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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UPPER MARLBORO, MD – More than 400 leaders of Maryland’s equine industry and nationally recognized experts gathered today for the 3rd Maryland Horse Forum at The Show Place Arena and Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, a site important to Maryland’s equine history. The industry leaders charted future plans that will strengthen all elements of Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB), a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, will honor five Maryland national steeplechase champions with its monthly “Touch of Class Award” on Saturday, March 29, at the Green Spring Valley Point-to-Point at Shawan Downs, 1401 Shawan Road, Cockeysville. The presentation is expected to take place Read the Rest…
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Orb and Caretaker Jenn Patterson. Photo courtesy of Maryland Jockey Club / Jim McCue ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB), a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, will present its October Touch of Class Award to Stuart S. Janney III, the Baltimore County resident whose horse, Orb, won the 2013 Kentucky Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB), a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, is joining forces with Graham Equestrian Center to help sponsor the “Day of the Horse” event on Saturday at Graham Equestrian Center, 10301 Harford Road, Glen Arm in Baltimore County. The public is invited. Pony rides, a parade 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 – 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 – The four reigning national jousting champions – all from Maryland – yesterday received the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s (MHIB) July Touch of Class Awards at the 92nd Petersville Farmer’s Club Joust at the Petersville Farmer’s Club grounds in Brunswick. The four Marylanders – Corey Minnick of Washington County, Malcolm Macy of Harford 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 – Jim Steele, Chairman of the Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB), a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, and MHIB board member Ron MacNab, presented the agency’s April Touch of Class Award to Tracey Morgan and her pony, Fuego 88, yesterday at the Grand Opening of the Woodstock Equestrian Park in Beallsville Read the Rest…
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ANNAPOLIS, MD (Jan. 19, 2013) – Kristen Wilson of Eldersburg (Carroll County) and her multi-national champion 4-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse mare, The Midnight Ride, were presented with the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s January Touch of Class Award at the Horse World Expo in Timonium today. Wilson exhibited The Midnight Ride in the Main Ring and Read the Rest…
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