Letter from the Publisher


A MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL PUBLICATION From the President


By Neil Agate, MHC President I think I probably speak for most people both within and outside of the


Maryland horse community when I say that I will be glad to be done with 2020 and look forward to 2021. While 2020 has not generally been positive, there have been some positive things to come out of it both for the horse community in general and specifi cally for the Maryland Horse Council. T roughout the year we have been celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Maryland Horse Council and in this issue, we continue the look back with a celebration of 30 years of T e Equiery with this being the 350th


edition. T is is a huge accomplishment and and one that I know


everyone involved with T e Equiery, especially Tracy, Katherine, Emily & Carolyn (the current staff ) is proud of. All of us at MHC are looking forward to being part of the next 30 years. For the horse community in general, the fi rst half of the year was pretty tough for everyone as the whole industry was essentially put on hold due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, right as we came out of winter. Pretty much everything was cancelled in the spring and early summer. From the Horse Council’s point of view, this was a very busy time as we worked with many others in the community and with the State and local governments to help make plans on how to come out of the COVID-19 shutdown and safely get all of our businesses back up and running. While we may have to deal with this again over the next few months, we


have a strong foundation in how to function safely during the pandemic and have built good relationships with all parts of the State and local gov- ernments. T is foundation hopefully will make any future shutdown as short as possible and allow us all to get back up and running again soon. During the course of 2020, the Horse Council has seen equestrian


interest grow in the general community. T ere has also been increased participation in the Horse Council itself, and while this has mostly been virtually, through Zoom, the numbers and level of participation has been great. We just held our Annual Meeting via Zoom and I was very pleased that we had over 50 people “attend.” T e level of participation was as good, if not better, than we would expect for an in-person meeting. In addition, we have seen interest in the Horse Council, T e Equiery and METS increase over the past six months or so, which is also very exciting and hopefully a sign of things to come as we put this pandemic in the rear view mirror (hopefully) over the next six months. Rest assured that all parts of the Maryland Horse Council will continue to


work diligently to help Maryland’s horse community thrive by making sure we are part of the way forward and by communicating relevant information to the community, to help ensure a healthier and more prosperous 2021. On behalf of all of us at MHC, T e Equiery and METS, I want to wish you all happy holidays and a great 2021.


New MHC Board Members Announced T e Maryland Horse Council announced the results of this year’s elec-


tion for the Board of Directors at its Annual Meeting on November 17. As a result of those elections, the Maryland Horse Council welcomes two new members to its Board of Directors, Dawn Edgerton-Cameron and Kim Egan. T eir terms begin in July 2021. Dawn Edgerton-Cameron is an avid eventer and


passionate lover of OTTBs. She rode on the Brown University Equestrian Team in college, and has since been active in many eff orts to make equestrian sports more inclusive. She was a recipient of the fi rst annual Nations Media $5,000 Diversity Schol- arship, which was established to “encourage, elevate, and immediately give a platform to minority voices” in equestrian sports. In August 2020, she wrote an article for Eventing Nation titled “Exposure, Op- portunity, Perception and Reception.” Dawn has a


professional marketing background, having worked at companies such as T e Coca-Cola Company, Johnson & Johnson, McCormick & Co., General Mills, and the Chesapeake Bay Roasting Company. She is cur- rently a fi nancial advisor at Edward Jones. Kim Egan is an eventer, a fox-chaser, and a long- time owner of T oroughbred fi llies racing on the Kentucky and Florida circuits. She fi nds particular satisfaction bringing racing fi llies home to start new careers as eventers and hunters. Kim has served on the Maryland Horse Council’s Legislative Com- mittee since 2015 and is currently a member of MHC’s Executive Committee. In her professional life, Kim is a litigator and food and drug law spe- cialist, formerly with Covington & Burling and DLA Piper LLP in Washington, D.C. At DLA


Piper she was the partner in charge of the U.S. Health Care practice group. Kim founded her own practice in 2012.


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By the MHC Political Action Committee T e Maryland General Assembly will convene at noon on January 13,


2121. It will be a Legislative Session like no other in our legislature’s long and storied history. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the legislative build- ings will be closed to the general public; almost all activities will be con- ducted virtually. T is means that our ability to meet personally with and persuade our legislators, as well as to testify on bills, will be severely cur- tailed. T e reality of that situation means that the MHC PAC becomes


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