Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
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FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
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...
Babington has a winner
BP Goodfellas, bred by Kevin Babington, won the five-year-old title at the FEI WBFSH Jumping World Breeding Championship for Young Horses this weekend. The son of Stakkato Gold out of Goodwin's Loyalty mastered a tough 16-jumping effort test set at Lanaken, Belgium by...
A repeat victory for the titleist in world driving championships
The USA's Chester Weber had a tough go today in the cones competition at the FEI World Driving Championships in Pratoni del Vivaro, Italy, finishing 17th in that section to end up eighth overall as Boyd Exell of Australia kept his crown. It was Boyd's sixth straight...
Weber close to podium at driving world championships
The USA's only representative at the FEI World Driving Championships dropped one place, from third to fourth, after today's marathon, but with the cones phase to come on Sunday, he still has a chance for a medal. Australia's Boyd Exell continues to lead individually...
Exell leads world driving championships; Weber close behind
Australia's Boyd Exell moved into first place as the dressage phase of the FEI World Four-in-Hand Driving Championships wrapped up, but overnight leader Chester Weber of the U.S. stayed near the top of the standings in third place. “I love driving, the score is only...
It’s time for the Masters’ Chase
The Masters' Chase has become an autumn tradition, offering an afternoon of amateur racing, stick pony racing for kids, an antique car exhibition and tailgating, presented by the Countryside Alliance of the Somerset Hills. It will be held Oct. 8 at Natirar, a park...
A key step for keeping equestrian sport in the Olympics?
In a visit that could be important to the future of equestrian sport in the Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach was among the 22,000 spectators who attended the FEI Eventing World Championships on cross-country day at Pratoni del Vivaro....
U.S. third after dressage segment at eventing worlds
The U.S. kept its third place standing at the FEI Eventing World Championshps as the dressage phase wrapped up today, with a highlight for America in Tamie Smith’s 24-penalty ride on Mai Baum, good enough to stand fifth individually. Although her horse broke in the...


