Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
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...
U.S. Pan Am dressage short list riders have a chance to get mileage
Christian Simonson, who wrapped up his Under 25 career in style at the Aachen, Germany, show, this summer, has been named to the short list for the U.S. dressage team at the Pan American Games in Chile during October. He is the only rider in the group of eight to be...
Animal advocacy groups seek halt to wild horse roundups in heat
More than 3,000 wild horses are being targeted by the federal Bureau of Land Management for a helicopter roundup at the Antelope Complex in Nevada during this summer's heatwave, with several advocacy groups calling for suspension of the action due to threats to the...
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