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10/21/2025

This week's cover photo was taken by Tammie Monaco at the Legacy Chase at Shawan Downs on September 27.

10/20/2025

While we have a lot going on here in Maryland (it is Maryland Horse Month), there is a little show in Ohio called the All American Quarter Horse Congress and members of the Maryland State Quarter Horse Association are taking over. Congratulations to Alexandra and Madeline Rippeon for going Champion and Reserve in the Youth 15 - 18 Showmanship!

10/20/2025

Coming Up October 22 - 28

Oct. 20 - 26 Washington International Horse Show
Oct. 22 - 26 Waredaca Classic Three-Day Event and Waredaca Horse Trials
Oct. 25 Gentle Giants Draft Horse Rescue Fall Fest
Oct 25 The Maryland Horse Trials Pick Your Time / Pick Your Test Dressage and Blu Ribbon SJ Rounds.
Oct. 25 Craft Beer Festival at Laurel Park (The Maryland Jockey Club)
Oct. 25 Double C Farm Halloween Play Day
Oct. 26 The Rockin ' A Spook-Tackular Show (and Ride for the Buckle)
Oct. 26 Linthicum 4-H Hi-Riders Show
Oct. 28 Waredaca Expert Day with Stephen Bradley



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10/20/2025

https://equiery.com/state-audits-thoroughbred-authority-and-finds-significant-non-compliance-with-law/

On October 10, the Maryland General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Audits released the results of its fiscal compliance audit of the now-defunct Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority (MTROA). The auditors reported “significant instances of noncompliance with applicable laws, rule...

10/20/2025

We just had to share this wonderful announcement for the Washington International Horse Show from 1969.

As this year’s Washington International Horse Show gets underway, take a look back to an advertisement for the 1969 horse show featuring 2016 USHJA Lifetime Achievement honoree Chrystine Tauber on Ksarina. The show was held in those days at the DC Armory, and Tauber was riding for the US Equestrian Team. She had been the winner of the President’s Cup at Washington in 1966 with Trick Track. Check out the details of the ad to get a sense of what events were typical of the 1960s multi-discipline horse shows.

Check out the USHJA Wheeler Museum group on Facebook for more Hunter/Jumper history.

10/19/2025

Signing off from the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill p/b Brown Advisory.

We leave you with this gem of a shot from Cass Ingles (Entice Design) proving that 2nd place finisher Monica Spencer and winner Felix Vogg are way less coordinated off their horses than on!

Good times, good times.

10/19/2025

This year's MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill p/b Brown Advisory winner is Felix Vogg from Switzerland with his beautiful mare Catania!

Vogg's trip to Maryland was financed in part by the Maryland International Equestrian Foundation (MIEF) in recognition of the significant cost of traveling across an ocean with a top class horse.

It is entities like MIEF, along with the sponsors putting up prize money for the top finishers, who help to attract international competitors to the several premier international events that we host in Maryland.

It takes a village!

Photo credit: Cass Ingles Entice Design

10/19/2025

Tim & Nina Gardner's FE Lifestyle finished out yet another CCI5* competition at the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill p/b Brown Advisory today, with US Eventing team rider Jennie Brannigan in the irons.

Tim & Nina's support for this horse has taken FE Lifestyle to nine 5* competitions since 2021.

And Brannigan did the job with a fractured leg -- amazing!

Photo credit: Cass Ingles Entice Design