May 2021 Issue

Page 26 May 2021 EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN FREE Print subscribers get FREE classifieds! Print subscribers get FREE non-commercial classified ads! Just email your non-commercial (events, horses/trailers/tack for sale, boarding/lessons/training etc.) classified, 35 words or less to steph@eastcoaste- questrian.net . Be sure to include your name and mailing address as it appears on your subscription label. (Not a print subscriber? Sign up online at eastcoastequestrian.net .) Classifieds can run in more than one issue but must be resubmitted each month. Deadline is the 12th of the month before publication. EquiFest Will Showcase the Talents of Rescued Horses By Amy Worden In 2018, faced with scores of horses to place from one of the largest mass seizures in Mary- land history, rescue groups and the Maryland Fund for Horses realized they needed a way to showcase them. So, they created Appyfest, a low-key horse show for the herd of mainly Appaloosas where trainers and the homeless horses were able to demonstrate their progress and meet potential adopters. The show was repeated in 2019. The event led to the adoption of several dozen horses. Building on the success of Appyfest, this spring, the Mary- land Fund for Horses is hosting the first EquiFest, an event specifically for rescued horses in Maryland. The show will be held May 16, which happens to be National Rescue Horse Day, at Coexist Stables in Mt. Airy. It will bring together nearly 30 horses–from minis to drafts and paints to OTTBs–from at least nine of 21 licensed rescues in Maryland. “We have a lot of rescues that have trouble placing horses that just need to get in front of people,” said Vicki Carson, president of the Maryland Fund for Horses. “We want to connect more people with adoptable horses.” Carson said the other goal is to address the stigma of rescue horses. “Adopted horses are perfectly wonderful equine part- ners,” she said. “Being a ‘rescued horse’ doesn’t mean anything is wrong with them. They just ended up in a bad place.” Carson said in addition to classes to highlight the horses’ skills both in ground work and under saddle there will be demon- strations, including dressage and mounted archery. Last Chance Animal Rescue in Waldorf, Md., ended up with 44 horses, including six foals from pregnant mares, from the more than 100 horses seized on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in 2018. The herd had endured horrific conditions on a proper- ty in Quantico and many were suffering from medical conditions relating to lack of food, water and routine care. They had also become feral from lack of human contact, which proved challeng- ing even for experienced trainers. Today only two of the Quantico horses taken in by Last Chance Animal Rescue remain and both will be showing at Equifest. Trainer Jimmy Wagner said Helen, a 16-year-old Appaloo- sa-Quarter horse cross, who is blind in one eye, would make a good mount for light trail riding. Wagner has worked with her for two years to gain her trust and give her confidence and she is now in a place where she would make a loving and willing companion, said Cindy Sharpley, founder and executive director of Last Chance Animal Rescue. Paige, a six-year-old Appa- loosa, was the most challenging horse among the Quantico herd and has only recently been started under saddle, Sharpley said. Ter- rified of people, for many months she was unable to be touched or caught, but has since found trust in people she realizes care for her. Wagner feels she will make an excellent Western pleasure prospect and is excited to show potential adopters how far she has come. “When they are treated right, they are grateful,” said Sharpley. “They recognize they are in a better place.” Tickets are available for a small donation at the Equifest 2021 Facebook page. EquiFest will follow United States Eques- trian Federation Covid rules for spectators at the show. For more information on EquiFest visit the Maryland Fund for Horses website www.md - fundforhorses.org or the EquiFest 2021 Facebook page. FARMS HORSES HELP WANTED MISC. TRAINING : Westfield Farm LLC, Tailored for horse and owner. ALL Breeds and disciplines. We will make your trail horse safe or a winning show horse More info at Westfieldfarmllc.com or CALL 717-432-2828. We get results. Elk Creek Combined Driving Event at Fair Hill