Maryland Horse
June 1991 / $3.50 ** The Thoroughbred magazine for the Mid-Atlantic region
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November
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December
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August
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November
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June/July
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August
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August
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Challedon Handicap
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September
Timonium
Alma North Stakes
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December
Laurel
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Another $2 million will be distributed in bonus awards for breeders, owners and stallion owners
of registered Maryland-breds.
An additional $50,000 in stakes funds may also be paid for split races, enhanced purses or allowance races.
For more information, contact Maryland Horse Breeders Association,
RO. Box 427, Timonium, MD 21093 (301) 252-2100
Maryland Horse Breeders
Association
The purposes of the Maryland Horse
Breeders Association, a corporation
chartered in 1929, are to encourage, pro¬
mote, protect and improve the horse
breeding industry in Maryland.
In addition to representing the Mary¬
land Horse industry on legislative and
regulatory matters, the MHBA functions
as an informational resource for Thor¬
oughbred breeders and owners, for the
media, for national, community and gov¬
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general public.
Officers
PRESIDENT
King T. Leatherbury
VICE-PRESIDENT
J.W.Y. Martin Jr.
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Betty Shea Miller
EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT
Richard W. Wilcke
Directors
William Albright, J. William Boniface, William K.
Boniface, Thomas Bowman, Kimball C. Firestone,
King T. Leatherbury, Donald P. Litz Jr., Robert T.
Manfuso, J.W.Y. Martin Jr., James McManus, Betty
Shea Miller, John C. Mobberley, Joseph P. Pons Jr.,
Barclay Tagg, Katharine M. Voss
DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS
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DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION
Edward W. Despeaux
ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT
Karen Shike
DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS
Barrie B. Reightler
ADMINISTRATOR, MARYLAND FUND
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RECEPTIONIST
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dedicated to the improvement and pro¬
motion of Thoroughbred racing and
breeding in Maryland. Its main event is
Maryland Million Day, the richest state
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turing nine title-sponsored races for
Maryland-conceived Thoroughbreds.
Maryland Million Day is the culmination
of official "Thoroughbred Week in Mary¬
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Executive Committee
CHAIRMAN
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PRESIDENT
Geoffrey A. Huguely
VICE-PRESIDENT
J. William Boniface
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Katharine M. Voss
David Hayden, King T. Leatherbury, Robert T.
Manfuso, J.W.Y. Martin Jr., R. Richards Rolapp
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J. Hoffberger, C. Frank Hopkins, Dan G. Lay,
Robert P. Levy, John A. Manfuso Jr., Betty Shea
Miller, Howard M. Mosner Jr., Lynda J. O'Dea,
Michael Pons, Carlos Rivera, Wayne W. Wright
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Maryland Horse
Maryland Horse serves
Thoroughbred breeders, trainers,
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region: Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and
West Virginia. The magazine's primary
purpose is to promote the
Thoroughbred racing and breeding
industry in Maryland along with its
vital secondary markets—
steeplechasing, eventing, hunting,
showing, polo, etc.
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Maryland Horse Breeders Association, Inc.
June, 1991
Maryland Horse
The Thoroughbred magazine for the Mid-Atlantic region
Volume 57, Number 6
Table of Contents
10 Race of a lifetime
Rusty Carrier's Tom Bob overcame many obstacles to carry
Sanna Neilson to 30-length victory in Maryland Hunt Cup.
18 Trainer Bruce Miller sweeps Grand National features
Cabral, with Blythe Miller aboard, wins Grand National; B.H.
Murray Memorial goes to Night Train Lane and Billy Meister.
24 Family day at My Lady's Manor
Millers, Fenwicks dominate events, with Cabral scoring in
feature. Magical in John Rush Streett Memorial.
34 Early spring point-to-points blossom with activity
Jack Fisher-trained and ridden horses went six for ten at Howard
County/Iron Bridge, Elkridge-Harford and Marlborough.
