Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
USHJA Outreach Festival South will continue — elsewhere
Anyone who had been planning to ride in the cancelled USHJA Outreach Zone 2 Festival - South in New Jersey will be automatically qualified for the USHJA Outreach Zone 2 Festival - West at Swan Lake Stables in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, Sept. 28-29. Those who have not...
Princeton shows cancelled for the autumn
A lack of entries has led Princeton Show Jumping to cancel its three remaining shows for the season, which would have been held this month and in October. Andrew Philbrick, who runs the hunter/jumper venue in Montgomery Township, N.J., attributes the situation to the...
Bad news, good news for big competitions in Vegas
Two days after the startling announcement that the Las Vegas qualifier for the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ was being cancelled two months before its scheduled November dates due to “unforeseen circumstances,” an explanation -- sort of -- for the decision...
Dinner and a freestyle at the USET Foundation
The sixth annual Farm-to-Table Dinner to benefit the Schiff Natural Lands Trust will feature a dressage freestyle at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation stable at Hamilton Farm in Gladstone, N.J., Feb. 21. Pan American Games medalist Kim Herslow of Upper Creek Farm in...
Liz Halliday is coming back: Friday Update
Friday was the most optimistic day in the recovery of injured eventer Liz Halliday. The most significant moment of the day was after the Baugh family, came to visit and Liz waved goodbye to them as they were leaving, She has been seeing all of the #LapforLiz photos...
Eventer being investigated for horse abuse
Allegations of horse abuse involving eventer Andrew McConnon are being investigated by the FEI (international equestrian federation), according to the U.S. Equestrian Federation. The rider, who finished twenty-seventh on Wakita 54 at Britain’s Defender Burghley 5-star...
Learn about minimally invasive surgery for your horse
Laparoscopy, the "keyhole" surgery technique that is minimally invasive, is the topic of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's first Equine Seminar of the Fall 2024 semester on Sept. 17. Dr. Rebecca McOnie, instructor in the section of Large Animal...
US Para dressage squad ready for team test
The U.S. Paralympic equestrian squad was facing a big challenge in Friday's team test against 14 other countries. Great Britain always seems like the team to beat, having won every team medal since 2006. But the Dutch are also a prime contender But the U.S. came...
Tewksbury Trail pace is fun for everyone
The Tewksbury Trail Association has one of the best trail paces in New Jersey. It caters to riders of all levels and ages at Christy Hoffman Farm Park on Fairmount Road West in Califon Sept. 15 from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Participants will go across open fields and forest...
USA’s Shoemaker fifth at Paralympics
A spook in the canter near the end of Kate Shoemaker's Grade IV test with Vianne Wednesday ended the USA's medal run at the Paralympics in Paris, but her fifth-place finish guaranteed the new combination a start in the freestyle competition. Shoemaker, ranked number...
