History of the Maryland Pony Meet
The Maryland Pony Meets were started in 2003 with the meeting of three collectors from the MLP Trading Post. They gathered to share and discuss ponies, have some snacks, and watch shows and commercials from the 80’s–on VHS tapes!
From that small meeting, a long legacy of ever-growing MD Pony Meets began.
With every passing year, more and more people traveled from different parts of the country to attend and be a part of these pony meets. Although it was mostly local collectors at first, they eventually came from as far away as Texas, California, Michigan, Florida, and much of the Eastern US.
As of the 2012 Maryland Pony Meet, there were nearly 50 collectors from all over the Eastern US attending the yearly meets. With nearly two hundred feet of tables worth of ponies and related items, the 2012 meet surpassed every Maryland meet prior, and rose in reputation to make the Maryland Pony Meets the largest and longest-running pony meet in the United States.
Within a few years, guests would be arriving from abroad.
These meets would never have been possible without some very special, very important people. It is with the support of the MDPM Committee, as well as many, many supporters in the My Little Pony collecting community, that the meets can continue and keep growing. And it is with this support and ongoing enthusiasm that the Maryland Pony Meets plan to continue well into the future.
Take a look at the galleries below to see memories from years past!
Individuals shown with a Chesapeake or Skipjack pony image have asked that their photo not be published.