Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Where are the dressage kids?
Trainer/rider Nicole DelGiorno is concerned about why more children and young people aren’t riding dressage in the U.S., even as the hunter/jumper/hunt seat equitation ranks are crammed with kids. A four-time North American Youth Championships medalist and board...
The roots of a local equestrian tradition
About 30,000 or so people go to the Far Hills Race Meeting in New Jersey’s Somerset Hills each October, enjoying an occasion that is social as well as sporting. But who among the steeplechase fans these days has any idea that the glitzy tailgating opportunity, with...
Irish dominate in two major shows
It's a month from St. Patrick's Day, but the Irish had plenty to celebrate about show jumping over the weekend. The country's team in Abu Dhabi won the first leg of the 2025 Longines League of Nations and Irish riders took the top four places in the FEI World Cup...
The dramatic saga of Eric Lamaze continues
Controversial Olympic show jumping individual gold medalist and former Canadian chef d’equipe Eric Lamaze has been suspended until September 2031, following a decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in his human anti-doping case. In March 2022, Lamaze...
Equine health and welfare insights available on line Feb. 25
The Rutgers University Equine Science Center series of free online seminars continues at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 25, with the final installment focusing on equine health and welfare. Featured topics are “Health & Management of U.S. Senior Horses,” presented by Dr. Alisa...
Lyle is heading to the World Cup Finals
What a difference a year makes. Adrienne Lyle, the top-ranked U.S. dressage rider at number 23 on the world standings, earned a personal best with Helix of 80.325 percent to win the Grand Prix Freestyle Friday at the Global Dressage Festival in Wellington, Fla. She...
Learn from a Cornell seminar and what happened to a Belgian Olympian
What do you know about the behavioral medications your horse receives for issues including anxiety, aggression, sleep deprivation and other conditions? You should tune in to a Feb. 18 Cornell University webinar being given by Dr. Katherine Anderson from 6-7 p.m....
New FEI working group to sort out dressage concerns
With several high-profile issues in the last year or so, dressage has been targeted in discussions about horse welfare. Olympic gold medalist Charlotte Dujardin’s suspension after a video of a whipping incident is the most publicized scandal, but concern over blue...
USEF and USET Foundation pitch in for organizations helping wildfire victims
Fleet of Angels, an organization that is supporting equestrians in the wake of the California wildfires, has received $60,000 from the U.S. Equestrian Federation's Equine Disaster Relief Fund and $25,000 from the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation for its efforts....
Taking care of the horses is job one
An aggressive agenda to increase visibility of horse sports, along with stepping up horse welfare, is part of the U.S. Equestrian Federation's new strategic plan. At its annual meeting last week, where the theme was "It's All About the Horse," USEF reported its...
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