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NEWS & VIEWS continued


Equine Viral Arteritis Glanders Piroplasmosis Rabies Salmonellosis Screw Worms Suspected Foreign Animal Disease Tuberculosis Vesicular Lesions Vesicular Stomatitis West Nile Virus


To Our Readers: Strangles is not a reportable disease. T e Equiery will only report on cases of strangles when and if the barn owner and/ or manager makes the decision that it is better to be proactive regarding information management, in order to mitigate rumors.


Dominguez Enters Hall of Fame


Arriving here in the states


from Venezuela in 1996, Ramon Dominguez has become one of the most successful jockeys of all time and last month, was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. “It’s one thing to be impactful enough if you were expecting it but when I was not really prepared or expecting this, it’s very rewarding in so many ways. It was icing on the


Twitter (@equiery) T e twitter-sphere was


the busiest during the Summer Olympics in Rio, which is no big surprise! It turns out that Equiery twitter followers love Grand Prix Show Jumping with coverage of that part of the Olympics getting the most re-tweets and likes. T e most popular tweet of the month was the announcement of the U.S. Show Jump team winning Silver, posted on August 17 by @TeamUSA, the offi cial twitter account of the U.S. Olympic Teams. T is post had over 1,000 likes and was re-tweeted 421 times. Our followers liked and re-tweeted dressage coverage next as the second most popular Olympic equestrian sport, followed by eventing in third.


Instagram (@equiery) August saw our largest jump in Instagram followers in a long time; we even posted a 3% increase in one day, with multiple videos


taken during the August Waredaca Horse Trials. Our August Instagram feed covered previews for the Seneca Valley Fall Horse Trials and the


cake, for sure,” Dominguez told Mid-Atlantic T oroughbred. “It was very overwhelming in a good way. I was extremely excited. So many great memories came before my eyes. My whole career I could see in a matter of seconds, very rewarding and satisfying memories since I started getting on horses back in Venezuela until now. It took me a while for the whole idea to sink in.” His fi rst win in the U.S. was at Hialeah Park


Ramon Dominquez was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame last month.


in South Florida. Shortly after that, he moved to Maryland where he led the nation in wins in 2001 (433) and 2003 (453). He won 1,161 of his 4,985 career victories right here in Maryland. His mounts in Maryland earned $27,222,712 with a lifetime bankroll total of $191,620,278 from 1996 to 2013. After his six riding titles at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, more than a dozen graded stakes wins and winning two editions of the Laurel Futurity, he moved to New York, riding for the most successful owners and trainers. Career highlights are many for Dominguez, who also won fi ve meet


titles at Delaware Park, and his eight graded stakes wins aboard Brent Johnson’s Better Talk Now would certainly be among them. T e pair


Getting social with The Equiery! continued...


Maryland State Fair & Horse Land, as well as multiple days at the Howard County Fair for Mule Pulling & Jumping, 4-H Speed Classes & the Draft Horse Pull. And fi nally, the August Waredaca Horse Trials. T e most popular still photo of the month was sent in by


the Seneca Valley Pony Club of the Wagon Jump with 22 likes. T e most viewed videos were Glenda Player & PL Diamonds Inspiration riding at the Loch Moy Twilight Eventing on August 3 (72 views), and Frank Fleming’s Draft Mules Honey & Penny (56 views). T e videos with the most likes were Colleen Rutledge and Clever Deception on the Waredaca Training course (49 views and 18 likes), and Louisa


Woodville and Empress also on the Waredaca Training course (53 views and 17 likes). Props to another one of our Instagram stars from Waredaca,


Savannah


Fulton and Checkout the Charmer (40 views and 11 likes), they won the Open division.


Training


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won the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) and Sword Dancer Handicap (G1) and in 2005 won the United Nations Stakes (G1) and Man O’War Stakes (G1). Dominguez won Eclipse Awards in 2010, 2011 and 2012 but left racing in 2013 after a traumatic head injury. By Hall of Fame rules, a jockey must be licensed for 20 years and can not be nominated until fi ve years after retirement. Dominguez’s accomplishments were so great that after his injury, the Hall of Fame Executive Committee waived the fi ve-year rule. Dominguez has moved back to Venezuela but still has a residence in Maryland.


MHIB Grants! It is not too late to apply for one of the


Maryland Horse Industry Board’s annual grants for research and educational and promotional projects that support horses or the equestrian community.


Eligible organizations include


nonprofi ts, clubs and associations, businesses, farms and stables, government entities, schools and other educational institutions. Applications will be reviewed and selected by their value to the industry, size and scope of activity, fi nancial need and promotion. Grants will not exceed $3,000 and the average is $1,000; in 2016 30 projects received $30,000 in grants. Established in 2004, funding for the grants is provided by the Maryland Feed Fund, which collects $6 on every ton of horse feed sold in Maryland, and has allowed over 300 projects to be awarded


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National Museum of Racing & Hall of Fame


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