Departments
4 Sporting Calendar
8 Personal Perspective
29 What's New in Maryland
32 Maryland sire rankings
42 Around the Farms
43 Maryland-Bred Stakes Winners
48 MHBA Awards Dinner
50 Maryland Fund
55 Pimlico Special
57 National News
59 Mid-Atlantic sire rankings
60 Mid-Atlantic Report
62 Virginia point-to-points
66 Looking Back
72 Editorial
Cover—Sanna Neilson clears the last Maryland Hunt Cup fence aboard
Tom Bob, becoming the third woman rider to win the famed tim¬
ber classic. (Photograph by Cappy Jackson)
June 1991
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Maryland Auctions
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August Mixed, Equivest, Timonium
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Breeders' Sales, Ocala, Fla. (904)
237-2154. June 10, 11.
Horses of Racing Age, Fasig-Tipton
New York, Belmont Park, Elmont,
N.Y. (516) 328-1800. June 11.
Selected Yearlings, Keeneland, Lex¬
ington, Ky. (800) 456-3412. July
15-17.
Horses of Racing Age, Equivest, Bel¬
mont Park, Elmont, N.Y. (800)
666-4677. July 16.
Selected Yearlings, Fasig-Tipton Ken¬
tucky, Lexington, Ky. (606)
255-1555. July 18, 19.
Yearlings, Keeneland, Lexington, Ky.
(800) 456-3412. July 25.
Selected Yearlings, Fasig-Tipton New
York, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (516)
328-1800. Aug. 6-8.
Preferred Yearlings, Fasig-Tipton New
York, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (516)
328-1800. Aug. 11.
Horses of Racing Age, Fasig-Tipton
New York, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Mixed, Beulah Park Sales, Beulah Park,
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Open Selected Yearlings, Ocala Breed¬
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Aug. 26.
Open Yearlings, Ocala Breeders' Sales,
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Southern Maryland Horse Association
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Maryland Horse
by C. Oliver Goldsmith
Personal Perspective
Recalling some all-time greats
Point-to-point racing had its origin
in England some 250 years ago, when
competitors met at the finish and were
taken back four or five miles from that
spot to make their own lines across nat¬
ural country. Sometimes the finish was
a churchyard. Riders could use the
church steeple to guide them home,
hence the name steeplechase. The rid¬
ers were often local thrusters who,
finding their mounts dead fit at the end
of the hunting season, needed to prove
who was the most fearless and who
had the best horse.
Over the years, the rules have been
tinkered with from time to time—re¬
quiring that the horse must have been
"regularly" hunted during the current
season, nobody knowing then or now
what "regular" means. A frequent rule
mandated that the rider and trainer be
"amateur" (whatever that means).
There could be riding at "catch
weights" (meaning as is) or fixed
weights. Then came handicapping as to
weight carried and/or races won by
horse or rider. Out of all of this came
the spectacular and thrilling sport
called "hunt racing."
The populace, bored with winter
and excited at the coming of spring,
was more than ready to take to the
country on a lovely—or not so lovely—
spring day to bear witness to such great
sport. It soon became evident that a
jumping race meet at an advantageous
site over a flagged course would be best
for spectators. That became the usual
format.
There has been a tremendous up¬
surge in the last 20 years in all types of
jump racing. There are many more and
better horses competing. It's one of the
fastest-growing sports in America.
The greatest timber horses over
the past half-century? I'd name six:
Blockade, Winton, Pine Pep, Mountain
Dew, Jay Trump and Ben Nevis II. It's
my privilege to have seen them all.
Blockade, a three-time winner of the
Maryland Hunt Cup (1938, '39 and '40),
displayed his immense talent by lead¬
ing from start to finish every time. No¬
body cut a path for him. They couldn't
catch him. (Rider) Fred Col will allowed
him to run his own race.
Stuart S. Janney Jr.'s Winton was a
wonderful horse. He is the only horse, I
believe, ever to have won the My Lady's
Manor, Grand National and Hunt Cup
three years in succession (Winton won
the Maryland Hunt Cup with the late
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Mr. Janney aboard in 1942, '46 and '47.)
