Great news from the recently-founded Full Moon Farm Eventing Foundation (FMFEF)! The organization, established by the Fulton family, will be awarding an annual grant through the USEA Foundation to a deserving recipient at the USEA’s Annual Convention and Awards Ceremony (held this year in New Orleans, LA). The grant will be distributed in an effort to offer aid and foster diversity, equity and inclusion within our sport. The grant may be used in a variety of ways to increase good horsemanship, assist in funding a learning opportunity, or further one’s personal growth in the horse world in a way that may not have been financially obtainable prior to the grant.
“It all started with a pride flag that we had flown on our flag pole,” Karen Fulton told EN when we wrote about the FMFEF last year. “Our boarders purchased it for us a few years ago, and while we’re conscious of any endorsements of political candidates at our business, Grace and Woodge encouraged us to hang up the flag on our pole. Flags can be powerful things, and once we did, it was amazing [to me] the number of people that noticed it – in a positive way. It got us thinking, the inclusivity that our barn has always practiced should be formalized.”
In order to support this grant, the Full Moon Farm Eventing Foundation will be dedicating its fundraising efforts to a goal set of $25,000 raised in 2025. You can help get the ball rolling with your donation and learn more about FMFEF here.
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🇫🇷 The 2023 host site of the FEI European Eventing Championships and the 2014 World Equestrian Games will no longer host its major international fixture, Le Grand Complet at Haras du Pin, due to ongoing dispute over financial matters between the venue and the event organizer. This follows up on news from early on in 2024. “The end of this beautiful journey allows the members of the [organisers] Ustica office to thank the private partners who have followed them in this epic event in the service of our sport,” a statement released by Le Grand Complet reads. Horse & Hound reports more here.
💰 The USEA Foundation announced this week that it has added a new Organizer’s Relief and Competition Assistance (ORCA) Fund as well as updated the Frangible Technology Fund for 2025. Thanks to a kickstarting anonymous seed donation of $20,000, the ORCA Fund (which was established in 2024) is set to provide grants to event organizers who have experienced a disaster or catastrophe that has impacted their ability to run their competition. The Foundation has also stipulated that eligibility will be given to events that donate $1 per stater at their largest event for a period of two years, which covers them for five years of grant eligibility. Grants of up to $5,000 can be distributed for disaster-related impacts such as repairs and equipment. The deadline for grants in 2025 is October 15. You can read up on the plans for this fund here.
On the Frangible Technology Fund front, the USEA Foundation announced that it would now supply grants to be used for the construction of frangible cross-country fences.
Grant amounts, ranging from $1,000-$2,000, range based on the highest level hosted by the applying venue. Funds can be used for the purchase of materials to construct frangible fences. Read more about both of these updates here.
👩⚖️ A new update has come up in the ongoing case against Canadian show jumper Eric Lamaze. The international Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled against him in a case initiated by the Fédération Equestre International in 2022, and determined that he will be suspended until 2031. This adds four years on top of his existing suspension through 2027, the result of a string of accusations of fraud and violation of human anti-doping regulations. The Chronicle of the Horse reports in full on this story here.
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Get to know German Olympic gold medalist Julia Krajewski, who stopped by The Jon & Rick Show studio in Ocala during a recent visit:
