NEWS & VIEWS Bits & Pieces continued from page 9
est grant awarded to date was $8,000; the aver- age grant amount is approximately $1,200. Grant recipients will be announced no later than December 1, 2011. Funding will be avail- able after January 1, 2012. Projects must be completed by June 30, 2012. T e Maryland Horse Industry Board was es- tablished in 1998 to promote and develop the equine industry in Maryland. For grant guide- lines, grant applications, or more information on MHIB or the feed fund, please visit http://
www.mda.state.md.us/horseboard/ or call 410- 841-5861
Transitions T e cover of the
July Equiery features 17-year-old Sam Cockburn. T e pho- to is courtesy of his proud mom, long- time Equiery client Chrissy Keys Heard, in celebration of Sam’s Virginia Point- to-Point awards for the Spring 2011 sea- son. It is clear that this Maryland-bred, Virginia champion jump jockey is a chip off the old block, with a style harkening back to once-upon-a-time daredevil dad Bay Cockburn (who today trains steeple- chase horses out of his former father-in-law’s farm in Virginia). On July 1, Chrissy offi cially retired as owner and manager of Oatland Stables. After gradu- ating from the University of Maryland in 1985, Chrissy launched the business on her family’s dairy and crop farm in Olney. When T e Equi- ery was founded in 1990, Oatland Stables was one of its fi rst advertisers, along with Redde- meade, T e Grey Pony and Gayer’s Saddlery. Positioned for many years with premium ex- posure on the inside back cover of T e Equi- ery, across from the Riding & Boarding Stable Directory, Oatland grew to become one of the most active boarding, lesson and training fa- cilities in that part of Montgomery County. As Olney closed in around them, Chrissy’s father decided to sell the farm and retire to Virigina, so, in 1995, Chrissy relocated the business to Brookeville, building a new barn and indoor. Astrid (Star) Dalley joined the Oatland team as farm manager and instructor and, on July 1, became the offi cial owner of the business, Oat- land Stables. Congratulations, Star! Now offi cially “retired,” Chrissy plans to
spend more time at the home she shares in Mississippi with husband Keith, which will be quite convenient, as Sammy will be attending Mississippi State this fall. Oatlands is not the only “foundation advertis-
er” to have changed hands this year. In March, Jane Seigler and her husband Paul Schopf sold
www.equiery.com | 800-244-9580
their shares of Reddemeade Farm and Equi- Share to their longtime partner in the facil- ity, Mike Smith. Mike also owns two nearby lesson/boarding programs (Woodland Horse Center and Columbia Horse Center), as well as a facility in Bowie. T e three met decades ago when Jane and Paul moved to Maryland and began riding at Woodland, and soon the trio had hatched the idea for a European style rid- ing club, which became known as EquiShare. “Mike was a terrifi c partner,” commended Jane. “He shared with Paul and me his considerable knowledge of horsemanship and the horse business, and then stepped aside and let us build Reddemeade into the great place it has become, sending us off on the greatest adventure of our lives! I am excited that Mike’s direct involvement, going forward, will bring fresh ideas and energy to Reddemeade, and will take it to new heights.” Speaking of transitions, T e Equiery is pleased to announce the addition of Jennifer Sponseller Webster to our team as associate publisher. In that capacity, Jennifer will handle new client advertising, and will manage social me- dia and the hunter/jumper blog on
equiery.com. In her fi rst few weeks, Jennifer spearheaded the makeover of T e Equiery’s Fa- cebook presence (friend us on
www.facebook.com/equiery). Jennifer has extensive experi- ence as a top advertising sales executive in regional publica- tions and advertising and is a lifelong horsewoman, from a longtime Maryland “horse fam- ily.” To read more about Jenni- fer’s publishing and/or riding career, please visit
equiery.com, and look in the News & Views blog archives for July 2011. Not to be overlooked, two-time summer intern Emily Stangroom has likewise joined team-EQ. We were always impressed with Em- ily’s work during her summer tenures with us. After she graduated from Centenary College, she accepted a part-time job with one of our advertisers. How- ever, when a po- sition with more hours opened up at T e Equiery, we took her back! As it turns out, the timing was fortu- itous for our cli- ent, so all is well. Emily is helping with classifi ed advertising, web-
site maintenance and providing general admin- istrative and customer support. T e Equine Studies Program at the University of Maryland is experiencing some transitions this summer as well. After 10 years with the University of Maryland, Institute for Applied Agriculture, Equine Advisor Erin Pittman has decided to leave the University of Maryland to spend more time with her twin boys, help on her husband’s family farm, Dodon, and spend more time on the nonprofi t venture, T e Re- tired Racehorse Training Project. Originally from Colorado, Erin joined the
University of Maryland in August 2001 to de- velop the then-new Equine Business Manage- ment program. For many years, she headed the educational seminars at the Horse World Expo and served on the Maryland Horse Industry Board.
Horses in Defi cit Negotiations? One of the items “on the table” in the cur-
Jennifer Sponseller Webster joins The Equiery team
rent debt reduction and debt ceiling debate in Washington is a proposal to remove a provision in the tax code that began in 2009 (originally sponsored by Sen, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D- AR)), which lets thorough- bred owners depreciate the value of their animals over three years instead of seven – an important timetable since many horses race only for three or four years. Un- less extended by Congress, the tax provision automati- cally expires in 2013. It is unclear whether this pro- posal will be a part of any package that eventually emerges from the current debate.
New Trails for Calvert County?
According to T e Bay Net, Calvert County Commissioners have unveiled a plan to im- prove bridle trails in their jurisdiction. Current trail systems include Calvert Cliff s
Equiery intern Emily Stangroom now a full-time staffer
State Park and Smokey/Cammack (both owned and managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources), the state- owned Kings Landing, leased to and managed by the Calvert County Division of Natural Re- sources, and the county-owned and managed Biscoe Gray. Ac- cording to Department of Gen- eral Services Director V. Wilson Freeland, improvements are to be made to the parking areas at Smokey/Cammack and Biscoe Gray and there are plans to add
continued on page 80 AUGUST 2011 | THE EQUIERY | 79
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96