Jousting: Maryland’s State Sport for 50 Years, continued...
Horse Industry Board’s Touch of Class Award. T e award is given out monthly to Maryland equestrian natives who have excelled locally, nationally and internationally. Corey Minnick, Mikayla Miller and Anthony Reinhold received the July 2012 Touch of Class Award for their achievements on the national level. Minnick, from Hagerstown, recently won
his third national title at the professional level. As stated earlier, he wrapped up his successful 2012 season as the Maryland State Champion. Miller attends high school in Prince Freder-
ick and participated in her fi rst joust in 2007. T e now 13-year-old was the 2010 Maryland State Novice Champion and the 2011 Ama- teur National Champion. To hear more about how Miller got into the sport, read the sidebar “T e Pursuit of Rings.” Reinhold won his national title at the Novice
level in only his second year of jousting. Re- inhold, who attends Chesapeake College as a freshman, has jousting titles in his blood, as his grandfather Buddy Wooters was a fi ve-time national champion.
Special thanks to the Maryland Jousting Tourna- ment Association for their help with compiling the history of jousting and providing several photos.
The Pursuit of Rings Modern day jousting really has become an all-around fam-
ily sport. With classes open to all skill levels and ages, the sport promotes a family atmosphere and has created a com- munity of jousters that support each other in many ways. Mikayla Miller attended her fi rst joust as a spectator when she was only three years old. She really did not become in- terested in the sport until 2006 when she went to the Calvert County Joust at Christ Church to watch her friend Lily Fisher Flaherty compete. T e following year, both Mikayla and Lily competed at that joust as well as one held at the St. Mary’s County Fair. “I only got one ring at that fi rst joust,” laughed Mikayla. She added, “We wanted to do something diff erent from the usual horse shows that judge you on your horse and how you look. T is horse riding sport judges you on your individual skills.” Now at the young age of 13, Mikayla travels all over the state to local tournaments as well as outside Maryland to compete at the national level. Her jousting equine partner is an Appendix Quarter Horse named Tyke, who is owned by Marcia Olson and boarded at Tynwydd Farm in Saint Leonard. T is year, Mikayla attended 12 of the 25 jousts held in Maryland. Mikayla has now reached the semiprofessional level, which is a huge accomplishment for someone of her age. Because of this move-up in mid-season, she was unable to defend her Amateur National Championship title, which she won in 2011. She said being awarded the Touch of Class award was “an unexpected honor” and that her family is very proud. T e new semipro off ers the following advice to those interested in jousting… “Attend an
Mikayla Miller and Tyke
event! T ey are held all over the state. Some of the scheduled jousts hold clinics and you can bring your horse to them. Your horse must also get some practice with you holding a lance in your hand so you don’t scare him.”
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