Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
It’s off to the races this Saturday
The Far Hills Race Meeting returns to Moorland Farm on Route 202 Oct. 15. The card of steeplechase races offers an opportunity to see exciting sport while tailgating and catching up with friends. There's a vendor village and food trucks to visit between races on a day...
Don’t miss the Mane Stream tack sale
Are you looking for tack, horse blankets, boots, breeches, knick-knacks or other equestrian items? Go to Mane Stream's sale at 83 Old Turnpike, Oldwick. It will be held from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 6. Before then, drop off your items or call for a pick-up. Contact Jen at...
Standardbred Retirement Foundation needs help to save horses from slaughter
The Standardbred Retirement Foundation, which in 2021 saved 733 Standardbreds from slaughter after they finished their racing careers, is expressing concern about the New Jersey state Legislature's Bill A-4465, designed to set up a five-year grant program that will...
Another well-deserved honor for Octavia Brown
Therapeutic riding pioneer Octavia Brown will be honored with the "Spirit of the Horse" award during the Rutgers Equine Science Center's Evening of Science & Celebration next month. The keynote speaker is Dr. Frank Andrew of Louisiana State University, whose topic...
An opportunity to help Kevin Babington
The very inclement weather on Sunday did not cooperate with the Kevin Babington Benefit Horse Show in New Jersey, as heavy rain moved as many classes as possible indoors, while the turnout understandably was light. But the fundraising continues for the show jumper who...
Tips from a master during Dressage at Devon
Sabine Schut-Kery wowed the world aboard Sanceo at the Tokyo Olympics last year, where the combination clinched a historic silver medal for the U.S. dressage team and finished fifth individually in the freestyle. Last night, without an equine partner, she wowed the...
Finally, word on the future of Lord Stirling Stable
More than two years after Lord Stirling Stable’s horses were sold as the facility was shut down during Covid, a plan to buy “a number of horses” and begin reintroducing equestrian programming before the end of the year at the Somerset County facility was announced...
Some late-entry excitement at the Mars Fair Hill 5-star
Tim Price of New Zealand, the number three-ranked eventer in the world, has just joined the lineup of the Mars Maryland 5-star at Fair Hill Oct. 13-16. The world championships double bronze medalist will face off against world number one Oliver Townend of Great...
Spring Valley Hounds mark municipal century: UPDATE
The Spring Valley Hounds, which began in the New Vernon section of Harding Township, N.J., were scheduled to be hunting in a joint meet with the Amwell Valley Hounds from the Spring Valley Showgrounds Oct. 2 to commemorate the 100th year of the township's founding....
Sale Johnson is gone
Sale Johnson, who owned several of the USA's top international show jumpers in the late 20th Century, has died at the age of 73 in Jupiter, Fla., after battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The horsewoman was an active rider as well as an owner. Karen Murphy recalled...
