Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
U.S. Olympic show jumping team selected
Laura Kraut, Kent Farrington and McLain Ward, all of whom rode on the Tokyo Olympic team three years ago, have been selected for the squad that will go to the Paris Games later this month. Laura, the only rider to go clear in the Nations Cup at Aachen last week, will...
A new look at the loss of show jumper Chromatic BF
The sudden death of Chromatic BF after a competition at the FEI World Cup Show Jumping Final in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last spring will never be forgotten by the horse’s owner/breeder, Kc Branscomb, who is determined to ensure nothing like that happens to another horse...
Chester Weber a driving winner at Aachen
The only U.S. entry in the Aachen four-in-hand driving, Chester Weber showed style and grace in winning the dressage phase with a score of 35.59 penalties over Australia's Boyd Exell, the world number one, marked at 38.79. Chester, the world number 11, said modestly,...
USA close to a top-3 finish in Aachen team dressage
The USA just missed the podium in the Grand Prix that opened the 5-star dressage team competition at the Aachen World Equestrian Festival on Thursday morning. The team finished fourth with a total of 214.283 percent behind third-place Denmark (215.544). The squad was...
A good day/bad day story for the U.S. at Aachen: UPDATE
Steffen Peters had a disappointing test with the veteran Suppenkasper in the 4-star Grand Prix at the Aachen World Equestrian Festival on Wednesday, scoring 68.131 percent as he finished nineteenth in a field of 22 starters. The 16-year-old Suppenkasper, or Mopsie as...
Rider eventing rankings are shuffled
Boyd Martin remains the top American on the FEI's eventing ranking list, but he has dropped from second to sixth. Meanwhile, Caroline Martin Pamukcu, who will be his teammate at the Olympics this month, made a big jump up from twenty first to eleventh. Liz Halliday...
Aachen opening ceremonies–all about the USA
Slices of American life, from surfing to Barbie, cowboys, cheerleaders and even the Statue of Liberty (not the real one, of course) were on display during the energetic opening ceremonies of the Aachen World Equestrian Festival Tuesday. The USA is Aachen’s “partner...
Combined driving event boosts the sport on a special weekend
Alice Tarjan is best known as a dressage rider. Dennis Sargenti is a master of the Essex Fox Hounds. But enjoying the discipline of driving is something they have in common. And, oh yeah, they happen to be married. The couple from Oldwick, N.J., spent the weekend near...
USHJA has a new executive director
One of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association's first employees has become its executive director, as Whitney Allen succeeds Kevin Price in the role. Whitney, formerly USHJA's director of operations, started her work in governance with the American Horse Shows...
Veterans and younger riders are the U.S. split on Aachen show jumping team
Laura Kraut, who was fourth in the Rolex Grand Prix of Rotterdam in June and McLain Ward headline the U.S. squad competing in the Nations Cup at prestigious Aachen next week. Both have been presumed to be on the team for the Paris Olympics, but that squad won't be...
