Industry Professional Members THE MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL


by Kimberly K. Egan, MHC Co-President


MEMBER NEWS Te Marion DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center has welcomed


Dr. Sarah Dukti as a clinical assistant professor of emergency and critical care. She will focus exclusively on diagnosing, treating, and caring for emergency and critical care cases.


Dukti did her undergraduate work in


biochemistry at Oakland University and earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Te Ohio State University, in Colum- bus, Ohio. She interned at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, and did two residencies in large animal surgery at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Dukti is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and as well as a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. Dutki has experience as a relief surgeon


and consultant for emergency and critical care at both Woodside Vet- erinary Hospital in Ashland, and Te Piedmont Equine Practice in the Plains. She lives in Hume, Virginia, with her husband Daniel, a horse named Boogity, two donkeys, a Parson Russell terrier named Frannie, and two adopted and much-loved ducks.


Several members of the Maryland eventing community have come


together to create a new non-profit (and new MHC member) the Ware- daca Eventing Education Foundation. It is a private foundation dedi- cated to supporting eventing education at Waredaca Farm in Montgom- ery County. Te Foundation’s first project is the creation of Te Jimmy Wofford Legacy Fund to promote eventing education, which will reward one adult amateur and one junior whose intention is to train and com- pete in the Waredaca Classic Tree Day Event in October. Tis will be an ongoing, perpetual scholarship that will honor Jimmy and keep the spirit of the three day long format. Wofford was a strong supporter of the long format in general, and the Waredaca Classic Tree Day, in particular, and was a regular presence at the monthly Expert Days through 2022. Jimmy’s widow Gail has given her blessing to the Legacy Fund, and said “especially because I know how Jim always encouraged the long format competitions.” Applications for the first scholarships are due by May 1, 2023. You can find more information at https://waredaca.com/jimmy- wofford-legacy-fund/.


Chesapeake Terapeutic Riding achieved Premier Accreditation


through the Professional Association of Terapeutic Horsemanship (PATH) International on February 8, 2023. Tis means that CTR meets the PATH Int’l Premier Accredited Center accreditation requirements


for administrative, facility, program and applicable activity and service standards. Executive Director Cathy Schmidt and Program Manager Megan Ferry met PATH site inspectors at CTR for an official visit and review of CTR’s facilities, programming, administrative practices, and horse care practices.Te certification lasts for five years. PATH Intl. is a private non-profit that “certifies and accredits centers,


instructors and equine specialists according to a set of field-tested stan- dards to ensure the highest levels of safety, ethics and effectiveness in the equine-assisted services industry. Instructors must complete workshops and pass both written and practical exams to become certified to teach equine-assisted services.”


Tracy Diamond and Laura Lee Jones were both named to the Bal-


timore Real Producers Magazine’s list of Top 500 real estate producers. Te list identifies the top 500 of the 12,000 licensed agents in Central Maryland, which means that each of them are in the top 4% of the re- gion. Te Real Producers is a group that promotes high-performing real estate agents and supports them with exclusive networking events. Tracy Diamond is a lifelong horsewoman and has lived in Howard


County for over 50 years. She has chased foxes with the Howard County Iron Bridge Hounds for decades and has applied her deep understand- ing of the needs of horse people to her work buying and selling equine properties. Laura Lee Jones is also a lifelong equestrian, and she specializes in


selling and financing equestrian farms throughout the Eastern Shore, Southern Maryland and Western Shore, as well as Northern Virginia. She is a supporter of Days End Farm Horse Rescue and other equine charities and has been active in the local show scene for decades.


On February 15, the Retired Racehorse Project announced that 512


trainers were accepted to the 2023 Toroughbred Makeover and Nation- al Symposium, presented by Toroughbred Charities of America. Te Makeover and Symposium will take place October 11-14 at the Ken- tucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY with over $100,000 in prize money. Tis year there are 39 trainers from Maryland entered and 10 Mary- land-bred horses, as of press. Too see all en- tries, go to www.therrp.org/entries/


WELCOME NEW MEMBERS


New member GemStone Stables has joined MHC after owner Tammie Fisher met members of MHC’s Board of Directors at the open house that was graciously sponsored by MHC member Above and Beyond Farm in Hagerstown on February 19. In addition to traditional boarding services for geldings, GemStone also offers layover boarding,” or, as continued...


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