I remember Mr. Janney telling me Win-
ton had never been on the ground. He
never took a fall. He was always me¬
thodically ridden and well-prepared.
Pine Pep (Mrs. W.J. Clothier's horse
ridden to victories in the 1949, '50 and
'52 Hunt Cups by Mikey Smithwick)
was a stunning big chestnut with a
blaze face. He looked very breedy. His
veins stood out on his slick coat. He was
one of the best I've ever seen, but I
wouldn't put him in the same context
with Winton, Mountain Dew and Jay
Trump. It would be like comparing Joe
Louis with Jack Dempsey.
Mountain Dew and Jay Trump were
the most closely-matched horses I've
ever seen. Jay Trump was a marvelous
horse. But it would be presumptuous to
say who was better.
In 1966, when Jay Trump came back
from winning the English Grand Na¬
tional to go for his third Hunt Cup vic¬
tory (he'd won the race in '63 and '64),
they both started their seasons at the
Howard County point-to-point. I was
the chairman of the Howard County
races. I had gone to enormous effort to
get them there. The day before the race
Jay Trump's rider Tommy Smith walked
the course, and said it had too many
stones. I asked him if that was the only
problem. He said it was. So we got the
Pony Club out there to pick up the
stones.
Tommy said it was just a schooling
race, as far as he was concerned. 1 told
him that was perfectly okay with me,
but could he get a champion beat? He
said, "I see what you mean." The two
coasted along the first two and a half
miles, then ding-dong, hammer and
tong, they came up the hill head and
head. Mountain Dew beat Jay Trump by
a half-length, and it wasn't because Jay
Trump didn't try.
Mountain Dew's owner and trainer
Janon Fisher Jr. told me before the Hunt
Cup he'd really be in despair if the
course came up deep. Mountain Dew
couldn't handle it. Naturally, that's
what happened. Janon Fisher probably
went to his grave believing Mountain
Dew would have won if there had been
a fast course. (Mountain Dew got his
Hunt Cup victories in 1962, '65 and '67).
Ben Nevis, who won the 1977 and
'78 Hunt Cups and the English Grand
National in 1980, was the worst-looking
horse I ever saw win the Hunt Cup. He
was anything but pretty to look at, but
golly he could run and jump.
^Afhich rider would I put on top?
Maybe a guy who didn't like it very
much. Of all the riders I've ever seen.
Tommy Smith was the most thorough.
He left no stone unturned. He always
walked a course many times before he
rode, and planned his route in every
race. He jogged and worked out in a
gym, to stay absolutely fit. But he has
long since quit, and gone on to a career
that has nothing to do with horses.
Perhaps Mikey Smithwick, Charlie
Fenwick . . . and Stuart Janney must
also be considered.
Strange, I ran one of my horses in
the $100,000 Gallorette Handicap-G3 at
Pimlico on the last Saturday in April
and found myself at the Maryland
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Greeting triulnphant Sanna Neilson and TonvBob
are owner Joy Carrier (on pon^f, Sana's
mother Nina and stepfather George Strawbridge I
(baseball ^ap>, and trainer Russell Carrier.
Fifth-pla^* Blythe Miller and Cabral are at right.
Tunny things, unusual things, happen in the
Maryland Hunt Cup. This year's renewal, on a glori¬
ous, sparkling April 27, was no exception.
Tom Bob (Ire), a 12-year-old gelding on the verge of
being retired because of a bleeding problem, a horse
with only one other win under rules and two others in
point-to-points, overwhelmed the largest field (13
starters) in three decades to win the world's most re¬
nowned timber race by 30 lengths.
"It's just what I wanted for this wonderful horse! He
deserves it!" exclaimed owner/trainer Rusty Carrier of
Unionville, Pa. "Tommy has always been a champion
in his heart, and now he's shown it to everyone else."
