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came from there. However, the horses continued to reappear on the for-sale property. Neither the farm owner nor the realtor could determine who the trespassers were, who was or had been in charge of the care of the horses, or why they had chosen to abandon the horses on this particular property. T e owners had also begun to suspect
that someone was squatting on the property. With the property soon to be sold, and with the insistence of the buyer that the horses be removed, the abandoned horses were relocated in mid-June with the intent to re-home them. A few weeks later, an alert was posted and
cross-posted on local social media groups for four Mt. Airy horses who had supposedly escaped from their pasture. Soon, the alert changed from “missing” horses to
“stolen” horses, and NetPosse. MJC Helps with Ellicott City Relief
On August 20, the Maryland Jockey Club’s President and General Manager Sal Sinatra and Laurel Park’s summer meet leading jockey Jevin Toledo, presented offi cials from the United Way of Central Maryland a check for $10,000 for the ECStrong Fund, which was established to help victims of the August Ellicott City fl ash fl ood.
com became involved on behalf of the woman claiming theft, who reportedly either owned the horses or had formal “care, custody and control” of the horses for clients. From there, the missing and/or possible theft story was picked up by local general media, including but not limited to the Washington radio station WTOP and Baltimore’s ABC Channel 2 News. According to her own postings, the poster now has one of the horses back in her possession, a horse she personally owns. However, she did not own the other horses. After researching this story, T e
Equiery has determined that--until such time as the State chooses to fi le
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felony or misdemeanor crime charges against one or more parties--we will not publish the names of the involved parties. But our message to our readers is to maintain a healthy level of skepticism when reading social media reports, particularly if you can not fi nd a credible news source to back up the reports.
August Corrections In the article about the racehorse Cathryn
Sophia on page 30, Smarty Jones won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 2004.
In Equiery Life on page 90, Carolyn Macintosh and Bob Martin were married on June 18, not June 8.
Laurel’s Summer Success T e Maryland Jockey Club reported on
August 22 that the total handle for Laurel Park’s summer meet was up 20.2% over 2015. T e average and in-state handle also saw an increase this summer. T e total handle for the 24-day meet, which is the same number of live racing days as in 2015, was $63.2 million. T e average handle increased from $1.7 million in 2015 to $2.1 million in 2016, for an increase of 12.4%. T e in-state handle increased by 14.2%.
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