Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
A tough day for the USA at the world championships
It was bad news for the U.S. show jumping team today at the Agria FEI World Championships, as it finished just one place out from qualifying for tomorrow’s final round of Nations Cup competition. But it gets worse. The goal for the show jumping team in these...
Swedes lead, U.S. ninth as world championships show jumping begins
Brian Moggre, only 21 and riding in his first international senior championships, made his mark as the top American finisher today in the Ecco FEI World Championships, not far behind some of the greatest names in the sport of show jumping. The results of the speed...
U.S. eventing team named for world championships
Boyd Martin, a member of every world championships and Olympic team since 2010, has been named to the U.S. Land Rover eventing squad that will compete in Italy's Pratoni del Vivaro next month at the world championships. He'll be aboard his Tokyo Games mount,...
A new hand at the helm of the National Horse Show
The roster of National Horse Show managers over the venerable competition’s 139-year history includes many memorable names, from Ned King and Eric Atterbury to Honey Craven, John Franzreb, David Distler and Leo Conroy, co-manager with Hugh Kincannon. Joining the list...
Brandywine won’t run again
The Brandywine Horse Shows, which were not held this summer due to lack of entries, are ending their 12-year run at the Devon, Pa., showgrounds. When the Traverse City shows in Michigan were awarded the Junior Hunter Finals on the Pennyslvania competition's dates,...
Springsteen horse bows out
The U.S. show jumping team was left without an alternate at the FEI World Championships in Denmark. Jessica Springsteen's horse, RMF Zecilie, a 2007 Holsteiner mare owned by Rushy Marsh Farm LLC, was part of the team’s practice jog prior to the first horse inspection...
A change at the top in USEF’s sport leadership
The U.S. Equestrian Federation’s dynamic director of sport, Will Connell, is leaving the organization after eight hugely successful years. “What drives me is trying to find programs and solutions that will grow the pathway, increase performance and everything,” said...
Del Mar on its way to revival
The HITS team will be addressing environmental requirements to ensure that California's Del Mar Horse Showpark can reopen in 2023. “The California horsemen have an incredible jewel at the Del Mar Showpark, right in the heart of such a vibrant successful community,”...
The New Jersey horse industry has lost a great champion
State flags were flown at half-staff in memory of Assemblyman Ronald Dancer, a great friend of the New Jersey horse industry, who died at the age of 73 after a long illness. The son of famed harness racing driver Stanley Dancer, the assemblyman was a driver, trainer...
Wine and equine
What kind of wine goes with lectures on pasture and supplements for your horse? Whatever they're serving at the Cream Ridge Winery on August 4, when Rutgers' Carey Williams and Penn State's Laura Kenny will discuss making pasture more productive, as well as what type...
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