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issue of the rotting carcasses along the property line, requiring the owner to relocate and proper- ly compost the bodies within a 10-day window. Failure to do so would have resulted in a citation, with a corresponding fi ne or court date. Barry Glotfelty, Director of Environmental Health Services for the FCHD, told T e Equi- ery that the owner complied and the case was closed. “On May 3, a team made a site visit and did not see any signs of where the horses had been and no bodies could be seen,” he said. DEFHR continues to rehabilitate the horses that were removed from the property.


MHC Participates in Compost Study T e Maryland Horse Council has been in-


cluded by statute in a study created by the 2017 House Bill 171, “Department of the Environ- ment – Yard Waste, Food Residuals, and Other Organic Materials Diversion and Infrastructure – Study.” T e bill took eff ect in July of 2017, for the study that requires the Department of the Environment to analyze the diversion of yard waste, food waste and other organics, such as horse manure, away from landfi lls. MDE stud- ies the infrastructure needed to support that diversion. T e MDE study group will produce a preliminary report of recommendations this year, with a fi nal report next year. Jane T ery, the Chair of MHC’s Farm Stew-


ardship Committee, has been MHC’s repre- sentative on the study committee represent- ing the horse community to ensure that new state rules and regulations on composting are user-friendly for horse farms. During the fi rst meeting, she suggested simplifying rules for on-farm composting, promoting various com- posting technologies through technical and fi nancial assistance and increasing the number


Bridge Named in Honor of Fallen Marine and Foxhunter


On May 26, Corporal Kirk Bosselmann, USMC, son of Potomac Hunt members Beverley (Jt.- MFH) and Rainer Bosselmann, was remembered as the bridge over the Monocacy River on Route 355 was named in his honor. Cpl. Bosselmann was killed while serving in Iraq in 2004. He was hailed as a hero who fought bravely and saved many lives. Cpl. Bosselmann was also a Potomac Hunt mem- ber who began foxhunting on the leadline behind his father. T e Potomac Hunt Races honor him each year by naming TAPS as the benefi ciary of the annual race meet. T e bridge is particularly important to the Bos- selmann family as they used to put their canoe into the river at that point. Cpl. Bosselmann also loved Civil War history, which prompted his parents to choose that particular bridge. “Our hope is that when reading our son’s name, people will recognize his service and they will also think of all the men and women who have served and are still serving,” Beverley said, adding, “It is our opinion that none of them should ever be forgotten or left unrecognized.”


WIHS Announces 2018 Youth Ambassador and Junior Committee


of compositing facilities. In the second meet- ing, the committee discussed how to increase the marketability of compost to generate fi nal product value. T is past May, the committee took a look at the compositing and anaerobic digester regula- tions in Maryland and surrounding states. T ere was encouraging talk of designing user-friendly rules for operations where compositing is not the main commercial business, including horse farms, wineries and breweries that compost on-site. T e MHC Farm Stewardship Com- mittee is hoping to meet with Edward Dexter, who has worked on solid waste, recycling and organic compounds in the state since 1980. T e Committee believes he can help move the policy forward to promote qual- ity composting, compost use and sales from horse manure. T e MHC successfully lobbied to be named in the law as the 14th consultant for Bill 171, and T ery will continue to represent the horse community in the meet- ings. T e next meeting is scheduled for July 19.


T e Washington International Horse Show selected Ana Bertozzi, of Leesburg, VA, as this year’s Youth Ambassador. Bertozzi has served as a member of the WIHS Junior Committee for four years and will now be the organization’s youth spokesperson and chair for the WIHS Junior Committee. T is year’s committee includes 34 local teens, including Maryland and D.C. natives Grace Allen (An- napolis), Emma Bishop (D.C.), Libby Bishop (D.C.), Abby Green (Bethesda), Mary Kate Hogan (Chevy Chase), Peyton Kanstoroom (Potomac), Riley Hampton King (D.C.), Emma Peters (Rockville), Lilly Pollin (Bethesda) and Jennifer Taylor (Odenton). www.equiery.com | 800-244-9580


Horse Shot with Arrow in Balti- more Co.


On the evening of June


2, a horse was shot with a hunting arrow at a pri- vate farm in Parkton. T e next morning Apollo, owned by Kendall Riv- erbank, was found in his


pasture with the arrow protruding from his loin area. T e farm’s veterinarian was notifi ed and removed the shaft of the arrow, but removal of the arrow tip and fragments was done surgically at the New Bolton Center Hospital in Kennett Square, PA, on June 7. T e Cockeysville Precinct of the Baltimore County Police Department took a report of the incident, and their Animal Abuse Team has investigated, determining the size and type of the arrow with hopes of nar- rowing down the suspect pool. “We now have an animal abuse team that has followed up with the owner. T ey went out to the farm after the horse’s surgery and recorded the arrow type and size,” Lieutenant Robert McGraw of the Cockeysville Precinct told T e Equiery. Apollo is home recovering from surgery.


MD-Trained Horses Triumph at Belmont


Fair Hill-based trainer Graham Motion’s


Spring Quality, owned by Augustin Stable, upset the fi eld in the $1 million Manhattan (G1) on the Belmont Stakes (G1) undercard. Despite starting from Post 13 with 18-1 odds, he won by a neck. Spring Quality was ridden by Hall of Famer Edgar Prado, which “defi nitely made it extra special,” according to Motion. Laurel-based trainer Tim Keefe’s Still Hav-


ing Fun, owned by Gary Barber and Wachtel Stable, pulled off a 13-1 upset of the Woody Stephens (G2). Fellow Laurel trainer Cal Lynch also found success with 10-1 Our Braintrust in the $150,000 Tremont, the colt’s fi rst stakes race.


U.S. Senate Committee Maintains U.S. Horse Slaughter Ban


T e U.S. Senate Appropriations committee continued...


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