Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
McLain continues his winning ways
It was a marathon. The $38,700 Mainline Challenge lasted two hours, with 47 horses competing in the two-phase competition at the Devon Horse Show Wednesday night, as the four-in-hands waiting for the next class cooled their heels for more than an hour. The class, an...
Be a part of a major dressage show (without your horse)
Want to be part of an important competition's success? Dressage at Devon is offering many opportunities Sept. 26-Oct. 1 at the Devon showgrounds in Pennsylvania. Opportunities involve being a scribe for judges at the breed and/or performance show, serving as a ring...
Trying to determine the root of Churchill Downs’ tragedies
There will be an emergency summit meeting at Churchill Downs on Tuesday under the auspices of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) in the wake of 12 horse deaths at the home of the Kentucky Derby this spring. Veterinary teams from Churchill Downs, the...
Perception of horse welfare a topic at USHJA forum
I've said it before, and I'll warn you again--always remember there are eyes on you when you're working with horses. Actually, the eyes are the least of it. Videos, the livestream of competitions and photos can do plenty of damage when they're posted, and that's not...
World Cup’s Lisa Roskens honored
She brought the FEI World Cup finals to Omaha--twice--defying the skeptics and giving the city one of its most memorable sporting events. Lisa Roskens, who came up with the idea of staging an international equestrian event in a city that never hosted anything like...
Women eventers rule
The wonderful folks at Equiratings, whose analysis always reveals new angles on horse sport, have a take we all should have come up with--but didn't. They put all the statistics together and found that every major eventing championship since 2021 has been won by a...
What is being done about the wave of horse racing fatalities?
People keep asking me about the tragic situation involving nine thoroughbreds who were euthanized at Churchill Downs, the home of the Kentucky Derby, beginning during in late April up through May 20. More hard questions at another venue came yesterday, when...
Equine herpes strikes in New Jersey
A property in Hunterdon County, N.J., has been quarantined by the state Department of Agriculture after one horse developed equine herpes myeloencephalopathy (EHM) and had to be euthanized. The horse, an 8-year-old gelding, developed acute clinical signs of the highly...
A way to continue Judy Richter’s legacy
A new Judy Richter Trainers' Challenge Class is being sponsored by the Fairfield-Westchester Professional Horsemen's Association in memory of a remarkable horsewoman, who is recalled as "a dear friend of the PHA." A top trainer, author and mentor to many, Judy was...
Thoroughbreds as international sport horses finally getting recognition
Remember when thoroughbreds dominated the ranks of show jumping and eventing? It was only a few decades ago. But they're practically non-existent at the upper levels of those disciplines these days, though there are a few, and they deserve recognition. In the...
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