His name is Merlin and he’s a horse and he’s a big winner. But not in the “down the stretch they come,” wearing a blanket of black-eyed Susans, going off at 5-2 odds kind of way. Merlin has won many ...

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BERLIN — The National Park Service says two people have been charged in the fatal shooting of an Assateague Island wild horse during a public deer hunt. Officials said Tuesday that an Easton resident has been charged with four violations ...

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The Maryland Horse Industry Board voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward on the first phase of a viability study for a state horse park. The board approved $8,000 to pay for the study to be conducted through the Maryland Stadium ...

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CENTREVILLE — The owner of a Centreville horse farm where 140 horses were found to be malnourished has been charged with animal cruelty. The Queen Anne’s County state’s attorney’s office has filed criminal charges against 66-year-old Marsha Parkinson, the owner ...

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A Baltimore County husband and wife were wrongly ordered to pay the costs of rescuing two of their horses, even though their criminal neglect of a third horse was so severe that the animal had to be killed, Maryland’s top ...

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In 2001, about two years after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis, Patricia Artimovich decided she wanted to return to riding horses, a great love of her youth. Artimovich, a licensed attorney who manages the contracts department at Universities Space Research ...

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Maryland is revisiting the idea of building a state horse park — designed to boost tourism and small businesses — after plans to construct one were dropped four years ago. Officials from the Maryland Horse Industry Board, the Department of ...

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The 136th Preakness Stakes was held at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday, May 21, 2011. The Daily Record's video camera was there to hear from public officials about the event and watch horse racing fans and lovers of the event enjoy the second jewel of the Triple Crown.

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Photos taken at the 136th Preakness Stakes on May 21, 2011, including the InfieldFest and Train's concert performance, the Beer Garden, the final Preakness race, the grandstands and The Preakness Village. (Photos by Rich Dennison/The Daily Record)

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ELKTON — Gov. Martin O’Malley wished Animal Kingdom luck in the Preakness Stakes and went for a ride on another steed on Friday deep in Maryland horse country, one day after he signed legislation needed to steer millions of dollars ...

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