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EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Learn about minimally invasive surgery for your horse
Laparoscopy, the "keyhole" surgery technique that is minimally invasive, is the topic of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine's first Equine Seminar of the Fall 2024 semester on Sept. 17. Dr. Rebecca McOnie, instructor in the section of Large Animal...
Development plans for Monmouth Park include racing as a priority
Multifamily housing, a 200-room hotel, retail offerings, entertainment elements and youth sports facilities are slated for the 80 acres around Monmouth Park, where racing is slated to continue at the New Jersey track under an 85-year lease agreement. It was announced...
Tewksbury Trail pace is fun for everyone
The Tewksbury Trail Association has one of the best trail paces in New Jersey. It caters to riders of all levels and ages at Christy Hoffman Farm Park on Fairmount Road West in Califon Sept. 15 from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Participants will go across open fields and forest...
U.S. para riders shine in Paris
It was time for U.S. riders to deliver their best in the Paralympics, and that's what they did Tuesday, as equestrian competition got under way in Paris with 78 riders, the largest entry ever for such an event. Rebecca Hart and Floratina secured individual gold in...
US Para dressage squad ready for team test
The U.S. Paralympic equestrian squad was facing a big challenge in Friday's team test against 14 other countries. Great Britain always seems like the team to beat, having won every team medal since 2006. But the Dutch are also a prime contender But the U.S. came...
USA’s Shoemaker fifth at Paralympics
A spook in the canter near the end of Kate Shoemaker's Grade IV test with Vianne Wednesday ended the USA's medal run at the Paralympics in Paris, but her fifth-place finish guaranteed the new combination a start in the freestyle competition. Shoemaker, ranked number...
Help Kevin Babington while you enjoy a special horse show
Six years ago, the life of the Babington family changed forever. Top international show jumper Kevin Babington suffered a disastrous fall with his horse in a grand prix, a crash that left him with a contusion of the spinal cord as a result of hyperextending his neck...
Wishing a speedy recovery for Liz Halliday: UPDATE Sept. 3
Eventer Liz Halliday was taken off the respirator Tuesday, a great step in her recovery from a head injury she sustained in a fall on the cross-country course at the American Eventing Championships . Being able to breathe on her own means she can get more sleep, an...
German rider tops in Hampton Classic finale
Rene Dittmer, who made quite a mark at the Winter Equestrian Festival, translated his success to another season with a victory in the $400,000 Longines Hampton Classic 5-star grand prix over the weekend. The German and Corsica X, a Holsteiner mare by Connor he owns...
A new president for the USET Foundation
The name Kristi Mitchem may not be familiar to you, even though she has just been announced as the president and CEO of the Gladstone, N.J.-based U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation. But you may well know of her daughter, Caroline Mawhinney, number 37 on the FEI jumping...
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