Question: Should you have a “no dogs” policy at your barn? Answer: It depends. Many horse-lovers are also often dog-lovers and therefore, enjoy the experience of bringing their dogs out to the barn when they come out to ride. It affords dogs the opportunity to be in the fresh air and around the horses…
Buying a Horse? 8 Pre-Purchase Exam Tips
Pre-purchase exams are an important component of any horse sale. PPEs identify current problems and potential future problems that the horse may have. Some problems may affect a sale, some may not. You wouldn’t buy a used car without assessing various dings and dents and how they might impact a car’s driving performance for you,…
Deanne Cellarosi, Maryland Artist
Sunrise Gallop at Keeneland, 20×30 Oil on Canvas Through the Maze, Chester Weber, WEG 2010, 20×24, Oil on Canvas * * * Deanne Cellarosi is a Maryland artist, known for her portraits, local landscapes, and equine sporting art. Deanne was born in Austin, Texas. Her mother, Anne Adams Schmidt, writer and…
Great Day Hunting with the Woodford Hounds
GREAT DAY FOXHUNTING WITH THE WOODFORD HOUNDS I had the pleasure of joining my sister, Maria Cellarosi-Yorba (Plainfield Farm LLC) and my nephew, Cian Cellarosi-Yorba, as a guest of the Woodford Hounds on their Thanksgiving Hunt. The local newspaper captured this photo of us immediately following the blessing of the Woodford Hounds at Shaker Village…
What I learned about the Kentucky oath
On Wednesday, November 26, 2014, in addition to my practice in MD, DC, and VA, I had the honor of being sworn in to the Kentucky bar by Justice Mary C. Noble. At the swearing in, I learned that the Kentucky oath contains references to “dueling”: “. . .I do further solemnly swear (or affirm)…