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CHRONOFHORSE.COM M AY/J U N E 2 015 21 On Deck Mark your calendar with these upcoming important dates. u May 16 Make your way to Lexington, Ky., for the first annual Horse Capital Marathon & Half Marathon, which begin at the beautiful Fasig-Tipton sales center and wind through more than 40 of the Blue- grass State's most beautiful horse farms. If you're not a runner (or need more than a few weeks notice before signing up for 26-mile run), walkers are welcome in the half marathon, and volunteers are still needed for a wide range of jobs on race day. As a bonus, partial proceeds from the run will go to Blue Grass Farms Charities, a 501(c)(3) devoted to provid- ing health and human services to people working in all aspects of the orough- bred industry in Central Kentucky. Learn more at HorseCapitalMarathon.com. u May 18 e U.S. Equestrian Federation and its Mileage Rule Revision Task Force will host a town hall meeting at the Marriot Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington, Ky. If you can't attend in person, the event will be broadcast live on USEFNetwork.com at 3 p.m. ET. Task force members will address topics regarding the USEF competition calendar and licensing issues and take questions and suggestions from the audience and web viewers. Visit USEFNetwork.com/featured/ USEFTownHallMeetings to pre-register for the event. u June 1 at's the closing date for submissions to the Chronicle's annual Junior Gallery for our 2015 Junior and Pony Issue. Readers aged 18 and younger may enter artistic submissions related to sport with either horse or hound, in any medium except photographs. All submissions—whether art or writing—must be original creations by the applicant. You can submit via regular mail to P.O. Box 46, Middleburg, VA 20118 or via courier service to 108 e Plains Rd., Middleburg, VA 20117. Submissions may also be emailed (300 dpi at at least 4" x 6") to Lauren@ chronofhorse.com. Be sure to include the artist or writer's name, age and home- town. u July 1 Attention current high school seniors: If you plan to con- tinue your equestrian career throughout college, you'll want to apply for the U.S. Equestrian Federation's new $1,000 High School Scholarship. is grant will be awarded to one young rider who plans to pursue either an equestrian- related degree or to ride on an intercollegiate equestrian team. Applicants must be active members of the USEF and submit an essay by July 1 outlining their past accomplish- ments and future goals. Visit USEF.org or email tschroeder@ usef.org for more information. Clarifications And Corrections Our feature story "The Maryland Hunt Cup: Where Tradition Always Wins" in the March/April issue of Untacked incorrectly stated that there is no announcer at the race; Will O'Keefe became the first and only announcer in 1994. In addition, jockey Crompton Smith Jr. was misidentified as "Compton." The Test Lab feature from the same issue stated that a portion of proceeds from sales directly from successequestrian.com go to the Equestrian Aid Foundation. In fact, Success Equestrian LLC donates a portion of all sales of their products to the EAF, regardless of where they are purchased. ] [

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