Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
New dressage series planned by USEF
Creation of a USEF dressage series was approved Wednesday by the FEI (international equestrian federation). The series, beginning in 2025, is designed to promote and grow equestrian sport by highlighting elite competition. Fans and stakeholders will be reached through...
Looking ahead with dressage empress Dalera
The world's number one dressage horse, TSF Dalera BB, will be "telling me when our last public dance will be. Not the other way around," rider Jessica von Bredow Werndl says of the 17-year-old reigning Olympic and European championship star. Would this summer's Paris...
USA 1-2 in La Baule grand prix show jumping
It doesn't exactly make up for the disappointing sixth-place U.S. finish in Friday's Nations Cup at La Baule, France, but it was encouraging to see two candidates for the American Olympic team finish 1-2 Sunday in the $540,000 Rolex Grand Prix Ville de La Baule in the...
International horse welfare gets a $1 million-plus boost
An Equine Welfare Strategy Action Plan backed by a welfare fund of $ 1,119 to launch it was approved this week during the FEI (international equestrian federation) meeting in Switzerland. Priority will be given to six focus areas including riding, training tack and...
The Olympic ball gets rolling with first team announcement
If you watched the 4-star at the Kentucky Three-Day Event in April, you saw the U.S. eventing team for this summer's Paris Games, which was named Monday. Will Coleman and 4-star third-place Off the Record, the more experienced of his two horses, was selected, while...
FEI acting on Parra situation
The FEI has opened disciplinary proceedings against dressage trainer Cesar Parra. Parra, a native of Colombia who represented that nation in the Olympics, became an American citizen and rode on the U.S. team in the Pan American Games. Following the release online...
Get an insider’s view of Tewksbury’s barns
The Tewksbury (N.J.) Trail Association and the Tewksbury Historical Society are collaborating June 8 on their biennial barn tour. Held in even-numbered years, the tour always offers an insight into interesting barns and stables in the picturesque Hunterdon County...
Devon remains a delightful tradition
The Devon Horse Show is one of a kind. With its unlikely location outside Philadelphia, where suburbia and commerce have shouldered in around its 17-acre parcel, 128-year-old Devon is a relic of the past that is still beloved in the present—and likely will be in the...
What’s going on with sale of the Wellington, Fla., showgrounds?
It's quite a complicated situation, complete with a lawsuit and several "if...then" alternatives. Read the details and sort it out at www.Horsesport.com.
California showdates have been redone
The U.S. Equestrian Federation has reorganized major shows on the Southern California spring/summer calendar in the wake of Orange County Coastkeeper’s decision earlier this month to bar any equestrian activities involving more than 25 horses from the Rancho Mission...
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