NEWS&VIEWS You Can Use Western Maryland Horse Trail Map
Dianne Dougherty of Trail Rider's Path has published a new waterproof guide for equestri- an trails. T e guide focusses on the western part of Marylandand is called Western Maryland Horse Trail Maps/Camping Guide. For more information, visit:
https://trailriderspath.com.
Pimlico Construction Updates T e Maryland T oroughbred Racetrack
Operating Authority (MTROA) provided the following update on the renovation plans for Pimlico Racecourse at its Febru- ary meeting. • Pimlico will have 410 residential stalls and 80 receiving stalls. • 260 of those stalls will be along the back- stretch where the current brick barns are located. • 36 stalls will become the “Preakness Compound” where the current stakes barns are located. • Additional stalls will be located along Rogers and Winner avenues. • T ere is no site plan as of yet for the club- house/grandstand facility. • T ere are no plans as of yet for the parcels along Northern Parkway. • Demolition will begin 30 days after this year’s Preakness Stakes. • Horses will be stabled at Pimlico from around one month before the Preakness Meet begins until May 31. • MTROA will repurpose and save certain historical elements of the stakes barns and the Preakness barn. • T e new barns will be built in a “hybrid” method that includes fabric-like roofs.
Former Reddemeade Grounds to Become Public Park
Longtime lesson and boarding stable Red-
demeade Farm in Ashton was sold to Mont- gomery County in 2023 and subsequently closed. T e Montgomery County Parks De- partment intends to turn the property into a public natural and historical park. Cassandra Michaud, who happens to be a horse owner boarding at Waredaca in Laytonsville and who is also the Cultural Resources Stewardship Su- pervisor for Montgomery Parks, met with the Sandy Spring Museum staff in mid-February to provide updates on the project.
According to the Sandy Spring Museum, the
future Ednor Soapstone Quarry Park will be a “site dedicated to the conservation, research, and interpretation of soapstone and the indig- enous use of this resource.” Museum staff is looking into partnership programming oppor- tunities including sharing several of its artifacts
Happy 75th
Anniversary to the Maryland Jousting Tournament Association!
Waltz, by Street Cry) 2024 earnings of $107,462 • Omar Comin (Golden Lad x Great Start, by Jump Start) 2024 earnings of $86,010
Stay tuned for photos from the club’s anniversary celebration.
including bowl fragments, arrowheads and other Indigenous people artifacts.” T e project is in early stages. Montgomery
County is removing existing structures such as barns and arenas, and a full-scale archeological dig is underway.
2024 MHBA Yearling Show Purse Premiums
Each year, the Maryland Horse Breeders
Association (MHBA) distributes $40,000 in bonus awards from the Maryland-Bred Funds to the top four earners of two-year-olds and three-year-olds who participated in the annual MHBA Yearling Show. All earnings are verifi ed by T e Jockey Club with the total funds being split between the two age groups. T e premium is distributed 65% to the exhibitor of the leading earner ($13,000), 20% to the second lead- ing earner ($4,000), 10% to the third leading earner ($2,000) and 5% to the fourth leading earner ($1,000). Below are the 2024 bonus winners.
T ree-Year-Old Winners (shown in 2022) • Miss Harriett (Blofeld x Tejano Sea, by Sea of Secrets) 2024 earnings of $195,950 • Pudd’n N Pie (Unifi ed x Plum, by Pure Prize) 2024 earnings of $111,272 • In the Dance (Imagining x Street
Two-Year-Old Winners (shown in 2023) • Malibu Hooch (Bourbon Courage x Sunday in Malibu, by Malibu Moon) 2024 earnings of $94,425 • T undering (Mosler x Keep Right, by Street Cry) 2024 earnings of $65,638 • Kissling (Practical Joke x Flip the Switch) 2024 earnings of $36,780 • It’s a Shore T ing (Honor A.P. x Madi- son Avenue, by Quality Road) 2024 earn- ings of $28,590
New IEA "Green" Scholarships T e Interscholastic Equestrian Associa-
tion has partnered with YETI and Green
is the New Blue (GNB) to create a new schol- arship program called the Green Leadership Scholarships. T e program will award a total of $5,000 in scholarship funds to fi ve IEA youth members. Applicants must be IEA Youth mem- bers and also be a part of the GNB Green Lead- ers Program, which was launched in the fall of 2024. T e program encourages IEA members to incorporate sustainable practices into their ev- eryday life at the barn, home and beyond. “YETI’s partnership with Green Is the New
Blue allows us to deepen our roots in the eques- trian community while highlighting the impor- tance of sustainability through the YETI Green continued...
December 2024 Equiery cover horse Comman- dalenas Legacy scored a 145.5 in the reining and 140 on the cow at the NRCHA Celebration of Champions in Fort Worth, TX, this past March. Ku- dos to his breeder/owner Dana Graff t of Frederick.
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