Madelyn Millard Receives AHC’s 2012 Van Ness Award

The Van Ness Award goes to a person who has shown leadership and service to the horse community in her state.
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Each year, the American Horse Council (AHC) presents the Van Ness Award to a person who has shown leadership and service to the horse community in her state. It is awarded in memory of Mrs. Marjorie Van Ness, one of the founders of the New Jersey Horse Council and the AHC’s Coalition of State Horse Councils. This year’s award was presented to Madelyn Millard of Lexington, Ky., for her service to the horse community in Kentucky and nationwide.

"As president of the Kentucky Horse Council (KHC), Ms. Millard has made her state council effective and critical to the industry’s health and involved at the state and national level," said AHC president Jay Hickey in presenting the award at the recent AHC annual meeting. "During her tenure as president, Madelyn guided the KHC board and staff to develop novel programs in such diverse areas as horse welfare, equine professional education, youth support and recognition, trail protection, and legislative involvement and communications."

One of Millard’s major goals was to educate both the general public and Kentucky elected officials that the term "horse industry" not only applies to big racing and breeding operations in Kentucky, but to all breeds and all activities. She helped to create programs that emphasized that horse farms, whether commercial or recreational, play a large part in the agricultural life of Kentucky. Other noteworthy programs she helped create include: Save Our Horses, which funds programs helping unwanted horses; Gelding and Euthanasia Clinics, which supplemented funding for horse owners’ whose incomes did not allow them to pay for these services; and the Equine Disaster Relief Fund to assist horse owners nationwide if they are victims of floods, tornadoes, or other natural disasters.

"These are all great programs and models for other states to follow," said Hickey

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