Maryland’s 2016 News Makers, continued
about making the trip overseas, and was very tentative at fi rst. “I’m living on my own now, supporting myself and I just didn’t see how I could make it happen,” Poretz explained. Train- er and mentor Joe Davies, who represented the U.S. in this same series when he was a jockey, really pushed Poretz to accept the once-in-a- lifetime opportunity. T e ARCA helped raise funds for travel ex- penses as did others. “Skip and Vickie Crawford and Joe and Blythe Davies also cosponsored my trip and are big mentors,” Poretz stated, also crediting his girlfriend Sabrina Moore with his racing success. “She is very crucial in keep- ing me in line for the race season and helps me make critical choices with racing.” And of course, Poretz said the whole expe-
rience would not have been possible if Yova- novich had not chosen him for the program. “Traveling overseas has really helped my riding. One hundred percent,” said Poretz. “Any extra time racing helps and the experience has really helped me to work towards becoming a more effi cient rider.”
Mickey Rogers Wins Volunteer Award
From the Carroll County Equestrian Council Since childhood, Mickey Rogers has been involved with horses, working with weanlings through two-year- olds when race training starts. His way of teaching the young horse about the world by spending quality time ev- ery day with them produces a horse that is safe and happy. In the early years of the acquisition of Morgan
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Run Natural Environment Area by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources,
covered his favorite place to trail ride.
Mickey dis- Although
the trails were mowed, each time he rode he car- ried hand clippers and a folding saw to trim the overgrowth as he enjoyed the area. In encountering other riders he discovered there were organized trail workdays,
coordinated
by the Carroll County Equestrian Council. T at was over 10 years ago. Since then, Mickey has been a regular participant in the six monthly trail workdays; he is wicked with a handsaw and long-handled pruners and according to Mickey,
“Anything
CCEC Volunteer of the Year Mickey Rogers
with a two-cycle engine comes to my house to die.” During lunch af- ter the trail work, the conversation some- times turns to Mickey’s interest in history; al- though he isespecially interested in the Civil War era he has not yet ventured into the world of reenactment with horses.
Carroll County Equestrian Council
member Carolyn Garber states, “T e trails at Morgan Run NEA continue to be the favor- ite destination for many who enjoy horseback
Feather, owned and ridden by Scotty Sherman, was the TAKE2 2016 Hunter Champion.
riding, hiking, bird watching and other pursuits thanks to Mickey’s dedication and hard work.”
Feather Wins TAKE2 Award
T e TAKE2 T oroughbred League is a mem- ber-based initiative that is part of the TAKE2 Second Career T oroughbred Program, a na- tional program giving awards for hunters and jumpers. For the 2016 season, Maryland’s own Scotty Sherman won the Hunter award with Feather, earning over 3,000 points more than the second place winner, Cooperstown, owned by fellow Marylander Ken Krome. Miranda Scott and Win Lewis teamed up to place sev- enth in the Jumper standings with Mr. Pike.
McKay Named to Media Roll of Honor
Maryland legend Jim McKay (1921-2008) was elected to the National Museum of Rac- ing’s Joe Hirsch Media Roll of Honor, which was established in 2010 to recognize individu- continued ...
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