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 individuals, farm and business memberships, and youth groups. T e board of directors, which meets quarterly, elects the offi cers and the executive commit- tee. T e executive committee 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. MHC is here to serve the entire Maryland horse community.


Vice President & President-Elect: Neil Agate


Neil Agate is the founder of Four Gates, LLC, a business and technology services fi rm that works with early-stage companies in Healthcare IT. He is a board member of the British-Ameri- can Business Association and co-chair of the as- sociation’s communications committee. While Neil enjoys all horse activities, he is an avid polo


player and has been active with several polo clubs in Montgomery Coun- ty over the years. In addition to playing the game he has announced many charity polo matches up and down the East Coast. Originally from England, Neil has lived with his wife Kathy and two daughters in Darnestown for the last 20 years.


Elected Member: Chris Bricker Chris Bricker lives in Catonsville and


works as an operations manager for Northrop Grumman. She is a lifetime member of the Maryland Horse Council and has served as secretary on the Ex- ecutive Committee for four years. Chris


is a T oroughbred breeder and owner and presently has three horses in training at Pimlico and several mares at a farm in Woodbine. She is also on the board of the Maryland T oroughbred Horseman’s Association and is the program coordinator for the T oroughbred Aftercare Program.


Treasurer: Dale Clabaugh Dale is a lifelong resident of Frederick Coun-


ty, Maryland and a graduate of the University of Maryland. She has been an owner/agent with State Farm Insurance in Walkersville, MD since 1979. She began riding as a child, was a charter member of the Frederick Pony Club (1962), and is


the co-founder of the Woodvale Farms boarding facility and the Menfelt Horse Trials.


Treasurer-Elect: Clarissa Coughlin


Clarissa Coughlin works as the Graduate Coordi- nator for the College of Education at the Univer- sity of Maryland, College Park. She is the founder and director of Friends of MD Standardbreds, FOMS, a nonprofi t organization that promotes harness racing and the versatility of the Standard- bred, and advocates for the Standardbred indus- try. She has owned and raced Standardbreds since 1989. Clarissa has been actively involved with the


Harness Horse Youth Foundation and the Maryland Horse Council and co-hosted the unveiling of the fi rst Maryland Historic Horse Trail with


the Maryland Horse Industry Board in 2014. She introduced the fi rst racing under saddle (RUS) event in Maryland and is a board member of RUS America and the Maryland Standardbred Breeders Association. She resides in Lothian, Maryland, with her husband Jim, a longtime Standardbred trainer and owner; her mother, Ursula Ayd; and retired Standardbred, Game Day.


Secretary-Elect: Ahesahmahk Dahn


Ahesahmahk Dahn founded City Ranch, Inc. in Baltimore to teach children about horses. He and Jean Dahn have spent over thirty years working with children in the greater Baltimore area. T eir experience combined with city liv- ing conditions led them to want to do more to help refocus and inspire youth and reduce crime. City Ranch and its Board of Directors


felt children needed to be challenged, and they developed a compre- hensive equestrian program in an urban setting to provide that chal- lenge. T e City Ranch teaches students how to groom, tack, and ride horses and off ers a way to help young people appreciate Baltimore’s long traditions of horsemanship. Ahesahmahk is a Charity and Foundation Member of the Maryland Horse Council and has been a stalwart in the Maryland State Fair’s Horseland exhibit for the past two years.


Elected Member: Royce Herman Before joining the MHC Executive


Committee, Royce served on the MHC Board of Directors for seven years as the representative for Tuckahoe Equestrian Center. He graduated from Keystone Col- lege in 1966 and the University of Dela- ware School of Economics in 1971 and


has spent over 40 years in food service marketing. He rode extensively as a youngster and competed in rodeos as a teenager while working on a dairy farm. He returned to horses after the kids were grown. Royce is currently involved in trail riding, and 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. He is a national competitor in muzzle-loading bulls-eye pistol shooting and is a master gunsmith, owning and operating Centreville Gunsmith. Royce also teaches Hunter Safety for the State of MD and is a member of the MD Hunter Safety Instructor Hall of Fame.


Non-Voting Advisory Member: Crystal Brumme Pickett


Crystal is the owner and publisher of T e Equiery.


She rode on the University of Maryland equestrian team in college and has been involved with hunters,


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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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