Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
UPDATE: Save the date for Meg Mullin, and learn about a fund in her memory
A celebration of life for much-admired veterinarian Meg Mullin will be held May 26 at the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation in Gladstone, N.J. Details are yet to come. Dr. Mullin died earlier this month after a February riding accident in Florida. She was a sports...
UPDATE: A star-studded line-up for Kentucky
There's a reason why it's not wise to assess the quality of an event's entry until the closing date has passed. We had some late starters for next month's 5-star Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, and they are special. Not sure why so many waited until yesterday's...
UPDATE: Celebration of Life set for Champ Hough, an all-around horseman
Charles "Champ" Hough was only 18 when he made history in Helsinki with the 1952 U.S. Olympic squad, earning a team bronze medal in eventing as the youngest equestrian competitor at those Games. That was the USA's first civilian equestrian team at the Olympics, after...
John Ammerman won’t be in Vermont
HITS' announcement last month that John Ammerman would return in a mangement capacity to the company's Vermont Summer Festival shows was "premature," Ammerman has said. "After asking for my help as a co-manager (with Joe Dotoli) at the Vermont Summer Festival, the...
Carol Lavell has left us
Carol Lavell, a pillar of the 1992 U.S. Olympic bronze medal dressage team, died today, a little more than a week before her 80th birthday. She and her statuesque flashy bay Hanoverian gelding, Gifted, were the rockstars of American dressage in the early 1990s. A...
A new 5-star for Kentucky…
The Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event has always been at the top of the eventing game, but now it's upping the ante for its companion grand prix show jumping competition to have a matching 5-star in that discipline. The show jumping, which offers its grand prix on...
Carlee McCutcheon was well-prepared to take a title
Weeks of qualification at Wellington International culminated Friday in the Winter Equestrian Festival Equitation Championship presented by NetJets. Topping the field of 43 was Carlee McCutcheon, from the famous reining family, who has also made a name for herself...
Head of World Equestrian Centers family has left us
Ralph L. “Larry” Roberts, Sr., 77, patriarch of the family that owns the World Equestrian Centers, died March 19 in Ocala. Mr. Roberts, known as "Senior", was the founder of R+L Carriers. He started in the trucking business in 1965 with a single Ford truck, moving...
Jonathon Millar needs help: UPDATE
Canadian show jumper Jonathon Millar, who fell and hit his head March 12, underwent brain surgery to stop a bleed and relieve swelling. He is now off sedation and breathing on his own at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, where he is showing promising...
Eventer Kevin Freeman passed away
Services are set March 22 for Olympic and Pan American Games eventing medalist Kevin J. Freeman, 81, who died March 18 in Portland, Oregon. His passing came six weeks after the death of his teammate and close friend of 57 years, Jimmy Wofford. Kevin, who represented...
