Complaint Review: Brummel Horse Farm - Westminster Maryland

Amanda or Mandy as a first name.  Last names include McDougall, Manown, Manow, Matricciani, Forbes, Seiler.  She also uses her daughter for a name to sell by, which is Ashlen Forbes.  Her business names have changed many times as well:  Happy on Hooves, Your Next Horse, Thoroughbred Prospects, Brummel Horse Farm, and more.  She also has left a wake of unpaid barn owners behind, including several barns that she was evicted from in Maryland and one in Pennsylvania (Hanover Equestrian Center).

Just do a ripoffreport search on every name, barn, and business name above, and you will see just that she just recently (as in the last month) was evicted from Brummel Horse Farm for non-payment and she also left with more than one person's pre-paid lesson money.  She has also, once again, changed her business name (thought she said that she would not do that again). 

For every report, she has her family and friends come on and post fake positive replies.

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I am an experienced horse person and have done business with Amanda several times. She is very knowledgeable, kind and fair. Her daughter is an excellent rider and very plesant to interact with. Other people I know also like and trust them and I'm not sure why you have such an issue, but I would just like it known that in my personal experience with Brummel Horse Farm/TB Prospects, I was very pleased and I would (and have) recommended them to anyone!

Let me just say up-front that I am not a horse person. I have ridden a few times and have mucked a stall or two but that is the extent of my involvement with horses. The times I have been around horses and had a riding lesson here or there have been through my relationship with Amanda.

Amanda has been my nearest and dearest friend for 16 years. There have been times in my life when the only person to turn to has been her and every time she has been there for me. She sat with me in the emergency room in the middle of the night when I didnt know what was wrong with my son. She took a litter of 3 week-old kittens that had been abandoned at my house and bottle fed them to ensure their survival. Amanda has been my maid of honor not once but twice (my mistake not hers and she did try to warn me the first time). She took me to and from work and watched my son when life was at its worst for me. We have laughed together, cried together and questioned the world together. Amanda is one of those friends that never judges you, always listens, would do anything for you and always has your best interest at heart.
 
The things being written here are not the person I know. I have witnessed some of her transactions and have always been impressed with the absolute honesty with which she conducts business. I have seen her turn away potential buyers because she didnt believe there was a horse in her barn that fit the buyer. She is more interested in the well-being of the horses than she is about making money. Amanda is a horse lover through and through. If you had a problem with her or one of her horses I would have to guess you didnt contact her and honestly discuss the issue(s). If you had she would have done anything in her power to ensure both you and your horse were happy.

Thanks Amanda (Mandy) for all of the years behind us, all of the lessons you have taught me and all of the years ahead of us that I have to look forward to.

P.S.  Ashlen has been known to behave like a spoiled teen every now and then but I would never question her knowledge of horses.  If you treat Ashlen with the respect she deserves with regards to her knowledge of and love for horses she will treat you with respect as well.

I am sorry you feel this way about myself and my daughter.  I assure you that I try my hardest to make all of my clients happy.  My farm name has changed each time I have moved facilities so I can see how that could be confusing.  Although my last name may change due to marriage or divorce I will keep the same farm name to avoid confusion in the future.  Thank you for bringing all of this to our attention so we can serve you better in the future.