Archive for February, 2010
Surprise Surprise: Race Track Auction Delayed – Again
First it was January, then early February, and then tomorrow, Tues. Feb. 23…and now the auction of Laurel and Pimlico race tracks has been delayed yet again. It will be held now on March 23. The request for the delay was granted on Friday, Feb. 19 by the Delaware judge for the Magna Entertainment Corporation [...]
More snow photos…
Here are just a few more snow photos from our readers. More to come in the March issue! Plus a heartfelt story about saving a Fjord. Devin’s Darling, owned by Linda Byrd (Dickerson) – photo by Linda Byrd Picasso getting some exercise at Reddemeade Farm (Silver Spring) – photo by Ingrid Ivins Abbey the Aussie [...]
Anti-Slots Petition Filed; Now What?
Anti-Slots Petition Filed, Now What? By Lynda Sasscer Hill On February, 4, 2010, the coalition of petitioners, including (but not limited to) the Maryland Jockey Club and the local activist group Stop Slots at Arundel Mills, surprised skeptics by submitting over 23,000 signatures to the Anne Arundel Board of Elections, exceeding the 18,790 needed to [...]
Got to Love Ponies…
Emmy McGuirk of Bel Air out playing in the snow with her pony Olney Tinkerbelle
Snow Pics!
The Equiery has been flooded with snow photos and stories! Keep them coming! Send your snow photos and stories to editor@equiery.com. We’ll keep posting a few here throughout the next couple of days. Look for more photos/stories in the March 2010 issue. Here’s a photo from Betty Donovan on the Eastern Shore. Scarlett (4-year-old Morgan [...]
Jockey Club Says It Has Enough Signatures, Cordish Alleges Irregularities
According to a press release from the Maryland Jockey Club, over 23,000 signatures of Anne Arundel County residents have been collected in an attempt to block the special zoning for a slots parlor adjacent to the Arundel Mills shopping center. A minimum number of 18,790 signatures were needed in order to put the special zoning [...]
Maryland Equestrian Community Loses Elder Statesman Hal C.B. Clagett
Hal C.B. Clagett, horseman, breeder, foxhunter, lawyer, and an equestrian community icon once referred to as”the most respected man in Maryland’s racing industry,” pass away yesterday, February 1, 2010. He was 94. Clagett began breeding thoroughbreds at Weston in Prince George’s County, which was established in 1670 by a land grant to the Clagett family. [...]
