Equestrian reporter Nancy Jaffer covered the Olympics in Beijing for The Star-Ledger. Here's a look at her blog and print edition stories:

Olympics No. 8 ends on a soggy note

U.S. earns bronze in individual show jumping

Olympic drug charges surface in equestrian

American Peters narrowly misses medal in individual dressage

U.S. edges Canada for gold in jumping

U.S. in first-place tie in show jumping after first round

The business of living in Hong Kong

No medal for U.S. in dressage after pairing's unusual showing

Olympic credentials have prestige, and limitations

Germans capture eventing

Germany wins team and individual equestrian eventing gold

U.S. eventing team out of medal contention

Cross-country day: A test of endurance for horses, and reporters

U.S. eventing team drops from medal contention after poor showing in cross-country

Today's big question: Food or sleep?

No luck for the lady tonight

Reporting from Hong Kong, host of Olympic equestrian events

I was at the equestrian venue, running to catch up with eventing team veterinarian Brendan Furlong of Tewksbury, when I suddenly felt a firm pair of hands on my shoulders. Must be a friend, I thought for a second, until the hands clamped down and started dragging me backwards.

Uh-oh, I was in trouble. One of the men in the red and white Beijing 2008 shirts didn't want me to go any further. He wasn't able to speak English, but he made it perfectly clear -- the paddock where Brendan was headed was a no-no for a journalist.

Actually, I realized that, but in my eagerness, it slipped my mind. Okay, I'll confess -- I thought I could get away with it. I should have known better. You don't get away with anything at the Olympics.

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Sunday, July 27, 2008

New Jersey is getting a trails plan update, its first since 1996, presenting equestrians with opportunities for maximizing pursuit of their activities in the countryside as the state's landscape changes.

During the hearing process for the plan, set to be approved by the New Jersey Trails Council Aug. 5, "we did get a lot of response from the equestrian user group," said Annette Schultz, the project manager for the RBA Group of Parsippany which put together the document.

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