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Miss Maryland Allison Redman (right) with her horse Sydney will be making one of her few in-person public appearances at the Preakness on Saturday. The Bel Air-native is a volunteer in the Therapeutic Riding program at Normandy Farms in Street. (Courtesy Allison Redman)
BEL AIR, MD Allison Redman, of Bel Air, has been riding horses for nearly 20 years. These days, she keeps her horse Sydney at Normandy Farms in Street, where Redman also volunteers in the Therapeutic Riding program for individuals with special needs.
Though Redman, 27, has grown up in Maryland and spent years around horses, she has never been to the Preakness Stakes. However, that is set to change on Saturday when Redman will be at Baltimore s Pimlico Race Course in her official capacity as Miss Maryland. Redman will be a guest of the Maryland Jockey Club and has been told she will present a trophy, though she is not sure for which race.
The Preakness is going to provide an in-person event this weekend for Miss Maryland Allison Redman.In the past year, most of Redman s appearances have been virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So, the Preakness is giving her an opportunity to not just represent the state, but to support the horse industry. I took lessons and I just kind of never left, Redman said.Redman loves spending time in the arena with her horse, Sydney. Crowned miss Maryland in June, the Harford County native began riding when she was 8. This weekend, she ll be at Preakness in an official capacity to represent the state. I’m very excited. I haven t done an in-person event in a while, she said.Redman has spent the last year doing mostly virtual events because of the pandemic. A violinist with the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, music education is her platform.But Normandie Farm in Street is where she spends her downtime, volunteering with the therapeutic riding program helping kids with special nee