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James T. Dresher, Jr. was founder, principal, and CEO of Skye Hospitality, LLC.  Skye developed, owned, and managed ten Hilton and Marriott-branded hotels in the Baltimore region including four properties in White Marsh and four at Arundel Mills Mall.  Skye sold its hotel portfolio to MCR Development, a hotel ownership group based in New York and changed the company name to Skye Asset Management LLC.

Skye Asset Management currently leads an investment group whose portfolio includes ownership in several private companies in the banking, bio-tech, and social media industries.

Prior to entering the hotel business, Dresher co-owned a chain of McDonald’s restaurants in the Baltimore area.

Dresher is Past Chairman of the Board of Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Board of Trustees and currently serves on the board of Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. He is a past member of the Greater Baltimore Committee and the Maryland Horse Breeders Association Board of Directors.

Dresher and his wife, Patti, own and operate Glenangus Farm in Bel Air, Maryland where they raise thoroughbred horses.

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David Nevins is president & CEO of Nevins & Associates, a highly regarded strategic communications company and proactive public relations partner. The firm’s regional and national client base is a unique mix of organizations across a variety of industries including: healthcare, professional service firms, finance, not-for-profits, distributors, state agencies, national media companies, technology, political and grassroots campaigns, real estate development, sporting events, and more.

With more than 30 years of experience in marketing, public relations, and community and government relations, David is a talented and seasoned executive. Prior to founding Nevins & Associates in 1983, David served as the Director of Marketing for both Towson University and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. In 2001, he was tapped by the CEO of Comcast to employ his marketing expertise as President of the company’s regional sports network, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. David is a Past President of the Board of Governors for the Center Club and is a former Chairman of the Board of Regents for the University System of Maryland, a position to which he was appointed by the Governor of Maryland. David has chaired the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission and the Maryland Higher Education Loan Corporation, served as President of both the Jewish National Fund and the Towson Business Association and was a member of the PNC Bank board.

David is highly involved in the business, civic, and political communities, and his many years of active leadership in numerous organizations have built a network of contacts that he regularly puts to use for the firm’s clients. For more information, visit www.nevinspr.com.

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The Maryland Horse Library and Education Center kicked off Black History Month on Saturday, Feb. 1, by hosting Keeneland Library’s traveling exhibit The Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers.

Along with the exhibit’s arrival, exhibit curator and Keeneland Library director Roda Ferraro gave a talk providing context and highlighting the lives and careers of Black horsemen and horsewomen from the mid-1800s to the present.

From racetrack superstars to behind-the-scenes caretakers, Ferraro gave just a tiny glimpse into the vast history of this topic with stories of just a few of the countless African Americans who forged their way in horse racing in Kentucky and beyond.

Ferraro also dived into the history of Lexington’s East End, home to the Kentucky Association track from the late 1820s through 1933, the nucleus of a thriving Black community. By the late 1800s, four future Racing Hall of Famers lived in Lexington’s East End: jockeys Isaac Burns Murphy and Jimmy Winkfield, trainer Ansel Williamson, and trainer/owner Edward Dudley Brown. Hundreds of others bought homes, built businesses, and raised their families in surrounding neighborhoods.

The event’s opening also featured a book signing by Alvin Stone, author of Stoney: The Story of my Dad’s Life, an African American Groom of Horse Racing. A Baltimore resident, Stone tells a personal story of his family’s connection to horses.

The exhibit, a total of nine interpretive panels that include particulars on a number of those discussed by Ferraro, will be on display at MHLEC, 321 Main Street in Historic Reisterstown through the end of February. Additional events and displays will also be featured throughout the month.

(Reisterstown, MD – January 29, 2025)

ThoroughbredAuctions.com announces the Maryland Horse Foundation Stallion Season to be held online from February 9th to February 12th.

12 stallions are being offered, including Blofield, Bourbon Courage, Cupid, Divining Rod, Engage, Friesian Fire, Galawi(Ire),Holy Boss, Kobe’s Back, Mosler and Warrant.

Proceeds of the auctions will support operations of the Maryland Horse Foundation, which was chartered in 1988 by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association to serve various educational and charitable needs of the Maryland horse industry.

Link to the Auction: https://internethorseauctions.com/auction-tb.php?aucid=567

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Online Auctions since 2012 boasting a high seller of $226,000. Their online auctions include the complete dispersal of RD Hubbard Thoroughbreds, which grossed over $1.5 million dollars with an average price of $28,895.

Tim and Cathy are the industry’s most experienced show horse auction managers. Our team managed more than 380 live horse auctions selling over 80,000 horses since 1978. Tim’s previous firm, Professional Auction Services, was the largest show horse auction company in the world, by number of horses sold for 15 years.

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For more information on Maryland Horse Foundation visit MarylandHorse.com