Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Washington International wraps up with “wow” performances
In his debut at the Washington International Horse Show, Rene Dittmer of Germany took an armful of special awards. Not only was he leading international rider and leading foreign rider; his mount, Corsica X (Conor X Corofino II), won the international jumper...
A historic individual dressage gold medal at the Pan American Games
He's a resident of North Carolina but rides for Ecuador. And on Wednesday at the Pan American Games in Chile, Julio Mendoza Loor gave his native land something it never had before--a gold medal in dressage. He and Jewel's Goldstrike won the Grand Prix Freestyle with...
A beloved equestrian has passed away
Devoted horsewoman Ann David of Bedminster, N.J., died Saturday at the age of 94. "She was a fabulous person who loved her horses and her dogs," said Tierney Sullivan, a former owner of Coach Stop Saddlery in Bedminster, where Ann had shopped for decades. Ann's home...
WEC Ocala shows to be run by former Spruce Meadows manager
Jon Garner, known by many members of the public as a commentator at Canada's Royal Winter Fair, has been named the horse show manager at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Fla. A part of the show management team there since the facility opened in January 2021, he...
Dutch Times is home
After a short stay at New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania, event horse Dutch Times is back home in Branchburg, N.J., to recover. The 15-year-old gelding, ridden by owner Arielle Aharoni, injured his right foreleg and Arielle pulled him up two fences from the end on...
It’s Pan Am gold for the U.S. dressage team
With a total of 450.670 percent at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, the U.S. dressage team outdistanced second-place Brazil (443.343) on Monday, while Canada earned bronze with 431.937 and like Brazil, qualified for the 2024 Olympics. Unlike the show jumping...
It was an amazing cross-country day at the Mars Maryland 5-star
The optimum time for completing designer Ian Stark’s cross-country course at the MARS Maryland 5-star event was designed to be difficult—if not impossible—to make. But a thoroughbred from stellar racehorse lines showed up the warmbloods by finishing on the button in...
Brits dominate at MARS Maryland 5-star
There goes the podium…maybe. British riders are standing first, second and third in the MARS Maryland 5-star at Fair Hill after the second day of dressage. And just for good measure, a New Zealander is fourth. You can’t say it was unexpected, they all have sparkling...
Who’s the leader at Maryland 5-star? No surprise
Remember those EquiRatings statistics we told you about yesterday? They proved their worth on Thursday as the MARS Maryland 5-star event began with the predicted winner taking the lead. Notice I didn’t say the predicted winner, Great Britain’s Piggy March, actually...
A popular clinician returns to Gladstone
Nancy Jones likely is the biggest fan among the many fans of trainer Jeff Cook as a clinician, explaining, “He knows as much as anybody in the world, and he does it kindly.” She’s a trainer herself, so when she says, “There’s nobody any better,” she has a real...
