17-Year-Old Rodeo Champ from Queen Anne’s County Receives Touch of Class Award Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance presented the Maryland Horse Industry Board’s (MHIB) Touch of Class Award Saturday to Spencer Bramble, a 17 year-old senior at Queen Anne’s County High School and a World Champion rodeo rider during a special “Evening at the Harness Races” program at Rosecroft Raceway in Prince George’s County. “Spencer represents the next generation of equine professionals who will continue Maryland’s heritage of outstanding horsemanship,” said Secretary Hance. “We are pleased to recognize a young man who has already achieved so much in his sport.” The MHIB, a program within the Maryland Department of Agriculture, presents the Touch of Class Award every month to Maryland horses and people who have achieved national and international recognition. In August, Bramble and his roan Quarter Horse gelding, Pure Blue Boon, won the American Quarter Horse Youth Association World Championship in tie-down roping in Oklahoma City. Boon accompanied Spencer to Rosecroft to accept the award. Bramble and his other mount, the buckskin gelding, W R Lynxalena, were the Reserve World Champions. Also on hand to present the award will be MHIB Chairman Jim Steele, Maryland Horse Council president Jane Seigler […]
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