WBALTV News 11 visited the Maryland Horse Library and Education Center to highlight the traveling exhibit “Heart of the Turf: Racing’s Black Pioneers” from the Keeneland Library!
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Ross Peddicord, Executive Director of the Maryland Horse Industry Board, visited the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center on September 25, 2023 to discuss how the Maryland Horse Park System came to be and take a look at Maryland’s world-class equestrian events.
Joe Davies, the stepson of former Laurel Park president and creator of the Washington D.C. International John Schapiro, visited the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center on October 22, 2023, to discuss the history and significance of the International.
Sam Robinson, the official artist of the National Steeplechase Association, visited the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center on July 24, 2023.
Katie Flory of the Maryland SPCA visited the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center on March 25, 2024 to discuss the SPCA’s first female president, Mary Butler Scherer, and the history of women within the organization.
On Monday, Jan. 22, the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center welcomed longtime Baltimore sports columnist and author John Eisenberg to discuss his five horse racing books: The Longest Shot: Lil E. Tee and the Kentucky Derby, Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost: Hero of a Golden Age, The Great Match Race: When North Met South in America’s First Sports Spectacle, My Guy Barbaro: A Jockey’s Journey Through Love, Triumph, and Heartbreak with America’s Favorite Horse, and Hallowed Ground: A History of Gainesway Farm.
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On Monday, Nov. 6, the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center welcomed author Patrick Smithwick, to discuss his latest book, War’s Over, Come Home.
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Fran Burns, now president of the Maryland State Fair, visited the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023 to discuss the history of the Fair and her family’s connections to the Fair.
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Gerry Brewster and John Frece visited the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center on Monday, June 26, 2023 to discuss Frece’s book Self Destruction: the Rise, Fall, and Redemption of U.S. Senator Daniel B. Brewster on Brewster’s father, former Maryland senator and horseman Daniel Brewster.
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Kirsten Green, Jazz Napravnik, Lindy Gutman, Clare Mansmann, and Tom Mansmann visited the Maryland Horse Library & Education Center on May 22, 2023 to discuss the Retired Racehorse Project.
To learn more about the RRP, visit therrp.org.