Tom Bob, by Proverb—Calamity Jane, by Never
Dwell, was purchased for Joy and Rusty Carrier's Fat
Chance Farm in the Ballsbridge/Tattersalls Derby sale
as an unbroken 4-year-old. "This is a National Hunt
sale, specializing in horses the Irish breed to run over
jumps," Carrier explained. "Tom Bob was nothing
outstanding, but he came from a family we liked. From
the beginning, I saw him as a Maryland Hunt Cup
horse."
The handsome chestnut got his first chance at the
demanding four-mile race in 1988, finishing second in
a thrilling stretch duel of brother against brother and
mother against daughter. Billy Meister, riding Free¬
man's Hill (owned and trained by Joy Carrier's mother,
Jill Fanning), edged out his older brother Jay on Tom
Bob.
Jay Meister and Tom Bob tried again the next two
years, coming third both times, never beaten by much.
Uncle Merlin was the victor in 1989 and The Hard
Word, another Irish-bred, ridden by Billy Meister, won
in 1990.
Alas for Jay Meister, he did not take the call on Tom
Bob in 1991. Following the 1990 renewal, Tom Bob bled
profusely. Carrier indicated at the time that he would
probably retire the horse. "I can't blame Jay at all for
making the decision not to commit to our horse," said
Carrier. "I wasn't sure Tom Bob would ever run again."
Over the summer. Carrier grasped at one final ap¬
proach. He decided to keep Tom Bob unstabled at all
times, away from the dust and air of a barn. "That's the
only thing different," Carrier explained. "Tommy is
living out in a five-acre field with just a run-in shed,
doing what horses do naturally."
In the fall of 1990, Sanna Neilson, daughter of train-
er/rider Louis (Paddy) Neilson III and Nina Stewart
—WRN
Strawbridge, took over the jockey duties. In their first
start together, the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, Tom Bob
finished second by a short nostril to 1990 timber horse
of the year Joe's O.K.
"I asked Sanna to ride because I liked the great job
she had done with Gateshead (a successful hurdle/
timber convert owned by her stepfather's Augustin
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Stables)/' Carrier continued. "She's a powerful girl
and a good athlete. At the same time, however, she is
very sympathetic to the horses. She can get the most
out of them.
"Or maybe," Carrier laughed, "Tommy only likes
girls. The only other races he has won, at Radnor un¬
der rules and two point-to-points, Joy rode him."
Clockwise from top left: Sanna Neilson (right) was not
only competing against her best friend Blythe Miller (left),
but also her father Paddy (next picture), who at 49 was
riding his 17th Hunt Cup (three wins). Also veterans
are Turney and Liz McKnight, each of whom won the race
on Tong. Three days after Ned Halle's second-place
finish, wife Cindy presented him with a daughter. Jay and
Kenna Meister relax before the race. In his first Hunt
Cup, Mike Elmore wound up third aboard Tingles Image.
Chief among Tom Bob's competition this year was
Cabral, a Chilean-bred gelding ridden by Sanna
Neilson's closest friend, Blythe Miller. Owned by Old
Home Farm, Cabral had scored back-to-back victories
in the My Lady's Manor and the Grand National. A
win in the Maryland Hunt Cup would be the first such
triple since Jay Trump accomplished the feat in 1964.
There were two more female jockeys in the race as
well: Liz McKnight (winner of the 1986 MHC on Tong)
riding her husband's Pleasant Sea and Anne Moran on
Mrs. Edgar Scott Jr.'s The Wool Merchant. Four in the
race that allowed no women as recently as 20 years ago
was a record. Even more remarkably, Sanna Neilson
was the first daughter or son to compete against a
parent.
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Neena Ewing (2)
Blythe Miller on Cabral leads the first flight over the
third (top), followed by (from left) Tom Bob (Sanna Neilson),
Pleasant Sea (Liz McKnight), The Wool Merchant (Anne
Moran) and Capital K. (Joe Gillet), who parted company at
this fence. Another casualty was Billy Meister on Night
Train Lane (below), but still very much in contention were
(from left) Tom Bob, Pleasant Sea, Paddy Neilson on
Daydream Believer and Ballybranogue with Jay Meister.
Her 49-year-old father Paddy was making his 17th
assault on the race (three wins), piloting Irv Naylor's
Daydream Believer.
