INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP ABOUT MHC’S


rides, coaching and boarding. The farm also off ers overnight stays, cor- porate experiences and overseas equestrian trips.


Eagle Eye Ag, owned by Emma Mullineaux, is located in the gate-


way of Western Maryland, Frederick County. For her day job, Mullineaux is an application specialist with Willard Agri-Services, a large fertilizing company specializing in the traditional ag economies of food and fi ber. Mullineaux’s horse friends kept asking her who they could call that has the smaller equipment needed to lime or fertilize their pastures or treat their arenas. Clearly, there was an opportunity for a new service busi- ness! With the blessing of the leadership at Willard, Mullineaux launched Eagle Eye Ag, using a Kubota Mule with GPS capability for precise and even applications. This is not her only side business. She also has Mono- cacy Junction, an online delivery platform for local restaurant and food service businesses and Old Line Outdoors, a sporting goods company.


Long-time Equiery advertiser Precise Buildings, LLC. is a new Indus-


try Professional member. Owned by John Fisher, Precise was founded on the principles of family, faith, integrity, and work ethic. Located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and servicing the mid-Atlantic area, Precise uses skilled Amish craftsmen combined with state-of-the-art innovative engineering in designing and building equestrian facilities, bank barns, wedding venues, pole buildings, wineries, garages, run-in sheds and restoration work. Says Fisher, “We are committed to excel- lence and focused on the details to make our customer’s visions a real- ity, precisely as they dream.”


Hope Birsh began her equine industry career


at 13 when she started teaching lessons in the middle of the Bronx, New York. In the 1980s, she moved to Maryland to teach at McDonogh School. She was happy doing that – until she was no longer happy doing that. “A new couple walked in for their fi rst lesson. Neither had ever thrown a leg over a horse, but they were already


dressed to the nines in the most expensive equipment, gear, and clothes money could buy. I felt bad for them. It was clear that some local store clerk had taken advantage of them – and they didn’t need all that stuff ,” Birsh said. With that, she decided to start a saddle shop with reasonably priced products, where no matter how much someone knew (or didn’t know), he or she would feel comfortable. In 1989, Birsh opened Mary- land Saddlery. Thirty-three years later, Maryland Saddlery now has three locations and is the keystone in a national 80-shop Overstock Division partnership launched in 2019. In 2021 Maryland Saddlery launched a national online consignment division everythinghorses.com.


REMINDER ABOUT BENEFITS Businesses that advertise in The Equiery with display ad contracts for


three or more consecutive months per year will now automatically be- come Industry Professional members of the Maryland Horse Council. Contact Equiery Associate Publisher Tracy McKenna at 1-800-244-9580 or tracy@equiery.com to put together a digital/print marketing pack- age. Call her today–don’t miss another issue! MHC will share Industry Professional member videos on its YouTube channel and will them


push on its social media platforms. Send your vid- eos to tracy@equiery.com.


WELCOME BACK RENEWED MEMBERS Oak Spring Equestrian (Barb Sullivan) • Coexist Stables (Elizabeth Tonti)) • Rose of Sharon Equestrian School (Joan Twining) • Keene Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram (Ashley Adams Aycock) • Fine Idea Stables (Abby Gibbon) • Vet- eran Writing Services (Valerie Ormond) • Woodwind Farm (Alice Alstatt)


This Equiery Column is for You! This monthly column in The Equiery, (which is owned and published


by the Maryland Horse Council) is designed to meet the demands of MHC’s Industry Professional Members: a place where you can publi- cize your professional news and updates. Have you taken on a new partner? Hired a new manager or trainer? Brought a new vet into your practice? Promoted an employee? Moved your location? Received a commendation or award? Changed brokerages or practices? Hired a new director of development? If so, we want to know! Please send your news to IndustryNews@mdhorsecouncil.org.


WHAT IS AN INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL? Industry Professional Memberships are open to owners and manag- ers of equine or equine-related businesses, farms and shows/events, and to independent contractors and service providers. Equine businesses include (but are not limited to) farms and stables


off ering any equine-related service (such as boarding, training, les- sons, trail rides, pony parties, breeding, mare care, foaling, carriage horses, and equine entertainment). Equine-related businesses include (but are not limited to) tack, feed and other retail stores; trailer manufacturers, sales & service; shipping; feed mills; manufacturers of saddles, supplements, tack, and shoes; hay, straw, shavings, feed, and other products; insurance, fi nancial, le- gal, accounting, and marketing services ; auction houses and sales sites; competition venues and race tracks; veterinary practices and hospitals. Independent contractors include (but are not limited to) veterinari-


ans, farriers, equine therapists, saddle fi tters, trainers, instructors, stall muckers, braiders, and equine dentists.


INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE: •


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direct input into policy and advocacy by the Maryland Horse Council on State of Maryland legislative and regulatory aff airs, to protect and grow the diverse Maryland horse industry


exclusive invitations to Business Networking events and seminars (not open to any other membership category)


business logo and link on MHC member directory page


discounts on select nationally known products and services, such as John Deere, Sherwin Williams, Suncast, Nationwide, Redbrand, US Equestrian, New Holland, Toro, eXmark, tenda – and more


Annual Membership Dues: $100 Lifetime Membership: $1,000


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