NEWS &VIEWScontinued from page 8 million and some 800 jobs.”
David Hayden and Charles Tildon III are co- chairs of the task force, which also includes Jim Dresher, David DiPietro and Josh Pons. Maryland’s T oroughbred breeding output
dropped dramatically during the last several decades as surrounding states surged ahead with bred-funds stuff ed with slots earnings. According to the Maryland Horse Breeders Association, which registers Maryland-bred T oroughbreds, in 1991, 198 stallions covered 2,782 mares in Maryland; in 2011, 31 stallions covered 541 mares. Correspondingly, the num- ber of foals fell from 1,709 to 373, a 78 percent decline, as the North American foal population decreased about 37 percent. Now that Maryland is able to more com-
petitively fund its own programs through slots, the Task Force is examining how to best lever- age those assets. T e Task Force is scheduled to present the economic components for the above outline at the February commission meeting. T e focus is on creating a restricted race program, which would encourage breeding here by signifi cantly enhancing purse-winning opportunities for state-breds. According to MHBA, the economic impact of every horse born in New York brings $92,000 in economic impact to the state, and “presuming comparable numbers in Maryland, a theoretical increase of 1,000 Maryland foals would bring the state $92
20 Shows/Events in the Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program
To date, the Jockey Club T oroughbred Incen-
tive Program (T.I.P.) has approved more than 375 shows. T e incentive program provides $100,000 in prize money, ribbons and prizes, including saddle pads, stall plaques, coolers, halters and tote bags. Some participants will become eligible for the year-end awards, with a T oroughbred of the Year, which off ers $5,000 in prize money. Maryland so far has twenty registered shows. To see a list of Maryland shows, visit
http://tjctip.com/, click calendar and select Maryland in the show state fi eld.
Everyone Loves a Parade! Whenever there is a parade in Washing-
ton, and the capital of the United States hosts equine parade units, all those horses have to sleep somewhere, and that somewhere is the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro. T is year was no diff erent. 150 horses rolled
into PGEC for the 2013 Inaugural Parade (Indiana sent 80 of them!). T e Maryland Horse Industry Board and the Maryland Horse Council co-hosted a reception on the eve of the parade, welcoming the horses and
MHIB Executive Director Ross Peddicord and Roxanne, a member of the Michigan Multi-Juris- dictional Mounted Police unit
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their 200+ people to the Free State. Jane T ery, who served as part of the offi cial welcoming com- mittee, reports: I had the great pleasure of visiting with the
approximately 150 inaugural horses at their overnight stabling at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, Mary- land. In my role as supporter of the Maryland Horse Industry Board of the State of Maryland and the Maryland Horse Council, I planned to meet with the horses and their people through a visit to the stables in the late afternoon and then sit in on the offi cial inaugural parade brief- ing by the military and inaugural offi cials. I brought bags of carrots and lots of little continued on page 91
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