Lake View Farm

11/03/2026

2026 MHSA Year End Awards Banquet Information

Date: November 21, 2026
MHSA ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING: 4PM - open to all members
Check in for Banquet starts at: 5:30pm
Dinner: 6:30PM
Venue: The Maryland Jockey Club, Laurel Park
Route 198 & Racetrack Road
Laurel, MD 20725

Banquet price per person if paying by check:
$85 for Adults
$45 for Children (age 12 & under)
Please send payments by check to:
MHSA
PO Box 127
Hampstead, MD 21074

Banquet price per person if you are paying by credit card/PayPal
$90 for Adults
$50 for Children (age 12 & under)
Please contact Jessica Schindler, MHSA Secretary at [email protected] if you plan to pay by credit card or PayPal.

RSVP's and banquet payments are due by Friday, NOVEMBER 13th. Tickets are not guaranteed after this date.

Please click on the link below to RSVP:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_bF7FSxdt4ol_fI6rtACWxPs02BwWpSpNqsp3zb_CRh7_Yg/viewform?usp=header.

10/30/2026

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We probably - no, we DO have the absolute best neighbors. Our plea for rounds was heard. The Bartko family at Lake View Farm generously filled our barn with rounds. We are so very grateful to them and appreciate their generosity.

Thank you, John Bartko, Barbara Bartko, Tracy Magness, Wendy Bartko Libert, and Brittany Ann!

10/23/2026

Congrats to another of our former horses Excellent placing 6th in the finals at The Washington International!

10/23/2026

10/21/2026

🏆🐴 LET'S CELEBRATE AN INCREDIBLE 2026 SHOW SEASON! 💙✨

It's time to trade in your riding boots for your dancing shoes! 👢➡️👠

The Maryland Horse Shows Association invites you to join us for our 2026 Year-End Awards Banquet! 🎉

Let's come together for an evening of celebration, friendship, great food, and recognition of the amazing accomplishments of our riders, horses, trainers, and MHSA community!

📅 Saturday, November 21, 2026

📍 The Maryland Jockey Club at Laurel Park
Route 198 & Racetrack Road
Laurel, MD 20725

✨ EVENING SCHEDULE

4:00 PM — MHSA Annual Member Meeting (open to all members!)

5:30 PM — Banquet Check-In Begins

6:30 PM — Dinner & Celebration

🎟️ BANQUET TICKETS

Paying by Check:

Adults: $85

Children (12 & under): $45

Mail checks to:
MHSA
PO Box 127
Hampstead, MD 21074

Paying by Credit Card or PayPal:

Adults: $90

Children (12 & under): $50

For credit card or PayPal payments, please contact Jessica Schindler, MHSA Secretary, at [email protected].

🚨 DON'T MISS THE DEADLINE!

RSVPs and payments are due Friday, November 13!

Tickets are not guaranteed after this date, so be sure to reserve your spot!

💙 From first ribbons to championship moments, every season is filled with memories worth celebrating. We can't wait to recognize our members and share a wonderful evening with the people who make our Maryland horse show community so special!

🥂 Who's joining us for a night of celebration? Tag your barn friends, trainers, and fellow competitors! Let's make it a night to remember!

📩 Questions? Contact [email protected].

10/20/2026

Another of our former horses Radinka looking fabulous at the USHJA Zone 3 Finals last week. Congratulations on great placings!

10/08/2026

A horse jumping 1.20 meters successfully in Europe does not automatically arrive in the United States ready to walk into the same division with a new rider. That does not mean the horse suddenly became less talented. According to show jumper and sport horse producer Sonja Ochadlik, it may simply mean we are underestimating how much of the horse’s life has changed.

When a horse arrives in a new country, the obvious change is geography. But Ochadlik points out that the horse may also lose many of the familiar parts of its daily system.

Its groom changes. Rider changes. Feed may change. Turnout may change. Barn routine changes. Even the basic style of riding may be different.

A horse that previously lived in a relatively quiet European yard might suddenly arrive at a busy American facility with dozens of horses, constant lessons, music in the aisle, leaf blowers, golf carts, and a completely different level of activity. Those things may seem ordinary to us, but the horse may literally never have seen them before.

Plus, getting here is stressful. The horse leaves its home yard. It may stay at a horse hotel. Then comes shipping to the airport, air travel, quarantine, unfamiliar handlers, another transporter, and finally the destination barn—or in some cases, a horse show. Depending on the horse and the quarantine process, it may also have had time out of work.

Then it meets another new group of people with another set of expectations.

“Things don’t smell the same,” Ochadlik said. “Their routine is totally trashed.”

Even if every person involved handles the horse professionally, the cumulative effect is still enormous.

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/10/08/your-imported-horse-may-need-to-take-a-step-back-before-moving-forward/

09/28/2026