ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board will meet on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 4 p.m. in Room 180 (Baltimore County Delegation Room), Lowe House Office Building, 6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401. The meeting will include current information and discussion concerning Horse Board initiatives, updates from board members and reports from stable Read the Rest…
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UPDATE: For a photo of the award presentation, click here. LAUREL, MD – Stuart S. Janney III, the Baltimore County resident whose horse, Orb, won the 2013 Kentucky Derby, received the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s October Touch of Class Award at the Maryland Million horse race today at Laurel Park. Jenn Patterson, Orb’s exercise Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB), a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, will meet Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. in the William Woodward Gallery, Collection of English Sporting Art, at the Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore. The meeting agenda includes updates of current MHIB initiatives, Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – A family of champion Standardbred racehorses and breeding stock, owned by Joe Thomson of Winbak Farm in Chesapeake City (Cecil County), will be presented with the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s (MHIB) August Touch of Class Award on Thursday, August 15, during the evening race card at the Casino at Ocean Downs in Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) will meet Thursday, August 15, at 4 p.m. in the Carriage House at Holly Ridge Farm Equestrian Center, 36609 Purnell Crossing Road in Willards (Wicomico County). The meeting will be held in conjunction with the presentation of MHIB’s August Touch Class Awards and presentation of two Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) will accept grant applications for research, educational and promotional projects that support horses or the equestrian community, or develop new opportunities for the Maryland horse industry. Grant applications may be submitted between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30. Individual requests should not exceed $3,000. Nearly $30,000 is Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Marylanders swept all four divisions at the 2012 National Jousting Finals, and the Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) will honor all four of them with a Touch of Class Awards at the 92nd Petersville Farmer’s Club Joust, Sunday, July 21, at the Petersville Farmer’s Club grounds, 3816 Petersville Road, in Brunswick (Frederick Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB), a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA), is seeking nominations to fill two positions on its 12-member board. The MHIB serves as a commodities board that helps grow and promote the Maryland horse industry. It is also a regulatory body that provides oversight and advocacy Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) – a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture — will meet at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at the Capitol Polo Club (CPC), 14660 Hughes Rd., Poolesville. The meeting will include a discussion on updates of MHIB initiatives, reports from Board representatives and stable Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) will present its June Touch of Class Award to Linda Zang, an internationally renowned dressage rider and judge from Anne Arundel County, and Qredit, a 5-year-old Oldenburg stallion owned by Hilltop Farm in Cecil County. The awards will be presented Saturday, June 22, during the Dancing Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Internationally known equestrian facility designer Todd Gralla, the Director of Equestrian Services and Principal at Populous in Oklahoma City, will give a talk entitled, “Designing Horse Parks around the World” at 7 p.m. on June 19 at Montgomery County Agricultural History Farm Park, 18400 Muncaster Road, Derwood. His presentation is the second Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley has appointed two new members and re-appointed three current members to the Maryland Horse Industry Board, a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture that represents various equine activities and organizations across the state. Members serve four-year terms and are charged with promoting and marketing Maryland’s equine industry as Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 3, 2013) – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) will meet Tuesday, May 14, at 10 a.m. in the Observation Room of the Main Barn at Hilltop Farm, 1089 Nesbitt Road, Colora. The meeting will include updates on current MHIB initiatives, reports from Board representatives and stable inspector. For more information, contact Read the Rest…
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The Maryland Horse Industry Board, a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, will sponsor a Welcome Reception and pizza party for the equine units from across the country that will be marching in the 2013 Inaugural Parade in Washington, D.C. All 150 horses that will be in the parade will be stabled at the Read the Rest…
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The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB) will present its January 2013 “Touch of Class” Award to Kristen Wilson of Eldersburg (Carroll County) and her national champion 4-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse mare, The Midnight Ride, during the Horse World Expo in Timonium. The Midnight Ride is the National Walking Horse Association Overall High Point Champion of Read the Rest…
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