May 2023 Issue

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Please call (717) 509-9800 for advertising rates or visit www.eastcoastequestrian.net . We cannot accept copyrighted photos without permission from owner. You must have permission before reprinting anything from East Coast Equestrian. For permission please call (717) 509-9800 or email steph@eastcoastequestrian.net 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@eastcoast equestrian.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. EVENTS FARMS HORSES FARMS HELP WANTED Go ahead... Ask da Mare For sale: Pony cart excellent condition asking $1000.00. Please contact us at 724-562-8677. Monthly Making Strides HJ shows at Breezy Run Farm, Church Hill, MD. 5/20, 7/29, 9/30 feature $350 & $500 Jumper Classics sponsored by Dover Saddlery-Crofton. USHJA Out- reach, Colonial Classic, TIP. FB: MakingStridesShowSeries, web: www.breezyrunfarm.com . Save The Date: Second Annual Avon Driving Park Pleasure Driving Show, Avon NY July 29 & 30, 2023. A Traditional Antique Carriage Show with Sunday Presentation Parade Drive. Find forms and prize list this spring at www.wnycca.org Open Fun Show Saturday June 3 . Our Gang Riding Club, 416 Gun Club Road, York, PA 17406. Registration 8am, show start 9am. For more information email Ourgangrc@gmail.com or FB Our Gang Riding Club/events. Sept. 16 SADDLIN' UP for BREAST CANCER Trail Ride with lunch, raf- fles, Silent Auction, All Pinked Out Parade, and lots of prizes. Camping available at the Tuckahoe Eques- trian Center...proceeds benefit The Red Devils. jacquiecowan@com- cast.net / 410-215-4979 / https:// www.tuckahoeequestriancenter. com/events STABLE FOR LEASE 18 stalls, 22 acres fenced fields and pad- docks, 3 run-in sheds, enclosed round-pen, wooded trails, 70-acre parcel, Chesapeake City, MD, minutes from Route 213. Two-year minimum. Contact Unicorn6855@ yahoo.com , 410-755-6855. 4 bedroom home near Kennett square. Large house 4 stall barn 5,500. On 30 acres near Dela- ware Pennsylvania line. Also 2 bedroom farm house in Delaware near Hockessin Delaware 2,750 Contact Christine 610-637-0607 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! BARN FOR RENT: 8 Stalls with finished loft in Pike County, PA. Highway access. Ideal for PA breeding or retirement activities. Phone/wifi included, you pay electric. Ample trailer parking. Please call (570) 906-1909. Sporting Chance Farm has a few openings for raising & breeding. Not a typical boarding farm. Top quality Hay and Nutrition (no riding). Veterinarian lives on premises. FT knowledgeable staff. Foalout w/ Video, audio, "Birth Alarm USA". Dutchbreeders@aol. com or 610-721-0110. Sporting Days Farm, Aiken, SC with Eventing, Dressage, Showing. Openings for full and/or part time horse care & exercising. Bring up to 3 horses. Housing, Contact JHallGlass@aol.com . 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. al- ways has OTTBs that are properly rehabbed, retrained and ready for their new carteers. Find your next horse at www.turningforhome.org or call 215-808-7562. MISC. Join the Wilmington Hobby Horse Club! We’re a fun-loving group that mimics the movements of horseback riding. jumping and dressage with stick horses! All ages welcome! Follow us on Instagram WHHCDE and Facebook. ?s WHHCDE@ GMAIL.COM CATS: Barn homes in Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery Coun- ties, 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. Tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian! By Malorie de la Mare Dear Mal… I’m worried about the weather. It’s not that I especially like cold, snowy weather, but the winter we just had was ridicu- lous. No snow. Hardly any ice. Lots of warm humid weather. My horse sweated through the winter with his gorgeous, thick coat. The ticks never seemed to go away, and I was pulling ticks off my horse in December! I know that in the great scheme of things, my horse and I are pretty insignificant. But I am scared for my horse and for what’s ahead. Is it possible that the changes in the weather could lead to health problems for my horse? What can I do to help him? To help the other horses that are his friends? My horse and I have been togeth- er for more than 20 wonderful years. But I’ve never seen any- thing like what we’re seeing now. I can’t help but wonder how the weather—the huge storms, the wind, the lack of normal winter weather—is affecting every other part of our lives. I’m wondering how worried I should be? -Nervous Dear Nervous… Worry is not a good strategy, unfortunately. The reality is that each passing year brings us fresh evidence that things are changing. There are good changes and there are changes that are troubling. For instance, snow-haters in some areas were thrilled to go through an entire winter with barely a trace of snow. On the other hoof, there are a lot of hay farms that are experiencing severe drought. Think supply and demand. Supply of hay shrinks because too many hay farms lost their crops. And the price of hay rises. Similarly, grain farms are suffering. Rising temperatures are a boon for pests like ticks, as you pointed out; these little creeps are persistent and dangerous. You may think that you and your horse are insignifi- cant, but you are not. You have a voice. You have a reason to raise that voice, on behalf of your horse and all his buddies. It’s sad that for many years a lot of people didn’t raise their voices, and politicians got pretty comfy not having to make hard decisions. But as people like you start looking at the issue and how it affects the people and creatures they love and care about—not to mention our food supply—the issue of climate change gets attention. So, worry less and speak out more. Let your elected officials know that you want to see solutions. And give your horse a crisp apple along with a lot of love. Have a question for Mal? Email her at PAEquest@aol. com. Climate Change Hits Home