September 2020 Issue

EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN September 2020 Page 13 44 Edgefield Rd. • Quarryville, PA 17566 Tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian. Standardbred Horse Sales Company’s 2020 Annual Sale will be held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Road, Lutherville – Timonium, MD. Yearling sale dates are Tuesday, November 3 to Thurs- day, November 5. Mixed sale dates are Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7, 2020. The Maryland State Fair- grounds is the well–known yearly site for Fasig–Tipton Mid–Atlantic Thoroughbred auctions and offers a first–class sales facility as well as conve- niently located hotels and attrac- tive restaurants, great shopping nearby at Towson Town Center, and good access to Baltimore– Washington International Airport (BWI). “Standardbred is delighted to announce our new partnership with Maryland State Fairgrounds for our 2020 Annual auction,” said Paul Spears, President of Standardbred Horse Sales Com- pany. “Sale dates will respect the travel needs of customers who will attend Breeders Crown races in Indiana. The live auction sale will be conducted with COVID–19 precautions to protect the health of our consignors and customers. For the convenience of customers who prefer to remain at home, online bidding and extensive telephone bidding opportunities will be offered. Standardbred will work hard to make the 2020 sale accessible and safe for our customers and consignors.” President/CEO of Hanover Shoe Farms Russell Williams remarked, “I am very happy that the sale will be held at such an equine–friendly site with a long history of successful auctions. Standardbred Horse Sales has positioned its consignors advanta- geously on the threshold of 2021, when our industry will prove its courage and achieve better results than ever.” Details about the venue and area can be found at the Mary- land State Fair website www. marylandstatefair.com. Addition- al information about the sale is at www.theblackbook.com. Standardbred Horse Sales Annual Auction Moves to Maryland State Fairgrounds Please resubmit your events through the end of the year to steph @ eastcoastequestrian.net Please provide event name, location, city, state and contact information for inclusion at no cost in our calendar. Attention Event Organizers! The news East Coast horse owners need to know