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A special tribute for Cody’s Wish
How could the result have been otherwise? Cody’s Wish, the talented 4-year-old racehorse who shares a special relationship with teenager Cody Dorman, has been voted the public's choice for the 2022 Secretariat Vox Populi Award. Created by Secretariat’s owner, the late...
Letter to the Editor re: Delaware Valley Horsemen’s Association
This is a letter from Judith Stratton, who served as DVHA's vice president. She is responding to an article that appeared on this site Nov. 4. Here is a link to it. It was with interest that I read your article on the dissolution of DVHA. I would like to address some...
A wonderful send-off planned for a champion
European champion, reserve world champion, second place in the Longines FEI World Cup final and winner of the Grands Prix of Geneva, Zurich, Basel and Lyon, the gorgeous gray. Clooney 51 is saying goodbye to his fans next month. Ridden by Martin Fuchs, this son of...
Joy Kloss has left us
Trainer Joy Kloss, who ran Fox Hunt Farm in Lumberton, N.J., died suddenly on Thanksgiving night in Tryon, N.C. She was 71. A USEF judge, she was a respected trainer who gave clinics and was involved in horse sales. Callan Solem, who met Joy through her own mentor,...
The owner of Sergeantsville Grain & Feed has passed away
A memorial service will be held next year for Sergeantsville Grain & Feed owner James Fred McCue Jr., who died Nov. 7 at age 73. The son of Esther Mastrobattista McCue and James Fred McCue Sr., Jim was a native of Bernardsville, where he was the 1967 Heavyweight...
A fond farewell to Barbara Isaac
Barbara Isaac, one of the country’s pioneers in therapeutic riding, died Nov. 14 in Ormond Beach, Fla., at the age of 91. The founder, with her husband, Hanen, in 1979 of the Handicapped High Riders Club which became Riding High Farm in Allentown, N.J., she was part...
These are Olympic mascots? Really?
The mascots of the 2024 Paris Olympics have been announced, and they are....two hats. Not berets, which might first come to mind when thinking of a French chapeau. The honor instead goes to Phyrigian caps, to be called the Phryges, for short. The Phyrigian cap was a...
The teen behind Cody’s Wish gets special recognition
Cody Dorman, a 16-year-old with a rare genetic disorder, got the attention of the nation when his namesake, Cody's Wish, won the dirt mile at the Breeders' Cup earlier this month. Cody was on hand for that victory--the four-year-old thoroughbred he met as a foal...
A tribute to Assemblyman Dancer that will keep on giving
The Rutgers Equine Science Center has established a scholarship in memory of former Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer, a champion of the New Jersey horse indsutry who died earlier this year. He served the 12th Legislative District and was the deputy Republican Leader in...
Horse Park of NJ gets championship
The USEF's national advanced single horse combined driving championship for 2023 will be held at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Allentown October 5-8 at the Garden State CDE. All but one of the other national driving championships next year will be held in Ocala,...
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