By Nancy Jaffer, originally posted on http://nancyjaffer.com/2018-06-24.

The Mars Essex Horse Trials, which finished the second year of its re-emergence today, will be making a big jump forward next year.

Not only is it ready to host an Advanced division (Preliminary was the highest level offered this year and in 2017), it plans to supplement its location at Moorland Farm in Far Hills with a side-trip to the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation headquarters in Gladstone, where Essex was held until lack of cross-country space at the foundation site led to its termination after the 1998 edition. Continue reading

The Bernardsville News
June 19, 2018

FAR HILLS – They’re putting the “family” in the Essex Horse Trials and Family Country Weekend.

The fabled trials, a premier equestrian competition, will take place this weekend at Moorland Farm following its successful return last year after a 19-year absence. Continue reading

By Nancy Jaffer, originally posted on http://nancyjaffer.com/2017-11-01/.

The horses who were part of the U.S. Equestrian Federation’s developing dressage training  and evaluation session in Gladstone someday may be on an American team at a major championship—or they may never rise to that level.

But the help their riders got during the October sessions from U.S. Developing Dressage Coach Debbie McDonald and other key professionals was geared to giving them a leg up, not only with their current mounts, but also with the horses they may ride and train in the future. Continue reading