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Quarter Mania / Quarter Auction : Friday June 4th

“Quarter Mania” aka “Quarter Auction”  fun fundraising event

Date: Friday June 4th.  Doors open at 6pm and event begins at 7.

Location: Calvert Grange Hall 2357 Telegraph Road (Rt 273) in Rising Sun Maryland (Mapquest Map)

If you haven’t been to one before, they’re great fun!  It’s a cross between Bingo meets a bargain auction or Chinese auction.    It’s [...]

This $20 tip will bring in the bids for your horse at auction

Toes about twice as long as they should be

When selling a horse, details matter.  Buyers are looking for clues on your horse’s value and any possible issues the horse may have.   So when you present your horse for sale, it raises doubts when she is showing obvious signs of long-term hoof neglect.   This is [...]

Horse auction report by May Snyder @ New Holland (PA)

buggies are a typical site in New Holland

Today I finally had a Monday off, so I attend the New Holland horse auction in New Holland, Pennsylvania.   The first thing I noticed is that it seemed empty of horses.   At previous sales every single tie post was full.   Today 2/3rds of them were empty, and [...]

Request for help: 30+ nice horses going to slaughter on Monday

one of the many horses slated to be killed

A friend of Equihab, Sharon Crumb, informed Equihab that there are over 30 horses in a pen, waiting for the slaughter-bound truck.   The owner is a broker, who is left with the horses.  He doesn’t want to see them go there, but he can’t keep them [...]