Career horsewoman Margie Margentino, Manager
of the Somerset County Park Commission Lord Stirling Stable, has received the
2015 Outstanding Service Award at the Eastern National 4-H Horse Round Up (ENRU)
in Louisville, Kentucky, a part of the North American International Livestock
Exposition.
The award, sponsored by the Pinto Horse
Association of America, recognizes outstanding individuals who have been
leaders in the horse industry and have helped young horse enthusiasts further
their equestrian knowledge and skills.
Honored for her 29 years of service to the
event, Margentino has served as a judge, and as co-superintendent of the Horse
Bowl contest.
Margentino has been involved in the 4-H
horse program for more than 45 years. She credits the 4-H Horse Judging program
in giving her a start in her licensed officials’ career with the United States
Equestrian Federation where she had earned large R status as a Combined Driving
Course Designer, Judge, and Technical Delegate, in addition to being an FEI C
Course Designer.
Prior to becoming the Manager of Lord
Stirling, Margentino provided leadership to the New Jersey 4-H Horse program as
the state’s equine and livestock Program Associate for Rutgers Cooperative
Extension. She has served on the national boards or committees of the American
Youth Horse Council, the American Driving Society, United States Driving for
the Disabled, the former United States Equestrian Team, and has been a
clinician for the United States Equestrian Federation.
Established in 1968, Lord
Stirling Stable is home to 80 horses and ponies and serves the recreational
equestrian needs of Somerset and nearby counties. The Stable recently received the state’s
prestigious Gold Medal Horse Farm Award for its environmental stewardship and
management.
Information
on all Somerset County Park Commission activities may be found on the Internet
at www.somersetcountyparks.org.
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