News & Updates

MHC Announces New Officers

by Kimberly K. Egan, MHC President (first published in the May 2025 Equiery) The big news from MHC this month is that we have elected new officers to fill the seats of those whose terms were expiring. Terms are expiring for five of our six officers, and four of them …

Maryland General Assembly Undoes 2023 Legislation re Thoroughbred Racing Operations

First posted on The Equiery.com (Apr. 5) A piece in the Daily Record today reports that the Maryland General Assembly has undone the 2023 legislation that created the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority: “In a surprise development, lawmakers . . . changed course on their merely one-year-old plan for the state to assume ownership …

April President’s Letter: Uncertainty Ahead

Kimberly K. Egan, MHC President (first published in the April 2025 Equiery) Spring is sprung!The grass is riz!I wonder where the boidies is?The boids are on the wing. Why that’s absoid!Ain’t you hoid?The wing is on the boid! So my grandmother and my mother and all my aunts used to …

The March Equiery Is Out!

The March issue has arrived! Members — l look for your copy in the mail. Not a member? Head on over to your favorite distributor and pick up your copy today! Our cover this month celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the Maryland Western Horse Association with a vintage photo of …

Anne Litz Hired as New MHIB Executive Director

On February 5, the Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks announced that one of our own — Anne Litz — has been hired as the new Executive Director of the Maryland Horse Industry Board. Litz replaces Ross Peddicord who retired from the position late December 2024. “I am excited to …

Celebrating 400 Issues of The Equiery

In late 2018, the Maryland Horse Council (MHC) purchased The Equiery magazine, a mainstay of the Maryland equine scene since 1990. It began as “portable tack shop/feed store bulletin board, with a free Directory of Riding Stables” printed on newsprint. Four hundred issues later, it has grown into a glossy …

The First Equiery of 2025 Is Out!

The January 2025 issue of The Equiery is now in members’ mailboxes and at your local distributor. Our feature story celebrates Robert Taylor’s 30th anniversary as Goshen’s Hunstman, and the beautiful cover depicts him with his hounds at Goshen’s 2024 Opening Hunt in November. Thank you Sherri Holden Photography for …

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