{"id":7468,"date":"2013-11-13T13:42:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T18:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=7468"},"modified":"2013-11-13T15:32:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:32:39","slug":"media-advisory-rodeo-champ-from-queen-annes-county-to-receive-touch-of-class-award-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2013\/11\/13\/media-advisory-rodeo-champ-from-queen-annes-county-to-receive-touch-of-class-award-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: Rodeo Champ from Queen Anne\u2019s County to Receive Touch of Class Award Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MHIB<\/a>ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance will present the Maryland Horse Industry Board\u2019s (MHIB) Touch of Class Award on Saturday, Nov. 16, to Spencer Bramble, a 17 year-old senior at Queen Anne\u2019s County High School and a World Champion rodeo rider during a special \u201cEvening at the Harness Races\u201d program at Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George\u2019s County. The award will be presented in the Winner\u2019s Circle at about 8 p.m.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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 \u201cEvening at the Harness Races\u201d event at Rosecroft to showcase Maryland\u2019s harness racing industry.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Ross Peddicord, MHIB Executive Director at 410-841-5798 or by email ross.peddicord@maryland.gov.<\/p>\n

What<\/strong>: The Maryland Horse Industry Board\u2019s Touch of Class Award Presentation<\/p>\n

Who<\/strong>: World Champion Rodeo Rider Spencer Bramble of Queen Anne\u2019s 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<\/p>\n

Where<\/strong>: Rosecroft Raceway 6336 Rosecroft Dr., Fort Washington, MD 20744<\/p>\n

When<\/strong>: Saturday, Nov. 16<\/strong>, at about 8 p.m. in the Winner\u2019s Circle<\/p>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance will present the Maryland Horse Industry Board\u2019s (MHIB) Touch of Class Award on Saturday, Nov. 16, to Spencer Bramble, a 17 year-old senior at Queen Anne\u2019s County High School and a World Champion rodeo rider during a special \u201cEvening at the Harness Races\u201d program at Rosecroft Raceway in  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"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":[733,734,735,732,44],"class_list":["post-7468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-quail-covey-farm","tag-rodeo-champion","tag-rosecroft-raceway","tag-spencer-bramble","tag-touch-of-class"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7468"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7472,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7468\/revisions\/7472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}