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Maryland’s World Travelers


Vet Clinics in Haiti


veterinarian Javier Donatelli,


T is past February, DVM,


rescue specialist Chris Jonason and Days End Farm Horse Rescue trainer


and volunteer Brooke Vrany headed to Port-au- Prince in Haiti to hold a fi ve-day Equine Care Clin- ic. T e Humane Society International and DEFHR sponsored the clinic. T e purpose was to teach local Haitian veterinarians and pack animal owners how to keep their equines healthy and sound.


Classes were held on


wound care, saddle fi tting, nutrition, hoof care, para- sitology,


record keeping


and dentistry. Local veter- inarians were also showed how to set up and operate regional care clinics. Over 100 horses were checked for health and sound- ness while the U.S. team was there.


facility, for various reasons, was not built. Currently, MHIB and the Maryland Depart- ment of Agriculture are doing a Viability Study in conjunction with the Maryland Stadium Authority and the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development to con- sider continuation of our proposed Maryland Horse Park project. Mr. Wang is further along in the process of


Veterinarian Javier Donatelli, DVM teaching Haitian veterinarians how to fl oat teeth


creating a horse park in China. He has selected his site and hosted a one-week International Horse Festival last summer in the nearby city of Kangbashi in the Ordos district, to show- case equestrian sports. While in China, Ross was among fi ve people selected by Mr. Wang to testify at a hearing of government offi cials about the economic and cultural benefi ts of building such an eques- trian center. At the con- clusion of the hearing, the Chinese govern-


Maryland Horse Industry Board Goes to China


In January, Ross Peddicord, Executive Direc- tor of the Maryland Horse Industry Board, was the guest of Mr. Wen Tao Wang, chairman of the BrotherFortune Group companies, at his corporate headquarters in Beijing and at the fi rm’s 6,000-acre ranch in Inner Mongolia. T e purpose of the trip was to explore partner- ship possibilities between Maryland and China in attempts to build state horse parks. Mr. Wang and his staff had been impressed by the 2006 Fea- sibility Study done for the proposed Maryland Horse Park at the Naval Academy Dairy Farm and were eager to discuss synergies between the two proposed projects, although the Maryland


ment awarded a $30 million grant to Mr. Wang to begin Phase I of the project. Subsequently, BrotherFortune offi cials asked Ross to help locate a Maryland or U.S. fi rm to partner with a Chinese company to help design their facility. Later in the spring, Mr.


Wang and a few associ- ates came from China to spend time in Maryland. Ross and MHIB played host, bringing the group to Maryland eques- trian venues such as the Preakness Stakes and the Potomac Hunt Races. Ross returned to China again over the summer.


Mackenzie Taylor earned individual honors in Wales as well as a team sixth place.


17 countries. T is was the best fi nish by a U.S. team in 14 years and the best fi nish ever on for- eign soil. Rege Dvorsky and Jeanne Leone adopted


Mackenzie’s pony Inkspot from Days End Farm Horse Rescue in 2007. Rege and Jeanne sent the pony to TaylorMade Stables to be started under saddle by Robert and Kathy Tay- lor. T e Taylors saw the talent within the young pony for mounted games and asked if their daughter Mackenzie could start competing her. One thing led to another and the pair has had success both here in the U.S. and abroad. Together this summer, Mackenzie and Inkspot


were able to extend their stay in Europe, com- peting in the International Mounted Games Association individual World Championships. T e pair won their division and Mackenzie is now currently the reigning World Un- der 17 Champion.


Rerouting to Germany


Mackenzie Taylor (on spotted pony) and Evan Becker (holding U.S. fl ag) competed this summer on the U.S. Mounted Games team in Wales.


International Games


Maryland Horse Industry Board executive director Ross Peddi- cord (second from right) in China


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Evan Becker of Frederick and Mackenzie Taylor of Damascus represented the United States at the Inter- national Mounted Games Association World Team Championships held in Wales over the summer. As a team, the U.S. reached the A Final at the Royal Welsh Show. T ey competed in front of 30,000 people and fi nished sixth overall out of


In the October 2011 issue, T e Equiery reported on event rider Colleen Rutledge’s success- ful run at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials CCI**** in England. Colleen and Shiraz jumped


around clean on cross-country to place 37th overall at their second four-star event, their fi rst being a 12th place fi nish at the Rolex Kentucky T ree-Day Event in April 2011. Back in Fred- erick, Colleen made plans for a return trip to England for the spring of 2012. T is time, her aim was to ride in the Mitsubishi Motors Bad- minton Horse Trials CCI****, the third jewel of the Rolex Grand Slam. Unfortunately, it rained. And rained. And rained for most of the time Colleen and Shi- raz were in England preparing for Badminton. T en the somewhat unspeakable happened;


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