Filling out the field were Ned Halle on his own Ges¬
ticulate; Michael Elmore on Mrs. T. A. Randolph's Tin¬
gles Image, David DeMichele on his mother's mare
Primal Bee, Michael Traurig on Cary Jackson's Quisi-
tor, and Jack Fisher on Dover Ridge Farm's Free Run¬
ner, all having their first Maryland Hunt Cup rides;
plus Jay Meister on Fancy Hill Farm's Ballybranogue,
brother Billy Meister on Night Train Lane, owned by
Beth Lamotte, and last year's second-place jockey, Joe
Gillet, on Rosedale Stable's Capital K.
Liz McKnight on Pleasant Sea got the best of the
starter's flag, only to be passed by the powerhouse
Cabral by the first fence.
Typical of the dark brown frontrunner, Cabral set
the pace until he began to tire at the three-mile mark.
The 10-year-old labored over the 13th, slammed the
16th with his knees, and nearly lost Blythe Miller at the
17th where she stood on the saddle like a circus per¬
former.
"The fences just took so much out of him," Miller
lamented. "Once we had two bad fences and I wasn't
holding him back, then he quit running. He knew he
was beat when he wasn't in the lead anymore."
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Early contender Ballybranogue, plagued through¬
out his career with foot problems, was backing out of
the race as well by now, while The Wool Merchant
maintained his steady pace.
Absent the early fallers at the third. Night Train
Lane and Capital K., 11 approached the 18th with Tom
Bob now comfortably in front.
The first flight—Tom Bob, Cabral, The Wool Mer¬
chant, Quisitor and Daydream Believer—made it over,
but Free Runner was not so lucky.
His fall diverted Pleasant Sea to the next panel, over
which the son of Pleasant Colony and Liz McKnight
parted company. Also shifting to the left. Bally- |
branogue and Gesticulate were successful, but Primal §
Bee came acropper. ^
Trailer Tingles Image managed to avoid the melee £
and decided the time had come to get in the race.
The field was reduced by one more when Jay Meis-
ter pulled up Ballybranogue at the 19th. "I made the
decision at the last minute. Bally would have tried it,"
said Meister sadly, "but he was absolutely wobbly-
legged by this point."
Although Tom Bob never faced a serious challenge
from those remaining, second place became a horse
race. Showing a tremendous kick after nearly four
miles. Gesticulate caught up by the 20th, survived the
In his usual frontrunning style, Cabral went to the lead
immediately, taking the first fence (top) ahead of Pleasant
Sea, The Wool Merchant, Capital K., Night Train Lane
and Ballybranogue. Clearing the 13th together (below) are
Quisitor (Michael Traurig) and Gesticulate (Ned Halle).
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After guiding Tom Bob to the wire 30 lengths to the good
of the other six finishers, Sanna Neilson celebrated with Joy
and Rusty Carrier, who own and train the Irish-bred.
Joy won the Hunt Cup aboard Cancottage in 1980 and 1981.
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traffic jam at the water jump, and took over second
place at the last to gallop home three lengths to the
good of an equally surprising Tingles Image, who fin¬
ished third.
The only jarring note to the race was a claim of foul
by David DeMichele, who alleged that Ned Halle had
interfered with his approach to fence 18 and caused his
mishap. The stewards did not support the claim.
There was also some discussion among spectators
as to the propriety of Tom Bob's owner Joy Slater Carri¬
er cantering her lead pony alongside Tom Bob as he
approached the final fence all alone. However, there
was no official inquiry into this unusual occurence.
Ned Halle's second-place finish was a popular tri¬
umph for the locals, vindicating his horse's brutal fall at
the 19th the year before.
"This time Gessie really held himself together,"
Halle recounted. "Bruce and Charlie (Fenwick) had
told me that I'd be amazed at the way my horse would
remember the course from last year and jump much
more carefully. They were absolutely right."
Gesticulate, an 8-year-old by Elocutionist—Setting
Trick, is a tried-and-true foxhunter, spending his fall
and winters with the Green Spring Valley Hounds and
only his spring season running over jumps.
