From Selima to Skinner: Horse Racing in Early Maryland & America, 1740-1840
Maryland Horse Library & Education CenterReisterstown, MD
Monday, June 22  • 6 PM - 7:30 PM
Overview
Learn about Maryland’s early days of racing, from the the arrival of the country’s first Thoroughbred to the pre-Civil War era.
Racing historian donald Walsh will cover Maryland’s early days of racing, from the time before the arrival of the country’s first Thoroughbred to the pre-Civil war era. Learn about Selima, Post Boy, and the Great Match Race of 1823 and gain a better understanding of the origins of the Thoroughbred breed and how the format of flat racing has changed over the course of two and a half centuries in America. Â
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Highlights
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- all ages
- In person
- Free parking
- Doors at 5:45 PM
Location
Maryland Horse Library & Education Center
321 Main Street
Reisterstown, MD 21136
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