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buildings. He promised to ask the Board to reconsider that policy after reviewing HB955, the 2009 bill passed by the MD General As- sembly specifi cally stating that equestrian ac- tivities taking place on farms are agricultural. When asked if he would also seek reconsidera- tion of the policy with respect to wineries he made no commitment, but commented that making wine is processing the agricultural product, and that the line needs to be drawn somewhere. Farm owners reminded Mr. Stein that stripping tobacco, pasteurizing milk, can- ning vegetables and many other farm activities are similar in nature. Again, the sense of people in the room was that an eff ort was being made to restrict the defi nition of agriculture, thereby leaving farmers to deal directly with the staff at Permits and Inspections who have no training in agricultural issues and whose fees and fi nes are high enough to prevent farmers from im- proving their operations. 6) Harry Ketts, a Maryland Horse Coun- cil member from Prince George’s County who serves on that county’s Equine Industry Task Force, explained that in his county it is the Soil Conservation District staff that works with farmers to ensure that their construction and grading projects are done in an environ- mentally responsible way. Because the work on farms is reviewed by SCD staff , farm buildings are exempt from grading permits and building permits, thereby saving the county signifi cant staff hours. T ey require only electrical and plumbing inspections. 7) Many people in the group described ex-
periences with Permits and Inspections staff whose knowledge of agricultural practices was nonexistent. T e level of frustration among farm owners is high. T e meeting closed with a commitment by all parties to work together to establish new agricultural exemptions to ex-
isting county requirements that refl ect the re- alities of farming in this county. Farm owners were encouraged to email additional comments and suggestions for new policy to Heather Beygo at
hrb@cls-law.com or Steuart Pittman at
dodonfarm@verizon.net.
Stronach Sole Owner of MJC Eff ective July 1, 2011, in accordance with
an agreement signed June 16, the Mary- land Jockey Club will be solely owned by the Stronach Group. As part of the deal (which is pending the completion of the reorganization of MI Development), Stronach will purchase Penn National Gaming, Inc.’s stake in MJC. T e transaction gives the Stronach Group full ownership of the assets and operations of Pim- lico Race Course, Laurel Park and the Bowie
Horse Slaughter Plants Inspection
On May 31, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted to approve an amendment that blocks spending funds by the U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture for the inspection of horse slaughter plants within the U.S. for the fi scal year 2012. What this means is that without the funds to inspect these plants, the plants can- not be inspected. Without routine inspections, the plants cannot operate, and are thus closed until the next fi scal year. T ese sort of spending blocks have been in place since 2005, thus there have been no horse slaughter plants open in the U.S. since then.
Maryland Colts Tripped Up in Belmont T e 143rd running of the Belmont Stakes, the
third jewel in the triple crown, was not kind to either of Maryland’s entries in the $1 million Grade 1 stakes race. After winning the Ken-
Shackleford narrowly beats out Animal Kingdom in the Preakness Stakes.
Training Center and frees Penn National up to pursue gambling rights at Rosecraft Raceway, which Penn only recently acquired.
tucky Derby on May 7, Ani- mal Kingdom (owned by Team Valor International and trained by Graham Motion of Elkton) placed second in the Preakness on May 21. A bad break from the starting gate at the Belmont, which almost unseated jockey John Velazquez, placed the horse in sixth. T e collision between Animal Kingdom and Mucho Macho Man resulted in Ani- mal Kingdom clipping hooves
with Monzon (owned by Sagamore Farm). John Panagot of Motion’s barn at the Fair
Hill Training Center, told T e Equiery that the continued on page 34
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