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August 2022 Letter from MHC’s Presidents

by Kimberly K. Egan (first published in the August 2022 Equiery) On July 1, we welcomed six new members to serve two-year terms on our Board of Directors: Dr. Amy Burk, JoAnn Dawson, Dr. Michael Erskine, Laura Lane-Unsworth, Rachann Mayer, and John Nunn. We are also losing three Board members: Dr. Rachel Cezar-Martinez is moving to Louisiana for a new position with USDA; MHC stalwart and founder of our very successful Farm Stewardship Committee, Jane Thery, is turning to new opportunities...

2022 Equiery Photo Contest Winners

first published in the August 2022 Equiery Once again, The Equiery received over 200 entries for...
National Pike Festival & James Shaull Wagon Train

by the MHC Membership Committee with photos by photos by © Zachary M Sipe 2022 (first published in...
Manage That Manure

Source: Maryland Department of Agriculture Office of Resource Conservation A 1,000 pound horse...
Update on U.S Army Caisson Stable

(first published in the June & July 2022 issues of The Equiery) On April 7, CNN released a...

Sports

Park Heights Renaissance Preakness Event

by Jane Seigler, Chair of MHC’s Government Relations Committee (first published in the July 2022 Equiery) For most of its history, the Preakness, the second jewel in the Triple Crown, has called Baltimore its home. For much of recent history, as was noted by Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott in a Baltimore Sun Op-Ed, the event – while hugely important to Baltimore’s culture, history and economy, “was held within Northwest Baltimore, but not with the community of Northwest Baltimore.” That...

July 2022 Cover Story: Maryland International Equestrian Foundation

Loch Moy Farm: The Costs of an Eventer’s Playground by Kimberly K. Egan, MHC Co-President &...
Laurel/Pimlico Progress Reports

First published in the June 2022 Equiery Under legislation signed into law this April, the...

Legislation & Regulation

2022 Legislative Session Wrap Up

by Jane Seigler, Co-Chair of MHC’s Government Relations Committee (first published in the May 2022 Equiery) This year’s legislative session ended at midnight on April 11, and the General Assembly will not meet again until January 2023. The legislature passed 835 out of the 2,498 bills introduced this year, an overall passage rate of 33.4%. Bills That Passed Of the 835 bills that passed, the Maryland Horse Council supported the following: SB 86 – DNR Lease Agreements – Trail Access...

Latest MHC Government Relations Committee Report!

(first published in the April 2022 Equiery) by Kimberly K. Egan, MHC Co-President & Co-Chair...
March 2022 MHC Government Relations Report

by Kimberly K. Egan, MHC Co-President & Co-Chair of the MHC Government Relations Committee...

Maryland Horse Council

August 2022 Letter from MHC’s Presidents

Labor Issues in the Horse Industry

From the MHC Government Relations Committee (first published in the July 2022 Equiery) Working...
Spotlight on Somerset County Trails

by Katherine O. Rizzo (first published in the July 2022 Equiery) Somerset County is home to four...

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