NEWSfrom MHC’S INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS
NEW MHC SPONSOR The Maryland Horse Coun- cil welcomes new sponsor and member Compete Easy, an Australian company founded in 2001 to process on-line entries for equestrian events. Since then, the compa- ny has added LiveScore Dressage and Jumping apps to their off erings, both which have seen an explosion of growth since competition ven- ues began reducing paper scoring and paper entries as a result of the pandemic. MHC sponsor and long-time industry member Loch Moy Farm has been using Compete Easy apps at its competitions this year, as have numerous other competition venues around the country. The U.S. Dressage Federation has approved the company’s scoring apps for licensed competitions, and the United States Eventing Association is in the process of approving both the dressage and jumping scoring apps for recognized horse trials. Compete Easy, which now also has offi ce space at the Maryland Horse Council Center building in Lisbon, will be represented by Lloyd Raleigh.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
After starting their plumbing careers in the 1980s with a large operation in the Washington metropolitan area, in 2001 John Hommerbocker and Kevin Notting- ham broke off to start their own business, First Class Mechanical, serving most of central Maryland (Carroll County, Howard County, Frederick County, Baltimore Coun- ty). First Class Mechanical is one of the few plumbing companies that actually em-
braces farms. Nottingham and Hommerbocker will do all those farm plumbing things that most plumbers are either unwilling or unable to do. Hydrants in barns and outbuildings? No problem. A leak some- where underground? They will fi nd it. They are also certifi ed by Nelson to install and maintain automatic waterers. A miracle.
Elisabeth Yeager of Elisabeth Yeager
Homes & Farms Group of Keller Wil- liams Realty Partners is NOT related to steeplechaser Annie Yeager, although she apparently gets asked that a lot! “I wish!” exclaimed the Boston native who came to the University of Maryland and never left once she discovered how perfect Maryland is for her life-long equine habit. A former equitation and hunter rider, Elisabeth now is competing in adult jumpers and hunting with the Carrollton Hounds. Elisabeth’s fi rst career was in digital marketing but real es-
tate captured her heart. “I fell in love! I started a team last spring and now have three agents and full time staff on board with me!”
Located on the Eastern Shore in Queen Anne’s County, Traveled Lane
Trailers occupies a unique niche off ering lightweight European horse trailers that are easy to tow with smaller SUVs. But they don’t just off er European trailers; they have a full array of well-known U.S. brands as well. Proprietor Jon Morlock prides himself on the quality of the trailers he sells, know- ing that his customers will use their trailers for years, sometimes decades - so quality matters. Price matters too, but Jon won’t quote a low price on a stripped down mod-
el just to get someone on the lot. Traveled Lane received its Industry Professional membership as a perq for signing a 3+ month advertising contract with The Equiery; to learn more, contact Tracy McKenna: tra-
cy@equiery.comor 410-489-7826.
Maryland native Dr. Josh Bross, a Certifi ed Chi-
ropractic Sports Practitioner (CCSP) as well as a Certifi ed Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CCSP), opened Elite Chiropractic & Sport in Columbia 10 years ago to provide advanced soft tissue treatments and rehabilitation services to athletes in the Maryland and DC area. Dr. Bross specializes in Active Release and Graston Tech- niques, dry needling, and traditional chiropractic adjustments. Dr. Bross received an undergraduate degree in neurobiology and physiology from the
UMD-College Park in 2000. He earned an MS in Molecular Pharmacol- ogy and Toxicology from the University of Southern California in 2004, and his Doctorate of Chiropractic from Southern California University of Health Sciences – Whittier in 2007. While not a horseman himself, Dr. Bross and his highly trained associates have increasingly come to ap- preciate the physical demands that riding can put on the human body. They have been keeping MHC Co-President Kim Egan in the saddle for the last 2 years, which is about as tough a job as any chiropractor could be asked to take on. Elite received its Industry Professional membership as a perq of its advertising contract with the The Equiery.
New member Southern Maryland Equine Miracles was featured on the cover of the No- vember issue of The Equiery! You can read the full story about SMEM and co-founder Melinda Burdin on
equiery.com.
Marlene Perricone joined as an Industry Pro- fessional member in anticipation of the day her farm, Briella, can open its doors to the public. “We are in the process of rehabilitating the farm
we purchased,” Marlene explained, “and once the renovations are com- pleted, we will then be in a position to welcome clients. A website and such will occur when we are complete with construction/renovations. As you can imagine, the COVID situation has created issues in hiring
This feature is a benefi t for MHC Industry Professional Members. To learn more or submit news & updates, contact Business Network Co-Chairs Jane Seigler & Crystal Brumme Pickett at
IndustryNews@mdhorsecouncil.org
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