Lt. Governor Anthony Brown presented the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s (MHIB) Touch of Class Award to a champion show horse and rider today during the 7th annual Maryland Horse Council Barbecue at Dodon Farm Horse Training Center & Vineyard in Davidsonville. Joining him in the presentation were Agriculture Deputy Secretary Mary Ellen Setting and MHIB Chairman Jim Steele. Accepting the award were Ashley Foster, a 17 year-old college freshmen, and her horse Charade, a 12 year-old Warmblood gelding who trains at Rolling Acres Farm in Brookeville in Montgomery County. Lt. Governor Brown also presented a Secretary’s Citation to Kathy Schwartz-Howe, founder of Days End Farm Horse Rescue, who is retiring after 24 years as the organization’s executive director. “I am pleased to present the Touch of Class award to Ashley and Charade, an accomplished rider and horse who represent the best of our equine industry’s past, present and future,” said Lt. Governor Brown. “Maryland has a long tradition of horsemanship, and today we have more horses per square mile that any other state. I congratulate this team for being such outstanding representatives of our state on the national level.” Foster and Charade, trained by Foster’s aunt Mary Lisa Leffler, were […]
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