SECTION E Besides catch riding for other owners, Jocelyn Martin will compete with her own mount, Bodine, a warmblood crossbred, in hunter competition this year at Devon. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu Getting To Devon From The Rider’s Perspective MICHELLE KUNJAPPU Although she has a crimi- Lancaster Farming Staff nology degree from Mm . DENVER (Lancaster Co.) ersville University, her first -Jocelyn Martin has worked uit is her with in her career of choice since she was bom. (Turn to Page El 8) Haflingers: All-Around Family Pony In A Pretty Package The Haflinger mare flanked by two foals, above, and the stallion pictured at right are part of the herd at Spring View Farm, Centre County. At right Abraham Allebach, 3, has made a friend in “Turbo,” a current national champion. Photos by Michelle SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2003 Local Farmers Feed World-Class Horses At Hanover Shoe Farms DAVE LEFEVER Lancaster Farming Staff HANOVER (Adams Co.) Traveling on roads south and west of Hanover, you can’t miss the horse pastures about 3,000 acres worth, en closed by some 240 miles of board fence. Four hundred standardbred broodmares, hundreds of young horses, and a number of stud stallions have their home here. Feeding and bedding the horses takes 1,150 tons of hay and 1,200 tons of straw a year, all of which is purchased from local farms. The horses also consume about 47,000 bushels of oats and 750 tons of per formance feed per year. Hanover Shoe Farms deals with 80 local businesses, feeds hay from 25 local farms, and employs about 100 people. That adds up to a huge im pact on the local economy, not to mention the preservation of agricultural land in the area. According to Ed Sponseller, operations and maintenance supervisor, keeping a close re lationship with the local ag and business community is a (Turn to Page E 2) t" r< K r> f Craig Arentz of Littlestown, right, delivers about 120,000 bales of hay and straw per year to Hanover Shoe Farms. Arentz, along with two brothers and fa ther Vernon “Butch” Arentz, grow much of the hay themselves and also deliver hay from about 25 other farms in the area. Here, Steve Allison helps Arentz unload bales Of timothy. Photos by Dave Lefever A standardbred mare with her day-old foal out in a paddock at Hanover Shoe Farms. MICHELLE KUNJAPPU new arrivals to the U.S., the Lancaster Farming Staff honey-colored Haflinger po- BELLEFONTE (Centre nies are already sought after Co.) The petite blonde foals for their quiet temperament frolicking around the pasture and versatihty. may look like small Belgians, f. . kree d 18 but as these babies grow to full marke <! fy athleticism and a •stature thev reveal that thev con B emal disposition, however stature, they reveal that they they are perhaps most recog . are a different breed altogeth- n i za ble for their unique color- ' 'Although' 'they • are 'feirly • ■ * rn t 0 ** a ® 6 El<^
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