{"id":14708,"date":"2015-05-26T14:59:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T18:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=14708"},"modified":"2015-05-26T15:27:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T19:27:49","slug":"thoroughbred-alliance-show-series-receives-secretarys-citation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/05\/26\/thoroughbred-alliance-show-series-receives-secretarys-citation\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoroughbred Alliance Show Series Receives Secretary\u2019s Citation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14709\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SecretaryCitationAtFairHill.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14709\" data-attachment-id=\"14709\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/05\/26\/thoroughbred-alliance-show-series-receives-secretarys-citation\/attachment\/secretarycitationatfairhill\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SecretaryCitationAtFairHill.jpg?fit=3000%2C2400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,2400\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;TASS was an MHIB award winner.  \\r??, Jim Steele, ??, Fran Burns, Beverly Strauss and Sue Smith at Fair Hill Races, 5\/23\/15&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1432409083&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Lydia A. Williams&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SecretaryCitationAtFairHill\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;L. to R.: Del. Kevin Hornberger (Cecil Co.)., MHIB Chair Jim Steele, Md, Sec&amp;#8217;y of Agriculture Joe Bartenfelder, TASS coordinator Fran Burners, TASS board member Beverly Strauss, TASS board member Sue Smith.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;TASS was an MHIB award winner.&lt;br \/&gt;\n??, Jim Steele, ??, Fran Burns, Beverly Strauss and Sue Smith at Fair Hill Races, 5\/23\/15&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SecretaryCitationAtFairHill.jpg?fit=760%2C608&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-14709 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SecretaryCitationAtFairHill-300x240.jpg?resize=300%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Award Presentation\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SecretaryCitationAtFairHill.jpg?resize=300%2C240&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SecretaryCitationAtFairHill.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SecretaryCitationAtFairHill.jpg?w=1520 1520w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/05\/SecretaryCitationAtFairHill.jpg?w=2280 2280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(From left to right) Delegate Kevin Hornberger (Cecil Co.)., MHIB Chair Jim Steele, Maryland Secretary of\u00a0Agriculture Joe Bartenfelder, TASS Coordinator Fran Burns, TASS Board Member Beverly Strauss, and TASS Board Member Sue Smith.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>\u2013 \u00a0Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder presented officials with the Thoroughbred Alliance Show Series (TASS) a Secretary\u2019s Citation for their contributions to Maryland agriculture on Saturday, May 23, at the Fair Hill Races in Elkton. The citation was accepted by TASS Coordinator Fran Burns and TASS Board Member Beverly Strauss.<\/p>\n<p>The series has mushroomed from one show in 2011 to three shows in 2012. The series now includes a robust schedule of 19 shows in six months. The dynamic new circuit showcases the versatility of the Thoroughbred breed, principally hundreds of retired racehorses who can now have useful second careers and provide years of enjoyment to their owner\/riders.<\/p>\n<p>Among venues for the Thoroughbred shows include the Maryland State Fair, Pimlico Race Course, the Prince George\u2019s Equestrian Center, the Howard County Fair and numerous other equine farms and competition arenas throughout Maryland and the greater Mid-Atlantic region.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Maryland Horse Industry Board Executive Director Ross Peddicord at 410-841-5798 or <a href=\"mailto:ross.peddicord@maryland.gov\">ross.peddicord@maryland.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 \u00a0Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder presented officials with the Thoroughbred Alliance Show Series (TASS) a Secretary\u2019s Citation for their contributions to Maryland agriculture on Saturday, May 23, at the Fair Hill Races in Elkton. The citation was accepted by TASS Coordinator Fran Burns and TASS Board Member Beverly Strauss. The series has<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/05\/26\/thoroughbred-alliance-show-series-receives-secretarys-citation\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14712,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14708\/revisions\/14712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}