Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
A young U.S. dressage horse makes her mark on the world stage
The only U.S.-bred seven-year-old in the FEI WBFSH Dressage World Breeding Championship for Young Horses finished a very credible 10th of 40 starters during the competition at Ermelo in the Netherlands on Sunday. Vianne, ridden by Hope Beerling of Australia, earned...
Learn something at a USHJA clinic
Olympic show jumping medalist Anne Kursinski will be offering training insights at a mini-Emerging Athletes Program clinic Aug. 14 at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation in Gladstone, N.J. Participants at a variety of levels, from 2-foot fences to 3-6, are going to...
WEC Ocala gets team series nod from FEI
The World Equestrian Center in Ocala has been named as one of four venues for the new Longines League of Nations that gets under way next year. The allocations, which run through 2027, were also made for Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, St. Gallen Switzerland...
Herslow’s 2021 Dressage at Devon victory is acknowledged at last
Congratulations to Kim Herslow for winning the 3-star Intermediate I and I-1 Freestyle during Dressage at Devon in 2021. Wait--what? 2021? This is not a news flash that got buried by mistake nearly two years ago. This month, Ailene Cascio, owner of Herslow's mount,...
Show Ring Legend Peggy Augustus is gone away
Peggy Augustus, as well-known in the world of horse showing as she was in thoroughbred racing, died Sunday at her Old Keswick Farm in Charlottesville, Va. She was 90. A member of the National Show Hunter Hall of Fame and the Virginia Horse Show Hall of Fame, she was...
Amateur show jumper dies after fall: UPDATED July 28
Wayne Barr Jr., 59, suffered a fatal accident when he was unseated in a training jumper class at the Saratoga Summer Celebration Horse Show last weekend. During the tiebreaker at the New York competition on Saturday, his horse, Pacco, put in an awkward jump that got...
USEF adds more options for protective headgear
More helmet and headgear options will be allowed for competitors at U.S. Equestrian Federation competitions beginning Aug. 1. The date originally was Dec. 1, but it has been changed so competitors can take advantage of the change quickly, rather than waiting four...
Wellington zoning board postpones decision on equestrian preserve, showgrounds
Following two nights of meetings on a project involving rezoning part of the Wellington, Florida, Equestrian Preserve -- an application linked to expansion of the Wellington International showgrounds -- the Village Zoning, Planning and Adjustment board put off a vote...
A different way of marketing sport horses
Managing risk when investing in horses is always tricky. The fragility of these animals and the whims of fate too often can result in a devastating outcome for owners, riders and trainers. Catherine Haddad Staller, based in Califon, N.J., and Wellington, Fla., knows...
Britain takes its jumping Nations Cup; U.S. off the podium
The U.S. finished fifth of eight teams in the Longines FEI Nations Cup of Great Britain on Friday, when the home side claimed victory for the first time since 2010 with 4 penalties in the two rounds at Hickstead. The U.S. total was 31, with none of its riders putting...
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