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When it began, the winner received the title Miss Timonium Fair, but winners have also been given the title of Farm Queen, and now the winner receives the title of Miss Maryland Agriculture. According to Phyllis McKenzie, the 2012 Miss Maryland Agriculture winner, the program is a, "knowledge contest run through the farm bureau program.
The Maryland State Fair is held in Timonium each year near Labor Day on the grounds of the former Timonium Race Course, which is an important site along with Pimlico Race Course in northwest Baltimore and Laurel Park in Prince George's County, along with other former tracks at Bowie and Rosecroft in Maryland thoroughbred horse racing traditions.
Rosecroft Raceway, nicknamed the "Raceway by the Beltway" for being close to Interstate 495, is a harness racing track in Fort Washington, Maryland.It first opened in 1949 and was owned by William E. Miller, a horse trainer and breeder.
This lifelong affair began when Collmus’ father installed the sound system at Timonium Race Track at the Maryland State Fair, located just north of Baltimore. Collmus was immediately charmed by ...
Timonium (Paphlagonia), an ancient fort; Timonium, Maryland. Timonium Road, exit 16 off Interstate 83 in Maryland; Timonium station (formerly Timonium Business Park) Timonium Fairgrounds and Timonium Racetrack, location of the Maryland State Fair. Fairgrounds station (formerly Timonium Fairgrounds)
Bee Bee Bee was bred by former Illinois racing commissioner William S. Miller of Chicago who dispersed his racing stable following a bribery scandal involving Chicago mayor, Richard J. Daley. As a result, during the 1971-72 winter Bee Bee Bee became the property of William S. Farish III who late in the decade became the owner of Lane's End Farm ...
Pimlico Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes.Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London.
Ocean Downs is a casino and harness racing track in Berlin, Maryland, near Ocean City.It is owned and operated by Churchill Downs Inc.. Construction started in 1947 as a harness racetrack, and it opened in 1949 with Ocean Downs Racing Association (ODRA) as owner.