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Inmate-student Anthony Shelton with Prince of Mine. Photo courtesy of Anthony Depanise/MD. Dept. Of Public Safety and Correctional Services

OTTBs welcome public to TRF Open Barn

The Central Maryland Correctional Facility will throw open the doors of its beautifully handcrafted Thoroughbred barn tomorrow during its Fall Open Barn & Fundraiser. The public will be invited to walk past the front fence, where a pair of Thoroughbreds typically station themselves in direct view of passersby proffering treats. “Our goals were to open up the barn to let the community come and see all the horses,” says Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation Farm Manager Judi Coyne. “I see people coming up to the fence line all the time to feed two of the horses, but we have six horses back […]