With Key Equestrian Occasions Scheduled, October Is Declared ‘Maryland Horse Month’ – CBS Baltimore
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) — With the Maryland 5-Star, Capital Problem Horse Present and Jim McKay Maryland Million Day all on the calendar, Gov. Larry Hogan declared October as “Maryland Horse Month,” the Maryland Division of Agriculture mentioned.
The inaugural Maryland 5-Star, scheduled for Oct. 14-17 at Truthful Hill, options competitors in dressage, cross-country and present leaping, and is simply the second occasion within the U.S. to obtain a five-star designation for the excessive degree of competitors. 4 of the highest eight eventing riders are scheduled to seem on the occasion, organizers say.
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“Maryland has a wealthy historical past as a pacesetter within the horse trade, and is one in every of solely two states to host each a Triple Crown Race within the Preakness Stakes and a global 5-Star Occasion, coming this 12 months to Truthful Hill,” Hogan mentioned. “With extra horses per sq. mile than another state, the equine group is a important a part of our state’s heritage and economic system. I encourage all Marylanders to hitch in celebrating Maryland Horse Month.”
Now in its thirty sixth 12 months, Jim McKay Maryland Million Day, set for Oct. 23 at Laurel Park, highlights a few of the finest thoroughbreds within the state with a day of stakes races.
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The Capital Problem Horse Present, on now till Oct. 10 on the Prince George’s Equestrian Middle in Higher Marlboro, holds competitions for hunter/jumper horses.
A 2018 research by the American Horse Council discovered Maryland’s horse trade contributes $1.3 billion to the native economic system and helps 21,000 jobs.
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The Maryland Horse Basis has data on academic applications, locations to go to and an occasions calendar on its web site.