"Our biggest problem this year was getting the
horse to eat as he got racing fit," Halle went on. "I have
to credit Jock Dett (local foxhunter and blacksmith) for
his help. He came up every day and rubbed on this
horse, and encouraged him. And Susie Queitzche
who works for me did a super job putting the bottom in
him."
(Halle had a particularly exciting end to April 1991.
With impeccable timing reminiscent of her prowess on
the polo field, Ned's wife Cindy presented him with
their first child, a daughter whom they named Ellen
Wilson Halle, three days after the Maryland Hunt
Cup.)
With her victory, Sanna Neilson joins Joy Slater Car¬
rier and Liz McKnight to become the third woman to
have accomplished this feat in nearly 100 years. As
expected, the 22-year-old gives all the credit to her
mount.
"Tom Bob couldn't have gone better," Neilson ex¬
claimed jubilantly. "He was on the bridle the whole
time, and he jumped so well. He never missed a fence."
Rusty Carrier was equally effusive.
"The horse just sprang back from the race," he said.
"There wasn't a scratch on him anywhere."
Experience was certainly a plus with Tom Bob, but it
is interesting to note that of the seven who finished,
four of the riders (Sanna Neilson, Elmore, Traurig and
Miller) were riding in the Maryland Hunt Cup for the
first time. Of the seven horses, only Tom Bob, Gesticu¬
late and The Wool Merchant had seen the fences close
up before. □
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By Margaret Worrall
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Maryland Horse
Grand National day, April 20, was Bruce Miller
day. The Cochranville, Pa.-based trainer sent out his
daughter Blythe on Cabral (Chi) to win the 89th renew¬
al of the Grand National and Billy Meister on Night
Train Lane to take the secondary feature, the 26th Ben¬
jamin H. Murray Memorial.
Trainer Tom Voss had a similarly successful foray on
the flat. Daughter Elizabeth posted a resounding victo¬
ry on Thistledown in the medium pony race to begin
the cool, cloudy afternoon in Butler, while Fractious
put away six challengers to capture the John K. Shaw
Memorial for Tom's wife Mimi, owner of the 5-year-old
mare.
With their victory in the Grand National, rider
Blythe Miller and Cabral made it two weeks in a row,
having bested a good field the week before at My
Lady's Manor.
The team was duplicating its 1989 double in the
companion features, the John Rush Streett and the
Benjamin H. Murray, with one major difference. In
1991, there was to be no holding back; Cabral was
headed for the Maryland Hunt Cup.
Owned by Pennsylvanians John and Nicole Frazier
and 77-year-old Stitler Vipond, racing as Old Home
Farm, Cabral took up his habitual frontrunning at the
third fence in this year's Grand National.
Nearest of the seven challengers, a totally new
group from the previous week, was Jay Meister on Not
Too Fancy Stable's Sensory Perception, who stuck
close to the leader. The two soared the biggest fence on
the course, the eighth, as a team, some half dozen
lengths ahead of Capital K., ridden by Joe Gillet.
As runners rounded the turn for home after the
12th fence. Sensory Perception pushed just ahead of
Cabral, and they opened up an even greater margin
over the field.
Spectators lose good sight of the race at this point,
and consequently were surprised to see Liz McKnight
and Pleasant Sea side by side with the two leaders as
horses reappeared.
Sensory Perception seemed unable to quicken as
Cabral and Pleasant Sea drove into the final obstacle
together. Pleasant Sea took out a board, but continued
on strongly nevertheless. Cabral put in a careful fence,
and the two were still nose to nose in the stretch.
Just as he had done in the My Lady's Manor, Cabral
led the field for virtually the entire three-mile distance,
although Pleasant Sea challenged him at the finish.
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Cabral prevailed at the wire, sticking a short head in
front of Pleasant Sea, with Sensory Perception some
three lengths back, ten lengths to the good of the re¬
mainder of the field, strung out behind. There were no
fallers.
