Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
British clean sweep in London dressage
It was exhilarating to see the talent on display Wednesday in the qualifier for Thursday’s FEI World Cup Grand Prix Freestyle at the London International Horse Show. How much better will the top horses perform when the music is playing and the chips are really down?...
How Ocala horse country saved itself: A lesson for Wellington?
The website Eventing Nation carried this very interesting story by Veronica Green-Gott about how an activist Ocala group (www.horsefarmsforever.com) saved its horse country from construction of a connector road that would have torn up the best farms in Marion County,...
UPDATE 12/10: Vogel wins Geneva Rolex GP; It’s the hat trick for Guerdat in IJRC
A veteran and a newcomer took the big classes at the Rolex Geneva Switzerland show over the weekend, with Steve Guerdat and Richard Vogel showing their prowess at one of the world's toughest competitions. Swiss star Steve Guerdat won the International Jumping Riders...
A sad loss at Ocala show
Kelli Cruciotti-Vanderveen's Isabella van de Zuuthoeve was euthanized Thursday night after an accident during a $50,000 show jumping competition at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala. "There are no words to express the sadness I feel right now," Kelli said on social...
The deserving receive awards and thanks from USHJA
Marty Bauman and Colleen McQuay, two popular members of the equestrian community who are inspirational, influential and important to the hunter/jumper disciplines, received the William J. Moroney Visionary Award at the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association's annual meeting...
A little history lesson and some USHJA rule changes
When should competitors speak to a judge with a question about their round? How many refusals should mean elimination in an International Hunter Derby Championship? Does an oxer have to be the final fence in a hunter classic? Should riders be allowed to enter mules in...
Kentucky competition will be 5-star squared
The rating of the show jumping grand prix held during the Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event will be elevated to a 5-star in 2025, to match the eventing competition's status. The Kentucky Invitational, held on the evening of the eventing cross-country at the Kentucky...
Hot topics and serious conversations at the USHJA annual meeting
There were a lot of important questions asked during Town Hall sessions Monday and Tuesday at the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association’s annual meeting, but they all could be boiled down to this big picture concern: “Are we doing the best thing by our horses? Are we doing...
Despite an injury, Karl Cook feels like a million
The podium for the first Coachella Cup $1 million grand prix was dominated by members of the squad that took team gold for the U.S. at the Pan American Games in October, qualifying the country for the 2024 Paris Olympics. There was a time when $1 million grands prix...
Buy a wreath, help a horse
Bergen County Horse Rescue is having a wreath sale Saturday Dec. 2. Order wreaths at wwwbergencountyhorserescue.org and pick them up at Hoofprints Gift Shop, 350 Ramapo Valley Way, Mahwah, NJ. All wreaths are made by volunteers with your choice of ribbon. The fee is...
