Construction Begins for Fair Hill’s Future, continued...


Turner Construction. Ian Stark, a three time British Olympic team member and international course designer, has been hired to design the five-star course. In- ternational course builders Eric Bull and Tyson Rementer have been subcon- tracted to build the jumps for the five- star, which will also include a new water feature.


Altogether, this first phase of


the project will cost approximately $20 million, according to Guigan. During this construction process, most


of Fair Hill’s 5,000-plus acres are com- pletely unaffected and all activities for the remainder of the year are happening as scheduled. Emily Wilson, acting as- sistant secretary of Maryland DNR said, “Only about 88 acres are being closed to the public due to the construction. Tat includes only one-mile of trail closures.” Wilson encourages anyone looking to visit Fair Hill this summer and fall to contact DNR’s Fair Hill offices for details. One of the biggest earth moving construction


projects is creating a land bridge to connect the Fairgrounds and Saw Mill areas. “It’s going to be huge and crossing that stream to make it easier for people and horses to get from one section to the other,” Coldren explained.


The team behind the five-star bid and Fair Hill’s future at the official ground breaking on May 24. Tere is a fourth ring in the works as well. “Te


area for the fourth ring will already be graded and will just be grass until we move into Phase II. But even a level grass ring will be useful in the meantime,” Coldren added. Upgrades to the existing grandstands and other outbuildings fall under future building phases awaiting funds. Te funds for the Fair Hill project are a 50/50


split between private and public funds. Senator H. Wayne Norman (District 35; Harford and Cecil Counties) sponsored a $100,000 bond bill during the 2017 legislative session to go to-


ward the engineering designs for the anticipat- ed improvements at Fair Hill. Te bond bill was matched by private donations to the Fair Hill Foundation, currently chaired by Jay Griswold. “It’s a major project and a 50/50 cost share


one too,” he said. Griswold became involved with this project through Maryland Horse In- dustry Board executive director Ross Peddicord and former Fair Hill Foundation president Sam Slater. “When Sam stepped down, I came in,” Griswold stated.


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