March/April 2024 - Horse World Expo Celebrates 21 Years in Harrisburg, PA with World Class Shopping, Exciting Competitions, Family Entertainment, Top Clinicians & Theatre Equus The world of all things horses returns to the 25-acre climate-controlled Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, PA February 29 to March 3. Horse World Expo, the east coast’s largest and best attended equestrian expo, features four days of non-stop education, entertainment and shopping. Read full article >>
March/April 2024 - Returning to Riding, She Found the Perfect Warmblood in a Kill Pen You never know where you will find the horse that is perfect for you. For Janine Guido, the horse that fills all her needs came out of a kill pen in Alabama. Janine has been riding since she was five years old, but injuries kept her out of the saddle for more than a decade. She remained vitally entwined with animals, running Speranza Animal Rescue at her family’s 17-acre farm near Mechanicsburg, PA. Read full article >>
March/April 2024 - Chincoteague Swamp Cancer Research Benefits Horses and Humans As test subjects for a new Pythiosis vaccine and immunotherapeutic, the wild Chincoteague Ponies of Assateague Island in Virginia have helped researchers save equine lives. Pythiosis – commonly known as swamp cancer – once affected animals living in tropical temperatures. It has worked its way up the coast, now affecting horses in colder temperatures, too. Caused by a fungus-like germ called Pythium insidiosum, it infects plants, mammals and birds. Read full article >>
March/April 2024 - Saddle Up Scholars - Tutoring Riders from Low Income Communities There are programs that help young people from low-income communities learn to ride and there are programs to help those same students achieve success in the classroom. Now a new non-profit organization in Maryland is marrying the two initiatives. Read full article >>
March/April 2024 - Brook Ledge Founder, 91, Enjoys Success with his $20,000 Stakes Winner Everyone calls him “Poppy,” a sobriquet that only suggests 91-year-old Bill Gotwals’ spirit. He could also be called “savvy,“ and “kindly.” And whatever you might call someone who doesn’t like the word “no.” “His dad died when he was young, and the way things worked back then, he went to live with one of his older sisters,” his granddaughter Andrea Gotwals Boone says. At some point, his mother remarried, and the family was reunited. Read full article >>
March/April 2024 - Patrick McMurtrie Earns Silver at the 2023 Saddlebred Equitation Championships Patrick McMurtie of Orefield, PA has completed his junior years as a rider by earning top awards in Saddle Seat Equitation. A UPHA National Challenge Cup top 10 finalist in 2022 and 2023, he was the World Champion for his age group at 16. Now 18, Patrick topped off his equitation honors with a Reserve Championship in the 2023 Good Hands and Silver Medal in the USEF National Medal Finals. Read full article >>
Winter 2023/2024 - Lancaster City Police Department Will Disband Mounted Unit The Lancaster City Police Bureau will disband its mounted police unit as of Jan. 1. The mounted police unit was established in 1979 and was proposed by former mayor Albert Wohlsen. The unit consists of three full time and one part time officer and three police horses. The horses are draft and draft crosses Angus, Jake and King. They are stabled at Long’s Park in the city and cared for by city staff. Read full article >>
Winter 2023/2024 - Farm’s Goodbye is a Fundraiser for Zimbabwean Therapeutic Riding Program Callie Rae King is a taking a major turn in her career with horses and using that moment to benefit disabled children and rescued horses in Zimbabwe. King’s family farm in Honey Brook, PA has been sold and will be transitioned from a horse farm to food production. King will be continuing her Horse Class online education program, but equine operations at the farm will cease. Read full article >>
Winter 2023/2024 - Older Equestrians Experience Great Rewards: Never Let Age Stop the Passion While Nancy practices as an orthodontist, Denise is a senior director of payroll for a global manufacturing firm. Miles away, Mary retired from Millersville University and volunteers in her community. At the same time, Fran authored a book while facing cancer. All are successful in their own right, treading far separate journeys, juggling careers, family, and challenges. Yet these women share a common ground – a passion for horses. Read full article >>
Winter 2023/2024 - Saving Maryland Racing: Becoming Not-For-Profit is One Possibility The parent company of Maryland’s premier racetracks and the group representing owners and trainers made dueling proposals before a state racetrack authority on how to save the nearly $600 million racing industry, including creating a non-for-profit entity to oversee racing. Read full article >>
