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certain reason and want to save this place.
He further emphasized that if people do not understand property easement, they will not look at it seriously. “I want the real farmers, the people who deserve to have their land saved, to benefit from this,” said Carrier. “Ten years down the road, they will see tremendous benefits.”
Finally Carrier urges people to “jump on easing their property now,” because he believes the state will soon change the laws regarding property easement.
Currently, the benefits are too good and the state will realize it is losing taxes, said Carrier. “The property easement laws are beyond generous right now.”
Carrier is saddened by the situation around Warrenton, where all the old farms are turning into housing developments,
“Rappahannock is safe for now, but it is still close,” he said. “We have the best of eveiything here and we need to preserve it.”
Carrier is a retired steeplechase trainer of 20 years. He won the Royal Chase in Keeneland, Kentucky in 1998, the Maryland Hunt Cup in 1991, and the Carolina Cup in Camden South Carolina in 1992.
“I took a lot of pleasure in working with a difficult animal, instead of fighting with it. Nine times out of ten the animal wants to be agreeable,” said Carrier.
He spent seven years in Ireland learning to train race horses. Before moving to Virginia, he was a resident of Unionville, Pennsylvania..
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