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EHV-1 Positive Horse in Howard County
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Tuckahoe’s Trail Ambassadors
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HoCo RISE & SoMD Business Grants
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MDA Posts Guidelines for Livestock Shows & Competitions
With fair season just around the corner, the Maryland Department of Agriculture has put together a...
“Storm” by Karen Severns (Mt. Airy) – Summer storm clouds rolling through freshly cut hay fields at New Blessing Farm in Frederick County.
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Crazy! Looks more like smoke.
When?
Karen Severns
If someone offers to pay your stable more for lessons than you charge, but asks you to pay the difference to someone else, don't do it, it's a scam.
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I got an email saying that about overpaying and send it to their pastor and I told them I don't do business like that. Never heard back. Also getting several board my horse for 5 months while I go on vacation. I tell them to call, and they don't. The broken English is a dead giveaway. Dear madam. I wish you a good day. Yours truly etc.
I've had same message many times over the years
I had someone email me about lessons, claiming they would send their sons with a driver. They wanted to pay by credit card. Since I don't do CC, I sent them on their way, but it was obviously a scam anyway. No legitimate client goes into such a song and dance about having a driver.
We had a series of emails about that about a year or two ago.
Been getting recent texts like this! They will have an actual conversation with you first, seemed like a legit client looking. Then pay by credit card, kids coming with a driver, etc. several “how was your rest last night” texts, had one not give up after I said I knew it was a scam and was not interested in discussing further, had to block the number.
Brian Ricketts sound familiar?
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“Success” by Amber Markley (Clear Spring) – Amber Markley snapped this photo of Hidden Talent, owned by Lynn Smith, after they won at his first dressage show, held at By Chance Farm in Frederick County.
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Lynn Smith missed seeing this familiar face 😉💙
"Stop and Smell the Roses" by Lauren Fowler (Baltimore) - JB, Kate and Michelle Jennings at the 2019 Devon Horse Show
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Congrats Lauren! Nice pic! 🤗
Awesome photo.
I know this cutie from Farm Camp at Olney 😍
Sports
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Maryland 5 Star Postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19
BREAKING NEWS! The inaugural Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill has officially been moved to October 2021 due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Late on June 3, Jeff Newman, President of the Fair Hill Organizing Committee (FHOC), informed The Equiery that after much deliberation, FHOC has decided to postpone the inaugural Maryland 5 Star till October 2021. “Postponing the event is what is necessary to present the type of event that everyone is expecting,” Newman stated. “We must put health and safety...-
Live Racing Returns to Laurel May 30
This just in from the Maryland Jockey Club (May 28, 2020 at 2pm) The Maryland Jockey Club has... -
It Started with a Trailer: The Story of Bert & Edna Lytle
By Lisa Warffeli and Katherine O. Rizzo (first published in the May 2020 Equiery) It was a rainy...
Legislation & Regulation
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Congress Votes to Ease PPP Loan Rules
On June 4, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to ease some of the rules and regulations for the Paycheck Protection Program. The bill has been sent to President Donald Trump to be signed into law. In general, the bill will be giving farms and businesses more flexibility in how and when PPP loans can be spent while still getting these loans forgiven. More specifically, the bill increases the time that businesses have to spend loan funds from eight weeks to 24 weeks. These funds are for payroll and...-
2020 Legislative Report
2020: The Pandemic Sine Die By Crystal Brumme Pickett and Jane Seigler first published in the May... -
COVID19 Impact Survey
Over the past two months, the Maryland Horse Council and The Equiery have been following the...
Maryland Horse Council
July Publisher’s Letter
by Neil Agate MHC President (first published in the July 2020 Equiery) Transitions I feel that saying we are living in extraordinary times is getting quite old, but the last month has proven that once again. When we went to press 30 days ago on the June edition of The Equiery we were starting to come out of the COVID-19 lockdown and there were glimpses of normalcy on the horizon for the Maryland horse community. Barns and trails started to open up and we were working with the horse show...-
MHC Zoom Business Seminar – COVID-19 & Business Insurance
On Thursday, May 28, 2020, the Maryland Horse Council Business Network will be presenting a ZOOM... -
2020 Legislative Report
2020: The Pandemic Sine Die By Crystal Brumme Pickett and Jane Seigler first published in the May...
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