Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
New Update on injured horses at Kentucky event
Emporium, who had a hard fall Saturday at the Head of the Lake during the 5-star Land Rover Kentucky Three-Day Event, is back home in his field. His owner, Ashlynn Meuchel, posted on social media that "Theo usually has a way of letting me know when he’s ready to go...
Gold medal eventer Mark Todd can return to race training as usual
Two-time Olympic eventing individual gold medalist Sir Mark Todd can go back to training racehorses after a ruling yesterday by the British Horseracing Authority that he should be suspended for four months, with two months deferred. An interim suspension in February...
On Cue out of Land Rover Kentucky
The gutsy mare On Cue, who took Boyd Martin to the first U.S. 5-star eventing win since 2008 with a win in the Maryland 5-star at Fair Hill last year, has been withdrawn from the Land Rover Kentucky 5-star. "Cue pulled up a little sore in training and we’ve decided...
Costello takes the helm heading toward the eventing world championships
More than four months after the U.S. Equestrian Federation decided not to renew the contract of eventing performance director Erik Duvander, the organization named Bobby Costello as the interim chef d'equipe and team manager for the discipline. He will serve through...
Arno Gego has died
Respected show jumping course designer, teacher and mentor, Arno Gego passed away at the age of 84. The German master designed courses all over the world, but Aachen was his mainstay, where he laid out the routes for the 1986 show jumping world championships. The...
Private equity firm buys into the HITS shows
HITS has received a majority investment from Traub Capital Partners, and will continue to operate as HITS Shows with its team in place led by CEO Tom Struzzieri, who will also maintain a significant stake in the business. "We are proud to partner with HITS, a clear...
Eric Lamaze will compete no more
Eric Lamaze, the Canadian Olympic show jumping gold medalist has retired from competition due to his health issues, but will continue to serve as technical advisor and chef d'equipe for his country's show jumping team. Eric, who has been battling brain cancer since...
Brits get show jumping help from Belgium
Stanny Van Paesschen, who represented Belgium at the Olympics and managed medal-winning showjumping teams internationally, will take on the technical expert role for British Equestrian and British Showjumping. Several new roles have been developed following a full...
Jury still out in Barisone trial
The jury finished its third day of deliberations this afternoon in the attempted murder trial of dressage trainer Michael Barisone. The panel of 10 men and two women in Morristown, N.J., spent the morning listening to an audio track that replayed the testimony from...
The jury gets Michael Barisone’s case
The prosecution and defense summed up today in the Michael Barisone attempted murder case. Click here to read the story. The defense is trying to convince the jury that Brisone was insane, pushed over the edge by his tenants Lauren Kanarek and Robert Goodwin. Barisone...
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