DNR, Maryland. June 4,5,6 looking for volunteers for Dressage, Cones, Marathon. Email Meredith_fetters@ yahoo.com to volunteer. Eventing equestrian farm help wanted. Housing and stabling available. Full or part time. Aiken SC. 803-226-2024. HORSES Omega Horse Rescue located in Airville, PA has a variety of horses and ponies ready for their forever homes! Please visit our website to see pictures, videos and how you can help! www.omegahorserescue.com Better than right off the track! The PTHA's Turning for Home, Inc. always has OTTBs that are properly rehabbed, retrained and ready for their new careers. Find your next horse at www.turningforhome.org or call 215-808-7562. MISC. Rose Tree-Blue Mountain Hunt Hunter Pace. May 15th, Spring Valley Park, Glen Rock, PA. 10 am. For more info visit www. rosetree-bluemountain.com. Find us on FB. Contact 717-443-9976 or mkcully@yahoo.com Over 200 horse racing jockey interviews can be found on my website at www.femalejockeys.com May 15 – 11:00 a.m. PENNSYLVANIA EQUINE COUNCIL Board of Directors Meeting, Location: Old School Building, 300 Church St. Dauphin, PA 17018. PUBLIC welcome. Info: Aleta 888-304-0281 or secretary@ pennsylvaniaequinecouncil.org Exiss 6 Horse slant aluminum gooseneck 2001. Stainless nose. Lighted, car- peted dressing room. Extra rear compartment. Many saddle/bridle racks. Everything removable to en- large stalls or fit carts. 7'6"ht. Extremely nice condition. $17,000. OBO 717-432-2828 CATS: Barn homes in Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery Counties, PA. are needed to give rescued strays a chance at life. Cats are neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated; delivered and acclimated. Fill out an application to adopt at StrayCatBlues.org or call 215-631-1851 For Sale: bridles, western saddle pads, breeches, all in good & very good condition. Would like name & contact info for professional western saddle repair person. Saddle needs sheepskin replaced. 570-837-5118 or email millerjw2@verizon.net Coming in the June issue! Advertising Deadline: May 12 Plus!! Bonus Distribution at Ridge at Riverview, Princeton Show Jumping and Swan Lake shows in June. www.eastcoastequestrian.net (717) 509-9800 TWO FEATURES! Real Estate Showcase and Trainers! Jimmy Wagner (left) holds Paige, a six year old Appaloosa, and Sail- or Endres holds Helen, a 16 year old Appaloosa/Quarter horse cross, at Last Chance Animal Rescue. The two horses will be among those demonstrating their training at EquiFest, a show for rescued horses at Coexist Stables in Mt. Airy, MD on May 16. Photo credit: Lisa Epp NSA Press Release Pint-sized ponies kicked off the racing at the rainy and windy Cheshire Point to Point races in Unionville, PAMarch 28, with two divisions of small pony racing. Jockey Carly Kern piloted Mallory to a win in the first division of small ponies. Raines Gammon rode Caroway Tuesday to the win in the second division. Ellet Sharp and Fiona won the medium pony division. Maria DiPierro rode Leslie Young's Janee Dancer to victory in the large pony division. Four ran in The Kathee Rengert Memorial Amateur/Ap- prentice Jockey Flat race, with Courtney Dankanich piloting Cheshire Point to Point Starts NSA Spring Season Wendy Hendriks' Voting Con- trol to the win. The six-year-old Kitten's Joy gelding was third in the 2017 Breeder's Cup Juvenile Turf. Ricky Hendriks purchased him for mom Wendy over the winter. The Jill Fanning Me- morial Open Flat was won by Irv Naylor's Jim Key, ridden by Skylar McKenna and trained by Kathy Neilson. The Miles Valentine Memo- rial Novice Timber was a close race up the hill to the finish, with Armata Stables' Highway Prince (Skylar McKenna, up) just beating the Sanna Nelson-trained Midnight Shot (Parker Hendriks, up). The first division of the NSA-sanctioned Paddy Neilson timber race was won by Charlie Fenwick's Royal Ruse (Skylar McKenna, up), while the second division was won by Wendy Hendriks' Cheers to Us (McLane Hendriks, up). The Joseph Walker III Memorial Cheshire Bowl Open Timber had three entries. Mi- chael A. Smith's old campaigner Le Chevalier took the win with McLane Hendriks in the irons, while Irv Naylor's Super Saturday settled for second. Le Chevalier is nominated to the Maryland Hunt Cup. The damp afternoon wrapped up with six horses storming up the hill in full sidesaddle regalia. Evacuation and Rebecca Pelet took the win.