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ride at Full Moon Farm.” In addition, Fulton sent out a challenge to other barns to do similar programs at their stables. She said, “T e equestrian community possesses many strengths, including a willing- ness to learn and improve, and a passion for sharing the incredible joy that horses can bring to a person’s life. We can all create a welcoming opportunity for more participants and fans.”


MD Racing Commission Regulations Update


On December 2, the Maryland Racing Com-


Guests and ponies share holiday cheer at the Greenwell Foundation’s drive-through holi- day meet and greet.


Greenwell Hosts a Horse Drive Thru On December 3, the Greenwell Foundation in


Hollywood, Maryland, hosted a drive-thru holi- day celebration. Staff and horses were decked out in holiday costumes and lined the Manor House driveway circle where invited friends from group homes and day programs were able to drive up and pet the horses through their car windows. Each visitor left with a goodie bag as well. “Greenwell Foundation


has been off ering our Wa- tershed Heroes program for almost four years,” said Greenwell’s Executive Direc- tor Jolanda Campbell. “We are holding Watershed He- roes [programs] over ZOOM and were so eager to see our friends in person in a safe and healthy way. So we designed this special celebration.”


Full Moon Farm Gifts Lessons


T is past December, Full


Moon Farm reached out to its Finksburg area commu- nity asking for nominations of children from families af- fected by COVID-19 that may need a Christmas/holi- day gift. Farm owner Karen Fulton committed to donat- ing 25 private


lessons “to


bring holiday cheer to those who have not yet been able to


mission approved fi nal regulations related to continuing education for trainers, banning race- day Lasix and expanded restrictions on shock wave therapy. All three topics began moving through the regulatory process months ago. According a MRC press release, “continuing


education programs are part of the Mid-Atlan- tic Strategic Plan to Reduce Equine Fatalities.” As of January 1, 2022, all licensed trainers and assistant trainers must provide documentation showing they participated in four hours of con- tinuing education during the 2021 calendar year. Two of those hours must be related to


equine health and welfare. T is new require- ment follows along what New York is already doing, and other Mid-Atlantic states are in the process of implementing similar regulations. T e Maryland T oroughbred Horsemen’s As- sociation has started discussions on providing educational programs that will satisfy the new requirement. Earlier this year, MRC approved revising the


Lasix regulation to ban its use within 48 hours of a race for 2-year-olds only. In 2021, this rule will be extended to all graded stakes run at Maryland racetracks. Currently, non-graded stakes are not part of the Lasix ban. As for shock wave therapy, MRC has now


stated that a horse is not permitted to race within 10 days of receiving this treatment. T e new regulation extends the 10-day stand-down to training and workouts. In addition, MRC signed off on the recom- mendation from the Maryland-Bred Race Advisory Committee to maintain the current percentages for breeder and stallion purse bo- nuses through June 2021. T ere is a caveat that these percentages may need to be amended should COVID-19 restrictions impact racing’s revenue stream. Currently the breeder bonus is 25% and the stallion bonus is 8.33%. T ese percentages were reduced from 30% and 10% in 2020 due to the shutdown of live racing and casino gambling in Maryland during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.


ESWHA Announces Scholarship Winners


T e Eastern Shore West-


Burke Equipment Food Drive Burke Equipment Company fi nancially contributes to the Food Bank of


Delaware through its summer Kubota Customer Appreciation Event. T is funding helped provide food for the Seasonal Food Bank distribution at Do- ver Downs on November 18, 2020. Over 1700 families were provided food.


ern Horse Association an- nounced this past November the winners of its annual $500 scholarships. T e schol- arships are to be applied to the 2020-2021 school year and were presented at the club’s annual open meeting. T is year’s winners are Haley Scott and Georgia Weiner. Typically ESWHA presents one scholarship, however this


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