5-star Three-Day Event in 2024 with the magnificent Ballaghmor Class, the British rider said of the 17-year-old Irishbred gelding, “I wish he could carry on for another 10 years so we could retire together." When someone...
Do you miss those special shows where you got your start?
Remember your favorite horse show from the past, the one that ran for a weekend, or perhaps a day or two longer, located just a short trailer ride from your barn? For people in the area, it was a special event and often a first opportunity to watch horses competing....
Exell takes eighth world driving title; Weber shares the podium
Australia's Boyd Exell wore out the superlatives. What can you say about a man who has taken eight consecutive world four-in-hand driving titles? Yes, he did it again at the FEI World Championships on Sunday, collecting only 0.3 penalties in the concluding cones...
It was gold upon gold and gold for U.S. Para Dressage in the Freestyle
The glitter kept coming on Sunday for the U.S. Para Dressage riders, all part of the squad that earned team gold Saturday at the FEI world championship. They picked up three more gold medals Sunday in the Grades I, II and IV Freestyles. Fiona Howard, Marie...
A master rider gets his missing medal as the world championships come to a close
Switzerland's genius show jumper Steve Guerdat crowned his brilliant career Sunday by earning individual gold, as the FEI World Championships ended its remarkable two-week run with a fabulous flourish. For the final act, how appropriate that Steve's stellar record of...
