By Nancy Jaffer, originally posted on http://nancyjaffer.com/2017-06-25/.
The dream is on the verge of reality. A cross-country course walk yesterday for supporters of the Mars Essex Horse Trials– being revived June 24 and 25 after an absence of 18 years– was an exciting reveal of handsome fences and the thought that went into them at Moorland Farm in Far Hills. Continue reading
The Bernardsville News
May 29, 2017
After a 19 year absence, the Mars Essex Horse Trials, a top equestrian competition, returns with a weekend of outdoor family-oriented events in the Somerset County countryside at historic Moorland Farm. The event takes place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 25.
The trials feature “eventing,” often referred to as an equestrian triathlon, a competition that combines the elegance of dressage, the thrill of cross-country and the precision of show jumping.
By Nancy Jaffer, originally posted on http://nancyjaffer.com/monmouth-at-the-team-show-is-honored/.
The 2016 debut of Monmouth at the Team won the New Jersey Horse Shows Association’s Show of the Year award this month.
It took some daring on the part of co-organizers Tucker Ericson and his cousin, Michael Dowling, to move New Jersey’s oldest horse show out of Monmouth County into the U.S. Equestrian Team Foundation headquarters in Somerset County, more than an hour away.
But it worked and was hugely successful on both the sporting and social sides. Continue reading