NEWS &VIEWS $25k Awarded to 22 Applicants
An equine outreach group that provides horsemanship opportunities to inner city school children, therapeutic and youth riding activities, and programs to help rehabilitate rescue horses are among the 22 organizations to receive more than $25,000 in grants from the Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB), a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture. T e grants help to strengthen the industry by building awareness and involve- ment in the horse industry through research, education and promotional activities. “T e equine industry is an integral part of
Maryland’s cultural and economic heritage,” said Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance. “T e scope and value of projects that the board eval- uated illustrates the demand for these grants, and the feed fund continues to make it possible to support more of these requests.” Grant funding is made available through the
Maryland Feed Fund, which was established during the 2002 legislative session and places a refundable $6 per ton fee on equine feed costs. T at amount comes out to about $3 per horse per year. T e Feed Fund supports this grant pro- gram as well as other promotional, research and outreach activities undertaken by the MHIB. Since 2001, the board has awarded 211 grants totaling more than $233,000. Any horse- oriented organization, business or individual may apply. Grant applications are evaluated for value to the industry, degree of industry pro- motion, size and scope of the activity, fi nancial need, quality of the written proposal and ap- plication and the ability of the applicant to see the project through to completion and to pro- vide MHIB with a detailed follow-up report that includes a fi nancial accounting of how the grant monies were used. For 2012, MHIB received 28 applications, and will be awarding $25, 350 to 22 applicants: • T oroughbred Retirement Foundation, Sec- ond Chances Farm (Carroll County) $700 • Green Horse Enterprises, Blue Ribbon Equestrian Tours (Montgomery County) $500 • Maryland Horse Breeders’ Association (Balti- more County) $3,000 • Fair Hill Volunteer Mounted Patrol (Cecil County) $2,100 • Fair Hill International (Cecil County) $2,500 • Mane Event at Andover Equestrian Center (Anne Arundel County) $700
• Freedom Hills T erapeutic Riding Program (Cecil County) $700 • Maryland Fund For Horses (state- wide) $1,000 • Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission (Charles County) $500 • Talbot Special Riders (Talbot Coun- ty) $700 • LEAD Maryland Foundation (Queen Anne’s County) $1,500 • Ellen Moyer Author/Annapolis Community Foundation (Anne Arun- del County) $500 • Maryland T erapeutic Riding (Anne Arundel County) $700 • Talbot County 4-H Saddle & Paws Club (Talbot County) $200 • University of Maryland Equine Studies Pro- gram (Prince George’s County) $2,000 • Retired Racehorse Training Project (Anne Arundel County) $1,250 • Talisman T erapeutic Riding (Queen Anne’s County) $700 • City Ranch Inc. (Baltimore City) $2,800 • Carroll County Equestrian Council (Carroll County) $1,500 • Enchanted Haven Horse Rescue (Caroline County) $700 • Horse Force One Hay Bank (Caroline Coun- ty) $500 • Pony Express 4-H Club (Queen Anne’s County) $600
Racing’s Big Deal December 18, 2012 was a banner today for
Maryland racing! On that day, the Maryland Racing Commission approved the 146 days requested for T oroughbred racing, solidifying a groundbreaking 10-year deal that has the po- tential to fi nally reinvigorate Maryland T or- oughbred racing. After approving the racing days, MRC approved a surprise agreement that will allow cross-breed simulcasting of racing. T e standardbred track, Rosecroft Raceway (now owned by Penn National), will once again be able to show T oroughbred racing at Laurel and Pimlico (and elsewhere), while Laurel and Pimlico will be able to simulcast harness racing. (In 2009, the Standardbred interest refused to pay for the T oroughbred simulcasting rights, resulting, until today, in a stalemate.) T e perti- nent parties were just about to begin state-man-
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dated arbitration last week when they managed to reach a consensus. (Now, if only Congress and the White House could do that.) Meanwhile, on December 14, 2012, the Mary- land Jockey Club (MJC), the Maryland T or- oughbred Horsemen’s Association (MTHA) and the Maryland Horse Breeders Association (MHBA) announced that they have come to a 10-year agreement for sustained racing at Pim- lico Race Course and Laurel Park. T e 2013 racing season will feature 146 days
of live racing at the major Maryland tracks, the same number as in 2010, 2011 and 2012. T e Maryland Jockey Club will guarantee a mini- mum of 100 days a year for the balance of the agreement. T ere are provisions in the con- tract for the horsemen to race additional days through a revenue-sharing program. T e deal also calls for Pimlico and Laurel Park
to remain open for year-round racing, training and stabling for the balance of the contract. MJC indicated that Pimlico and Laurel would maintain a minimum of 1,900 stalls. Once the deal was struck, both the owner of the Maryland Jockey Club, Frank Stronach, and the Governor of Maryland quickly issued press statements. Stronach issued the following statement: “I am
confi dent and pleased via this agreement. We will now have long-term stability, year-round racing and stabling, an attractive purse structure, promise for the breeding industry and a strong foundation to restore Maryland racing to its pre- eminence in North American racing.” T e Governor issued this statement: “Today
[Nov. 14] is a great day for Maryland’s racing industry. When my offi ce helped broker a deal in 2010 that would temporarily sustain the in- dustry, I was confi dent that all the parties would continue to work hard to reach an agreement continued on page 8
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