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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
Close to perfect
World Dressage Champion Lottie Fry of Great Britain picked the right place to be close to perfect with the magnificent Glamourdale, winnning the FEI Dressage World Cup Freestyle at the London International Horse Show tonight. Her overall score was 90.995 percent, but...
McLain victorious!
With tears running down his face, McLain Ward talked about his stunning victory today in the Rolex Grand Prix of Geneva, Switzerland, aboard the 16-year-old HH Azur. "It's something I always dreamed of," he said, after putting in an amazing time of 38.43 seconds to...
Familiar co-workers will design jumping courses for Paris ’24 Olympics
Spain's Santiago Varela, who designed the memorable show jumping courses for the Tokyo Olympics, will work alongside Gregory Bodo of France to lay out the routes for the show jumping competition and eventing stadium jumping phase at the 2024 Paris Olympics. FEI...
Salinero is gone
One of the greatest dressage horses, the fiery Salinero, died in retirement today at the age of 28. “My heart has been broken,” said the Netherlands’ Anky van Grunsven, who rode her partner to two Olympic individual gold medals and four World Cup titles. “Salinero my...
Tewksbury Trail Association honored
The Tewksbury Trail Association has received the Tewksbury Land Trust's Ted Koven Conservationist of the Yea award. The distinction is a testament to the TTA's extensive commitment to the community through volunteering time and financial resources to many local...
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...
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