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Ira Zimmerman, 69, died in March of natural causes in Saratoga, NY, where he had been living. T e How- ard County native was born into a horse family in which his mother Zelda was a racehorse trainer and bred ponies with the Zim prefi x. Ira and his brothers helped with the training and showed the ponies success- fully on the local and rated circuits, and later moved onto horses after they aged out of the junior divisions. Ira began riding pro-
nocchio in the Maryland Horse Shows Association 1953 High Score Awards; Random Catch, owned by Danielle DeNike, a grand champion for the Howard County Horse Shows Association; and Josephine Spaulding’s Frosty the Snowman. One of Ira’s most famous winners was Mr. and Mrs. August Busch Jr.’s
show hunter
Stocking Stuff er in the mid 1970s. Dr. John P. Madison, a devoted
Ira Zimmerman and Frosty the Snowman on the cover of the February 2006 Equiery.
fessionally when he was 14 years old, and is remembered for being a gifted, soft rider, who was able to bring out the best in a horse. In addition to training and showing horses, Ira also ran a horse show business called Ira Zimmerman Horse Show Set Ups, hosting shows for others like the Howard County Horse Shows Association, the Potomac Horse Center and Hunter’s Creek Farm. As a rider and trainer, Ira had success in both the show hunter ring and in the jumper ring. Horse show records and association records are fi lled with the names of Ira-trained or rid- den winners like Silent Step at the Middle- burg National Horse Show; In the Black at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show; Pi-
volunteer at the Frederick County 4-H T eraputic Riding Program and sign language interpreter at Frederick Community College,
died after a two year battle with cancer on May 8. He was 77. Born in New York, Madi- son grew up with a passion for teaching and horses. He received his undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology/Audiology and El- ementary Education, and earned an M.S. in English and Secondary Education at SUNY Geneseo. He spent his career teaching at six diff erent colleges, including the University of Maryland. After retiring in 2002, he began volunteering for the Frederick County 4-H T eraputic Riding Program. He spent his time interpreting the words of instructors into sign language during training and les- sons, working one on one with students, and helping put any nervous riders at ease.
Congratulations to former Marylander Amelia Helen Smith and Benjamin Siemsen on their recent engagement. A 2019 wedding is planned.
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