Media Advisory: Rodeo Champ from Queen Anne’s County to Receive Touch of Class Award Saturday

ANNAPOLIS, MD – Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance will present the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s (MHIB) Touch of Class Award on Saturday, Nov. 16, to Spencer Bramble, a 17 year-old senior at Queen Anne’s County High School and a World Champion rodeo rider during a special “Evening at the Harness Races” program at Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George’s County. The award will be presented in the Winner’s Circle at about 8 p.m.

In August, Bramble and his roan Quarter Horse gelding, Pure Blue Boon, won the American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship in tie-down roping in Oklahoma City. Boon will accompany Spencer to Rosecroft to accept the award. Bramble and his other mount, the buckskin gelding, W R Lynxalena, were the Reserve World Champions. The Bramble family operates Quail Covey Farm in Queen Anne’s.

Also on hand to present the award will be MHIB Chairman Jim Steele, Maryland Horse Council president Jane Seigler and MHIB board members Eli Solomon and Kathleen Tabor. The Maryland Horse Council is sponsoring the “Evening at the Harness Races” event at Rosecroft to showcase Maryland’s harness racing industry.

MHIB presents the Touch of Class Award every month to Maryland horses and people who have achieved national and international recognition. So far, more than 50 Maryland horses and people have been honored for winning national/international titles in 21 different equine disciplines.

For more information, contact Ross Peddicord, MHIB Executive Director at 410-841-5798 or by email [email protected].

What: The Maryland Horse Industry Board’s Touch of Class Award Presentation

Who: World Champion Rodeo Rider Spencer Bramble of Queen Anne’s County will accept the award from Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance, MHIB Chairman Jim Steele, Maryland Horse Council president Jane Seigler and MHIB board members Eli Solomon and Kathleen Tabor When

Where: Rosecroft Raceway 6336 Rosecroft Dr., Fort Washington, MD 20744

When: Saturday, Nov. 16, at about 8 p.m. in the Winner’s Circle

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