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Maryland Jockey Club, Maryland Million Ltd, Maryland Standardbred Breeders Association, Maryland State Fair, Maryland Steeplechase Association, Maryland T oroughbred Horse- men’s Association, Ocean Downs Racetrack and Rosecroft Raceway.


Nearly $30,000 in Grands Award- ed by MHIB


On February 14, the Maryland Horse Indus-


try Board announced the recipients of nearly $30,000 worth of grant funds. Funding for these grants is provided by the Maryland Feed Fund, which collects $6 on every ton of horse feed sold in Maryland. Since the fund was established in 2002, MHIB, which runs within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, has awarded over $400,000 in grants to over 300 projects. “Horses are a critical component of Mary- agricultural industry. T e Maryland


land’s


Horse Industry Board and the Feed Fund help stimulate growth and opportunity in Mary- land’s equestrian community without using any government funding,” said Board Chair- man Jim Steele. “T is self-funded commodity marketing entity is a model of how industry groups can help themselves without relying on taxpayer dollars.” T is year, 27 applications were submitted and $29,983.50 was awarded to 20 organiza- tions and individuals from around the state. Projects are evaluated based on their value to the industry, degree of industry promotion, size and scope of activity, fi nancial need, potential for matching funds, benefi ts and overall quality of the written presentation. Grants are capped at $3,000 in order to award funds to as many groups as possible. 2017 Maryland Horse Industry Board Grant Recipients are as follows: • $3,000 - Day’s End Farm Horse Rescue


(Howard County/Statewide) - Enhance and promote animal welfare offi cer training • $3,000 - Mid Atlantic Equitation Festival (Prince George’s County/Statewide) - Mary- land Horsemanship Scholarship • $3,000 - University of Maryland Equine Sci- ences Department (Prince George’s County/ Statewide) - Funding for a research project to study the eff ect of grazing muzzle use on equine behavior • $2,500 - Maryland Horse Council (State- wide) - Maryland horse industry communica- tions and promotion outreach • $2,260 - STAR Equestrian Center (Wash- ington County) - Character Reins program which provides tuition for eight low income at-risk youth in the Center’s therapeutic horse- manship program • $1,975 - Catoctin Forest Alliance (Frederick County) - Restoration and maintenance of the Catoctin Mountain Park horse trails • $1,900 - Waredaca Pony Club (Montgomery County) - Purchase of a new PVC dressage ring to be used at the annual Maryland Region Dressage Rally • $1,725 - Great and Small (Montgomery County) - Staff continuing education for tu- ition for three management-level staff to attend the PATH International Conference • $1,500 - Worthmore Equestrian Center (Kent County) - Creative horse promotion in partnership with Kent County Tourism to cre- ate horse “baseball cards” to be inserted in tour- ism visit requests • $1,400 - Historical Society of Harford Coun- ty (Harford County) - Historic horse fi lm res- toration, part II • $1,000 - February Farm Sanctuary (Frederick County) - Promotion booth and print material for the Western Maryland equine rescue • $1,000 - Maryland Agriculture Resource


Council (Baltimore County) - “Horses Inside Out” a model horse that will be painted with the skeleton and organs of the horse on the side of the model • $1,000 - Maryland Horse Industry Founda- tion (Baltimore County) - Maryland Horse Breeders Association Spring Horse Farm Fes- tival, Easter Egg Hunt for children at Saga- more Farm


• $1,000 - Maryland Pony Breeders Associa- tion (Anne Arundel County/Statewide) - Pro- motion and prize money for annual Yearling Futurity


• $1,000 - Jean Clagett, sculptor (Harford County/Statewide) - Creation of template to be used as a trophy for the Touch of Class Awards program • $700 - TROT, Trail Riders of Today (How- ard County/Statewide) - Promote trail riding through a virtual reality experience • $650 - Horse-N-Around 4-H Club (Mont- gomery County) - Youth electronic activity materials


• $589.50 - LeCheval Stable T erapeutic Rid- ing Program (Howard County) - Helmet re- placement and helmet safety resources • $500 - Regina Welsh (Baltimore County) - LEAD Maryland Fellowship tuition • $304 - Frederick County 4-H T erapeutic Riding (Frederick County) - Tack items for special needs riders T e Maryland Horse Industry Board was es- tablished in 1998 to promote and develop the equine industry in Maryland. For more infor- mation about the grants program and MHIB, visit http://mda.maryland.gov/horseboard/ Pages/horse_board.aspx.


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