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NEWS &VIEWS


Anne Arundel Equestrians: Underserved By Janice Binkley T e Problem


Horse people in Anne Arundel County own


over 10,200 acres. Despite the signifi cance of the size of horse industry, Anne Arundel County Recreation and Parks has only two dedicated equestrian facilities: Andover Eques- trian Center near BWI and the Andy Smith Equestrian Facility in Broadneck. With lim- ited amenities, these two facilities do not begin to address the need for equine-friendly open space in the county. T ere are six trail locations, but only three


have safe or accessible trailer parking, and two of these have locked gates (pass-codes are available via an online application process, but this is not very user friendly). Half of these lo- cations provide only asphalt “trails.”


T e Potential Rockhold Creek Farm in the county’s rural south is a nearly 400-acre property acquired by the county in 2006 with a deed providing that the property should be utilized for agricultural purposes, open space, as a public park and/or for athletic, recreational or educational purpos-


Getting social with The Equiery!


Facebook (www.Facebook.com/T eEquiery) HI HO PIMLICO!


T at’s what our Equiery Facebook followers were telling us last month, with your excitement and engage- ment over just about everything we posted about Old Hilltop, from Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming’s arrival in town (video posted 5/9 with a reach of 3,500) to the Sunrise Tours and tour guide biographies, to local girl Taylor Leatherman getting some saddle time on Preakness contender Royal Mo (photo posted 5/12 with a fol- lowing of 2,600), to local award re- cipients at the Alibi Breakfast! You read with great interest the


many articles, and confl icting view- points about whether to keep the Preakness at Pimlico or to move it to Laurel, and if our statistics mean anything, hundreds of you will be showing up on July 16 to Canter for the Cause (or walk or trot if you prefer!) on the hallowed track at Old Hilltop! If Equiery Facebook readers were the judge, we are pretty sure the


Preakness would stay in Baltimore and that the grand dame, Pimlico, would get whatever help she needs to rise back to the top of race track royalty, where she once was. Who knows what the reality will be; only time will tell. We look forward to keeping you updated! Fourty-four new followers joined T e Equiery Facebook page in May. Please keep sharing our posts and inviting your friends to like our page.


Twitter (@equiery) With the buzz around the Preakness fl ooding Facebook, it is


no surprise that the top fi ve @equiery tweets in May all related to the Triple Crown. T e video posted by @PreaknessStakes on May 20 of Cloud Computing’s narrow Preakness victory took the top spot with hundreds of followers retweeting and liking this post. Second and third place spots went to two May 3 Kentucky Derby-related tweets; the offi cial Derby post positions posted by @BH_CNovak


in


second and Maryland trainer


@Graham-


Motion‘s photo of the @MarylandDNR sign outside of Fair Hill


IF YOU HAVE NEWS, VIEWS OR UPDATES TO CONTRIBUTE, PLEASE SEND THEM TO Editor at The Equiery, P.O. Box 610, Lisbon, MD 21765 • FAX: 410-489-7828 • email editor@equiery.com.


Be sure to include your full name, phone number and address. All submissions become the property of The Equiery. 8 | THE EQUIERY | JUNE 2017 800-244-9580 | www.equiery.com


es. It is currently surrounded by farms. Currently, part of the property has been slated for use as a retaining pond for the sludge that is produced after local waterways are dredged. According to authorities, the sludge ponds will eventually be covered by dirt, but no buildings will ever be able to be erected on those sites. With a public-private partnership, Rockhold


Creek Farm could be utilized as an equestrian venue, which would preserve its original mis- sion. T e nonprofi t Rosaryville Conservancy and the publicly owned Rosaryville State Park could be used as a model.


Like Rosaryville,


You Can Use relatively speaking,


there


would be limited infrastructure needs and limited capital requirements. With a public- private partnership, the property, which has water crossings and a pond, could be preserved in its current state, as open and unobstructed fi elds, with trails through the woods and cross- country jumps, making it an ideal location for competitive trail riding, hunter paces, hunter trials and horse trails. A historic dairy barn could become an education center for 4-H (the county has 1,500 4-Hers!), Pony Clubs and other groups. T e large fl at fi elds could some- day host polocrosse, dressage, and horse shows, and perhaps one day the facility would be able to host the Marlborough steeplechase races (a.k.a. “Roedown”). Rockhold Creek Farm is a beautiful property and could easily become Anne Arundel Coun- ty’s equestrian “crown jewel.”


KUDOS! Congratulations to Zellie Wothers of Sykes-


ville, who won the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association championship for the Intermedi- ate Equitation on the Flat class at the national


Zellie Wothers - IHSA Champion! continued...


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