Breed All About It!
Uncle Sam won the Novice Horse division at the Redland Hunt Pony Club Horse Trials in April and placed second at Novice at the May Fair Hill International. Daryl Layfi eld-Insley (Princess Anne) has competed and owned horses who have placed well in the YEH shows in the past. T is year, he is competing his own Madison Avenue (by Johar out of Numerous Kidz) in the Five-Year- Old divisions. T e T oroughbred gelding scored a 78.99 at Waredaca to win that division.
Speed Gene Origin
According to researchers at the University College Dublin, led by senior author Dr. Em- meline Hill, the modern-day speed gene can be traced back 300 years to one single equine. T e speed gene, found today in many T oroughbred racehorses, was identifi ed as the C type myo- statin gene variant in 2010. Researchers took this discovery one step further, trying to fi gure out when and where this gene fi rst entered the T oroughbred gene pool. In the study, fi rst published in Nature Com- munications, Hill’s team looked for the gene in almost 600 horses from 22 Eurasian and North American breeds. T ey also studied museum bone and tooth specimens from 12 legend- ary T oroughbred stallions and tested samples from 330 elite performing modern T orough- breds from three continents. T e result? T e speed gene entered the T oroughbred gene pool 300 years ago from a single British mare. In addition, the spread of this gene throughout the world was attributed fi rst to Nearctic (1954- 1973) and then the wider expansion of the gene to Maryland’s own Northern Dancer (1961- 1990). T e study stated that Northern Dancer is one of the most infl uential stallions of modern- day T oroughbreds who have the speed gene.
Maryland Youth Named President of AQHYA
Mark Mowbray of Rhodesdale was recently elected the 2012-2013 president of the Ameri- can Quarter Horse Youth Association at its an- nual meeting in Amarillo, Texas on June 21-23. Mark told America’s Horse, “I have been in this organization since I was born and there is never a dull moment. I’m really looking forward to working with this new group [of offi cers] be- cause they seem like a great group of individu- als. T ey have a lot of drive.”
Seized Carroll County Standardbred Finds New Home
A Standardbred mare now called Bella was one of 23 horses seized from Don Walter’s Mt. Airy farm by the Hu- mane Society of Car- roll County on Octo- ber 6, 2011. Although the animal cruelty case is still considered open, Walters entered a plea bargain on March 2, 2012 and surrendered ownership of Bella and 17 others from the seized group. T e horses were rehabili- tated at Hanover Shoe Farms in Pennsylvania and placed for adop- tion. As of press time, Bella and four others have been adopted. Here is Bella’s happy ending.
Bella is a 15-year- old mare who, when seized, was a 1.5 on the
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Henneke Body Condition Score (a score of 1 is considered “near death”). Barely halter broke, Bella spent six months being rehabilitated at Hanover Shoe Farms. On April 9, 2012, Bella left for Tranquility Manor Farm in Monkton, owned by Holly Gilmore, to be professionally trained by Emily Fewster. By late May, Bella was walking and trotting through all types of trails, crossing water, and walking over bridges. A family from Lewisberry, PA adopted Bella on June 19 as an all-around family horse.
Stallions Flocking to Maryland?
In the January 2012 issue, T e Equiery report- ed that despite low numbers in actual breed- ings, more and more stallions are being moved to Maryland for the breeding season. Here are just a few of the latest T orough- bred immigrants. T e Darley group, one of the
Bella was seized from a Carroll County farm in October of 2011 and was adopted on June 19 af- ter eight months of rehabilita- tion and training.
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