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EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Update on Virginia Horse Center EHV-1 situation
Two saddlebreds at the Virginia Horse Center for the Shenandoah Classic competition tested positive for Equine Herpesivrus-1(EHV-1) last week. Both were taken to a veterinary clinic where one was euthanized and the other was stable after receiving medical care....
U.S. eventers place well in Poland
New Jersey's Essex Horse Trials earlier this month turned out to be a good warm-up for the 4-star Strzegom, Poland, eventing Nations Cup, as Caroline Martin Pamucku finished second individually to lead the U.S. team to the silver medal. Caroline, who won the Essex...
Recognition for Rutgers stalwarts
Dr. Karyn Malinowski, founding director of the Equine Science Center at Rutgers University, received the 2023 Distinguished Service Award at the 2023 Equine Science Society Symposium in Grapevine, Texas. The Distinguished Service Award in Equine Science recognizes...
EHV outbreak at Virginia venue
Two saddlebred at the Virginia Horse Center for the Shenandoah Classic competition tested positive for Equine Herpesivrus-1(EHV-1). Both were taken to a veterinary clinic where one was euthanized and the other is stable after receiving medical care. Approximately 80...
A terrible loss for a top eventer and her fans
Tamie Smith, the heroine of Land Rover Kentucky less than two months ago, now is facing tragedy as her Luhmühlen 5-star mount, Solaguayre California, was euthanized in the wake of a cross-country injury at the German event last weekend. The mare sustained a knee...
Do you wear an air vest when you ride? Time to study their effectiveness
Air vests, once most commonly associated with eventers, have gotten more popular with hunter/ jumper riders over the last few years. While it may seem like a good safety measure to wear one, the truth is that there hasn't been sufficient research to determine how much...
U.S. U-25 rider second in German freestyle
Californian Christian Simonson was the freestyle runner-up on Son of a Lady Sunday at the Hagen, Germany, show, where the U.S. team took bronze earlier in the week. His score of 79.167 percent was second to Germany's Jana Lang on Baron with an 83.5. “It was the last...
Brits dominate German 5-star, Boyd Martin top American
Laura Collett and London 52 led from gate to wire at the 5-star Luhmuehlen, Germany horse trials to head a British podium parade Sunday. Impeccable throughout, Laura finished on her dressage score of 20.3 penalties, unfazed by Michael Etherington-Smith's twisty-turny...
A family is honored for three generations of equestrian commitment
The Governor’s Award for New Jersey Horseperson of the Year is plural. It went to a the Wunderlichs, a Sussex County family involved in the horse industry for three generations. The trophy was presented at the 66th Annual New Jersey Breeders Awards Celebration at the...
Wrapping up the weekend show jumping action
This weekend was quite a busy one both north and south on the grand prix show jumping front. McLain Ward got himself back on his usual winning track in Virginia, after a miss in Devon's big class earlier in the month, while Laura Chapot went 1-2 at Saugerties, N.Y....
