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Woodbine Couple Found Guilty of Animal Cruelty
Candace Berry and Glenn Hopple of How-
ard County were found guilty in January of 16 counts of animal cruelty after previously be- ing charged with more than 100 counts. T e charges include failing to provide space, shelter, suffi cient food, veterinary care and “causing un- necessary pain and suff ering.” Berry was found guilty of 11 counts while Hopple was found guilty of fi ve. Howard County Animal Control visited
the residence several times between July 2019 and September 2019. Offi cials fi rst visited the property on July 10 and ob- served “several skinny horses,” as well as a miniature horse with overgrown hooves. T ere were 15 miniature horses, 10 donkeys and three horses on the property in total. According to the Baltimore
Sun, the couple was told they had to take four of the min- iature horses to a veterinar- ian within 24 hours, trim the hooves on the specifi c miniature horse mentioned and increase the horses’ weight. On July 12, offi cers returned to the prop- erty with a veterinarian who confi rmed that the horses’ lack of weight “was a food problem, not a parasite or teeth problem.” T en on July 19, seven of the miniature horses and one don- key were impounded due to low body condition scores. More than 50 animals were
April 24.
Fair Hill Races to Run at Laurel On February 10, the Cecil County Breeders’
Fair and Fair Hill Foundation announced that the 86th Fair Hill Races will take place on May 23 at Laurel Park. T e Maryland Jockey Club agreed to host the races this spring while upgrades to the track at Fair Hill are being completed. Construction on the turf course at Fair Hill be- gan just after the 2019 Fair Hill Races. T e up-
grades included realigning the track to build out wider, sweeping and banked turns. An advanced irrigation system was also put in place and the sod was replaced with Kentucky Bluegrass, which needs more time this spring to mature. T e spring races at Laurel will hold the tra-
ditional six-race card highlighted by the Valen- tine Memorial Handicap Hurdle. Racing will return to Fair Hill for 2021.
Rosaryville Expands T e Board of Public Works approved on Janu-
ary 29 the Maryland Department of Natural Re- sources’ acquisition of nearly 200 acres in Prince
touched down near Martinsburg Road and took the roof off the barn at Calleva, as well as fl attening a pole barn and windmill. No people or animals were injured but Julie Clendenin of Calleva said they have stopped all riding activi- ties until future notice. An EF-0 tornado had a path of more than two miles stretching from Route 28 between White Ground Road and Sugarland Road. Several buildings at a dog training facility were damaged. In Carroll County near Westminster, an EF-1
tornado started near the Avondale Ridge com- munity and headed northeast through the city roughly along Ridge Road and Union Street. It lifted for about four miles be- fore touching down again near Manchester. Another EF-1
tornado
touched down in Frederick County near Monrovia destroy- ing a barn and shed in the 11000 block of Fingerboard Road. T e fi fth tornado that morning was an EF-1 in Cecil County near the Pine Hill Apartments in Elkton where no major damage was reported.
Renaissance Award Winners Announced
On February 11, the third an- Kudos to…
Wicomico Hunt on winning the 2020 Land Conservation Award from the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America.
removed from the property between July and the end of September 2019. T e couple are scheduled for sentencing on
George’s County. T e property, which was slated for development, is next to Rosaryville State Park and will expand the park’s off erings and trail system. Rosaryville currently includes 982 acres with miles of trails for hiking, biking and horses. T e park hosts various activities includ- ing the Marlborough Horse Trials.
Tornadoes Touch Down in Maryland
T e National Weather Service confi rmed that at least fi ve separate tornadoes touched down in Maryland during morning storms on February 7. Two tornadoes touched down in Mont- gomery County just before 7:30 am. An EF-1
nual Renaissance Awards were presented through a collabora- tive eff ort between the Mary- land Horse Breeders Associa- tion, Maryland T oroughbred Horsemen’s Association and Maryland Jockey Club. Sharing, owned by Eclipse
T oroughbred Partners and Gainesway Stable, was named Maryland-bred Horse of the Year, Champion 2-Year-Old Filly and Champion Turf Runner. Trained by H. Graham Motion out of the Fair Hill Training Center, Shar- ing made her mark becoming only the fourth Maryland-bred to win a Breeders’ Cup race when she won the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf-Grade 1 this past year. Sagamore Farm bred Sharing and earned the
Maryland Breeder of the Year award. Saga- more led all breeders of Maryland-bred horses in earnings for the 2019 season. In addition to
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