Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
An update on recovering eventer Liz Halliday
Olympic eventer Liz Halliday, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in an August cross-country fall, is making "steady progress" in rehab, it was revealed on Wednesday. Liz is at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, where her friends and family cited, "The...
Hurricanes lead to competition cancellations in Fla. and Carolina
TerraNova Equestrian Center has cancelled its World Cup Dressage qualifier and national show scheduled to run Thursday through Sunday at its venue in Myakka City, about 20 miles east of Sarasota, which was hard hit by Hurricane Milton. The reasons cited for not...
U.S. rider on podium in Boekelo; Irish team wins, U.S. second
U.S. rider Hallie Coon and the aptly named Cute Girl finished third individually at a muddy Boekelo 4-star eventing Nations Cup Final in the Netherlands on Sunday, with the Irish team of Aiofe Clarke, Austin O'Connor, Susannah Berry and Padraig McCarthy taking top...
Reach out to help hurricane, tornado victims
Hurricanes Helene and Milton have both made an impact on equine operations from North Carolina to Florida. The need is great in so many places, from hay and grain to fencing, equipment, stables and transportation for horses. The Equestrian Aid Foundation is taking...
N.J., Florida trainers will advance their education with grants
The Dressage Foundation has made awards to two trainers from its $25,000 Anne L. Barlow-Ramsay Grant for U.S.-Bred Horses Fund. The grants, going to more than one recipient for the first time, are designed to showcase U.S.-bred horses ridden by American citizens....
Germans top in League show jumping final; U.S. sixth
Germany collected the trophy for the first final of the new Longines League of Nations Sunday in Barcelona, but the clever course by Santiago Varela didn't make it easy. The Germans had a total of 12 penalties over two rounds. Can you believe the worst score in the...
The MARS Maryland 5-star will be good; bet on it
Our headline has a double meaning: Not only will some of the world's top horses be at the Fair Hill eventing competition presented by Brown Advisory -- including several big-time contenders from overseas -- but you'll also be able to put your money down on your...
Steege wins Pro Challenge at Capital Challenge, Stewart takes Pro Hunter Rider
Six years after Amanda Steege and Lafitte de Muze won the World Champion Hunter Rider Professional Challenge at the Capital Challenge Horse Show, they did it again Wednesday night in Maryland. Scores of 93.66 and 91.16 over two rounds gave Amanda a total of 184.82,...
What’s in the future for dressage?
Could mandatory registration of dressage trainers be on the horizon, along with a certification requirement for these professionals? It's a definite possibility in the wake of Tuesday's FEI stakeholder meeting in Switzerland, where some key players in the discipline...
Interested in dressage? Listen to this radio show
It was a change of pace for me recently when, instead of asking the questions, I became the one being interviewed. I was a guest on this week’s episode (number 754) of The Dressage Radio Show, the official podcast of the U.S. Dressage Federation, to discuss "Riding...


