Industry Professional Members THE MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL
by Kimberly K. Egan - MHC President WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
T is month we welcome three new Industry Professional members to the MHC family – Black and White Cookie Equine (Carolann Sharpe) in Reisterstown, ConnEQtions, Inc. (Teri Murtha) in Hampstead, and Windsong Arabians LLC (Susan Doll) in Mt. Airy.
Black and White Cookie Equine’s motto
is “Kindness to animals leads to kindness to each other.” T e company, run by MHC board member and Chair of our Trail Stew- ardship Committee,
Carolann Sharpe,
teaches horsemanship skills and off ers pony rides through the Reisterstown and Finks- burg areas. Her marquee program is “Hors- es and Homeschoolers,” which consists of four one-hour lessons led by a Maryland Certifi ed K12, special education teacher. T e program gives students horsemanship skills and riding instruction, as well as one- on-one sessions with a therapeutic riding instructor and a grade-appropriate math, reading or science assessment. Learn more at
https://blackandwhitecooki.wixsite.com/website.
ConnEQtions, Inc. in Hampstead is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides trauma- focused equine-assisted psychotherapy (TF- EAP) to women and children who mental health professionals have determined need therapy, but cannot aff ord it. Founder Teri Murtha uses a combination of neuroscience, attachment therapy, and the Natural Lifeman- ship Model, to address trauma. Learn more at
https://conneqtwithheart.org/. In 1986, Jim and Sue Doll bought 35
acres on the Frederick County side of Mt. Airy, brought four horses and one mare in foal with them from their property in Ijamsville, and began building Wind- song Arabians. T e business was Initially a breeding farm for Davenport Arabians, which is a line that descends from horses imported from the Arabian Peninsula by Homer Davenport in 1906. It since grown into a full-service stable off ering not only stud service and mare care but also leasing, boarding, training, and riding lessons. Learn more at https://
windsong21771.tripod.com/..
MEMBER NEWS T e T oroughbred Retirement
Foundation (TRF) has received a $60,000 matching gift from the Santulli Family Foundation to launch the 2023 Hay Drive. T e TRF Hay Drive is one of the most important campaigns for the orga- nization. It ensures the herd off 425 retired racehorses are given the sup- port they need through the winter months. T e TRF’s goal to help fi ll the hay loft’s is $120,000. It is critical with rising costs at all of the TRF farms, to meet and surpass the goal. Give to the Hay Drive online by visiting
https://www.trfi
nc.org/haydrive/ or by scanning the QR code in the image below.
T e Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill ran its third annual three-day event
from October 18-22. T e CCI5* level in eventing is the highest level available – higher than the Olympics – and Maryland’s is one of only 7 competitions of its kind in the world. T e weekend also included a CCI3* competition, and two divisions of the Young Event Horse series – the 4-year-old division and the 5-year-old division. T e competition takes place among the most beautiful of Maryland’s countryside, at the Fair Hill Special Event Zone in Cecil County. Numerous Maryland- bred horses and Maryland riders contested the each of the levels over the 4-day weekend. T e fi nal results were not available as of press time, but watch for complete coverage in the December issue of the Equiery.
WELCOME BACK RENEWED MEMBERS
Bloomsbury Forge (Karla Stoner) • Hazelnut Ridge Farm (Mary Hoff - man) • Hilltop Farm (Natalie diBerardinis) • T e Humane Society of the United States (Chelsea Perez) • Lifeline Horse Rescue and Rehabilita- tion (Leila Herzberger) • Maryland T erapeutic Riding (Kelly Rodgers) • Yuletide Pines Farm (Kathleen Blanche)
OUR IP MEMBERS Our three new Industry Professional (IP) members join our roster
of ~200 IP members, which represent all manner of companies that do business in, with, or near, the Maryland Horse industry. IP members have direct input into MHC’s policy and advocacy work with state, local, and municipal governments. T ey also receive special coverage in this column and invitations to IP-member only business networking events and seminars. T e business logo and link for each IP member appears on the IP member directory on MHC’s website: https://mdhorsecouncil. org/industry-professionals/.
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