Who’s Who in the Maryland Horse Council
ONE COMMON BOND - THE HORSE; ONE COMMON VOICE - MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL T e Maryland Horse Council is the umbrella organization for all horse organizations in Maryland. T e board of directors consists of one
representative from each member organization, as well as directors at large who represent the individual, farm and business memberships, and youth groups. T e board of directors, which meets quarterly, elects the offi cers and the executive committee, which serves as the steering committee for the council, meeting monthly and conferring regularly to oversee housekeeping and planning issues for MHC. T ey are your representatives. Please feel free to voice your concerns or opinions to them, whether or not you are a member of MHC. MHC is here to serve the entire Maryland horse community. Current offi cers were installed on July 1, 2011 and will serve a term of two years. Executive Committee members are elected on a rotating basis and several seats will be up for re-election this summer.
Current President: Steuart Pittman
Steuart and his siblings are the eighth genera- tion of their family to own their 550-acre Dodon Farm in Davidsonville. For the past fi fteen years he has made his living there as a breeder, trainer and competitor in three-day eventing. Steuart was Maryland’s fi rst eventing instructor to be certifi ed by the United States Eventing Association and he conducts clinics throughout the country at both
private facilities and expos. He has competed through the Advanced lev- el on his Maryland-bred T oroughbred stallion Salute T e Truth, who now stands at Dodon Farm. Steuart grew up riding with St. Margaret’s Pony Club and the Marl-
borough Hunt Club. He graduated from the University of Chicago and then spent eight years as a political and community organizer in Chica- go, Des Moines, and Washington, DC before returning to the farm and horses. He became actively involved with the Maryland Horse Council during the campaign for the Maryland Horse Park and found that it was a good use of the skills he had acquired in his career as an organizer. His most recent undertaking is the creation of the Retired Racehorse Train- ing Project, an educational organization that seeks to increase demand for T oroughbred ex-racehorses. 410-798-0503;
dodonfarm@verizon.net
Current Vice President/Future President: Jane Seigler A graduate of Brown University and Rutgers
University Law School, Jane completed a judicial clerkship with the DC Court of Appeals before entering private practice. After 13 years as an an- titrust and utility litigator with two major DC law fi rms, and then as government aff airs counsel with the Washington offi ce of a multinational corpora- tion, Jane “retired” from active practice to serve for 27 years as the full-time chief operating offi cer of Reddemeade Farm, Inc. Now living and training
at her own Dressage at Sundown, she teaches, rides, trains and com- petes in dressage through the FEI level. Jane served on the Potomac Valley Dressage Association board of directors for nine years (including two as chairman and two as vice-president) and is a former member of Montgomery County’s Agricultural Advisory Committee. She has also served on the steering committee of the Maryland Horse Forums, and has been the organizer of MHC’s Business Seminars. Currently, Jane serves on MHC’s Business Network and Legislative Committees, and on the boards of the Maryland Fund for Horses (Vice President) and the Horse Council PAC. She is also a member of Montgomery County’s Zoning Advisory Panel. 301-774-3756;
seigler.jane@gmail.com
Current Elected Member/Future Vice President: Peter Radue, DVM
Pete graduated from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in 1978. After completing a one-year internship in large animal surgery at the University of Guelph in Ontario, he returned to Maryland and joined Dr. Roger Scul- lin to form Damascus Equine Associates. He is the current President of the Maryland Association of
Equine Practitioners (MAEP) and serves on the executive board for the Maryland Horse Council. His horse interests have included raising and showing Morgan horses, eventing and foxhunting. His professional in- terests are lameness diagnosis and treatment with a special interest in ultrasound imaging. He lives in Howard County with his wife Nanette and three children. 301-829-2170; offi
ce.raduedvm@gmail.com
Current Treasurer: Royce Herman Before joining the MHC Executive Committee,
Royce served on the MHC Board of Directors for seven years as the representative for Tuckahoe Eques- trian Center. A native of Delaware, Royce graduated from Keystone College in 1966 and the University of Delaware School of Economics in 1971 and has spent the last 40 years in food service marketing (the last 28 years with Sysco Corporation until his retire- ment in October 2011). He rode horses extensively as a youngster and competed in rodeos as a teen- ager while working on a dairy farm. He returned to
horses with his wife after the kids were “up and out.” Royce is currently involved in trail riding, has competed in Mounted Cowboy Shooting and mounted Wild West shows. For 13 years, Royce directed and acted in western shows for the Outlaw Days at Tuckahoe. Royce is a national competitor in muzzle-loading bullseye pistol shoot- ing and is a master gunsmith, owning and operating Centreville Gun- smith. Royce also teaches Hunter Safety for the state of Maryland and is a member of the Maryland Hunter Safety Instructor Hall of Fame. 410-991-2203;
raherman1@verizon.net
Current Elected Member/Future Treasurer: Dale Clabaugh
Dale is a lifelong resident of Frederick County, and a graduate of the University of Maryland. She has been an owner/agent with State Farm Insur- ance in Walkersville, MD since 1979. She began riding as a child and charter member of the Fred-
erick Pony Club (1962), and is the co-founder of the Woodvale Farms boarding facility and the Menfelt Horse Trials. 301-898-9560;
dale.clabaugh@
gmail.com
Maryland Horse Council membership is open to all associations, farms, businesses and individuals. To join, please visit
mdhorsecouncil.org, contact
admin@mdhorsecouncil.org or call 301-502-8929 and request a membership form. The Maryland Horse Council is sponsored by Naden/Lean, LLC, Southern States, Maryland Horse Breeders Association, B&D Builders, Mid Atlantic Farm Credit and The Equiery.
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