Nancy Jaffer
EQUESTRIAN SPORTS
NEWS AND FEATURES
FROM NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND
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...
Remembering Bill Ellis with a competition of his own
A memorial service is important to the friends and family of someone who has passed away, but you can bet that Bill Ellis really would have appreciated commemoration of his life with a hunter derby. And that’s just what he’ll get at 8 a.m. on Friday July 29 at...
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...
World championships dressage picture comes into focus
The British kept everyone waiting, but today they finally named their team for the Blue Hors FEI World Dressage Championship presented by Helgstrand, which will be held in Denmark next month. Although Valegro is long retired, the country's star, Charlotte Dujardin,...
Not many surprises on U.S. World Championships dressage squad
You had to figure that Olympic and world championships medalists Steffen Peters (Suppenkasper) and Adrienne Lyle (Salvino) would make the Dutta Corp. U.S. dressage team for the championships next month in Denmark. Ashley Holzer, who rode in the Olympics for her native...
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,”...
An amazing Breyerfest
You can't ride them, but you also don't have to feed them, muck out or pay veterinary bills for them. Yet there's much more to the popularity of Breyer horses than simply ease of ownership. Their sheer variety and beauty stimulates the imagination to rides of fantasy,...
Show jumping’s younger generation rises to the championship occasion
Only one Olympic veteran has been named to the U.S. NetJets show jumping team for the world championships in Denmark next month. McLain Ward and Contagious will lead the way as Lillie Keenan (Argan de Beliard) and Brian Moggre (Balou du Reventon) will be making their...
Make the dressage connection in Ringoes
An opportunity to learn from Dominique Barbier, a student of the great Nuno Oliveira, is offered July 15-17 during a clinic in Ringoes at Daystar Farm. A native of France, Dominique became a British Horse Society Instructor and trained in show jumping, three-day...
Zone 2 hunt seat equitation finals have a new home
With the cancellation of the Brandywine horse shows at Devon this summer, the USHJA Zone 2 Equitation Championship has moved to the CJL/Monmouth (not) at the Team show Aug. 15-17 at the Horse Park of New Jersey. Qualifying ends August 1. Riders must place first or...
