Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
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...
USA Para Dressage team is solid gold
The U.S. came into the FEI Para Dressage World Championships as the top nation in the discipline, and it is leaving the same way after taking the team gold medal Saturday. On Friday, Fiona Howard with Diamond Dunes and Marie Vonderheyden on Fan Tastico H earned the...
A brilliant U.S. start at the driving world championships
For decades, Chester Weber has been polishing and perfecting his horses and his driving skills. All that effort paid off Friday in Aachen at the FEI World Championships, as Chester not only won the dressage phase of the four-in-hand driving competition, but also set a...
Disappointment for the U.S. show jumpers in Aachen as Germany takes gold
The medal simply slipped away. The U.S., which had been second in the FEI World Show Jumping Championships after two days of competition, faltered on Friday and dropped to fourth place. It was a close finish in the team final, with the Americans' score of 16.95...
Dutton will boost U.S. eventing in new role
Seven-time Olympian Phillip Dutton, who helped U.S. eventing win team bronze last week at the FEI world championships, has been appointed as the U.S. Equestrian Federation's Eventing Development Program Advisor. But the 62-year-old veteran emphasizes he won't stop his...
Another gold and a world record for U.S. Para effort
It was not only a gold medal, but also a world record for Kate Shoemaker and her Vianne at the FEI Para Dressage world championships in Aachen on Thursday. A two-time Paralympian, Kate earned the honors in FEI Para Grand Prix Test A - Grade IV. Their personal best was...