"When you ask Cabral to run, he usually re¬
sponds," recounted Blythe Miller following the race.
"After the last, I had to ask him because we didn't have
too good a fence. It wasn't really a bad one, but it was
cautious and we lost momentum.
"I know Dad would have liked to see him soar the
last one," Blythe added with a grimace. "I made him
put in a check over it instead."
Miller, a 22-year-old student at Mount Vernon Col¬
lege, won only seven races last year because of an inju¬
ry, yet managed to take second place in leading riders,
money won. Aboard Virginia Kraft Payson's Uptown
Swell, also trained by her father, Blythe won the Caroli¬
na Cup and finished second in the $750,000 Dueling
Grounds Steeplechase.
In 1989, Blythe finished third on the leading jockeys
list in both money and races won (22 wins, $264,185),
the first woman in history to make the top ten among
NSHA jockeys.
Bruce Miller gave Billy Meister a leg up on Beth
Lamotte's Night Train Lane for the trainer's second
victory of the afternoon.
Frank Bell, who worked for Janon Fisher and took care
of Mountain Dew, watched with his grandson. Presentation
following the Grand National includes (from left, top)
Nancy and Bruce Miller, Stitler Vipond, Blythe Miller,
Nicole and John Frazier and Margaret Brewster.
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The gray gelding settled distinctively in the middle
of the pack of nine contesting the Benjamin H. Murray
Memorial, for non-winners of two over timber. Liz
McKnight on Cotuit and Jeb Hannum on Our Ski Lift
set the pace over the initial fences, never separated by
more than half a length.
As the field emerged from behind the Griswolds'
house, however, it was Jack Fisher on Dover Ridge
Farm's Free Runner who held the lead, the aforemen¬
tioned pair of horses close behind.
"I came at them at the far end of the course, about six
fences out," explained Meister. "I moved into second
place behind Free Runner there, and Jack and I jumped J
the next two fences together. j§
"I dropped off for a breather at the third from |°
home," the jockey continued, "jumped the second last Q
head and head (with Free Runner), and was all alone at
the last. It was sweet!"
(Especially so, no doubt, as both Meister's mounts
the week before at the Manor, Grape and Sea Speed,
had fallen.)
Indeed, Night Train Lane put away Free Runner by
12 lengths at the wire, with that horse ten lengths bet¬
ter than Sanna Neilson on Fat Chance Farm's Tom Bob
(Ire).
Our Ski Lift and Roman Tent, ridden by Nicholas
Schweizer, had promised to be in contention at the
Both Our Ski Lift (left) and Roman Tent fell at the 16th
in the Murray Memorial, but neither John Hannum III nor
Nicholas Schweizer was hurt. Boom Town Bob (#5)
went on to finish fourth. Top, gray Murray winner Night
Train Lane was mid-pack behind Cotuit at water jump.
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Douglas Lees
J.W. DeLozier and Indiantown Maiden cross finish line
ahead of Leslie Falini on Leocrie to win junior race. Atop
winner's wagon after the Murray Memorial are (from
left, top) Nina Strawbridge, Cynthia Murray, Scat,
Meredith and Billy Meister, Daphne Neilson (with trophy)
William and Beth Lamotte, Liza Neilson and a friend.
finish, but both went down at the next to the last obsta¬
cle. Counselor's Kids had lost rider Steve Williams at
the seventh, leaving Boom Town Bob, Cotuit and Lets
Tango to finish in that order.
Night Train Lane, an 8-year-old by Kirby Lane—
Midnight Hush, was making his second sanctioned
start over timber. Last spring Meister finished second
on the gray at Fair Hill's Memorial Day meeting. This
year they won the lightweight timber at the Bran¬
dywine (Pa.) point-to-point, then came to Butler for a
repeat.
Owner Beth Lamotte of Unionville had been racing
the horse herself, but got sidelined through injury. "I
broke my neck on this same horse last spring, and I'm
told that I can't ride races anymore," said Lamotte sto¬
ically. "However, I'm still the exercise girl, so I know
how well the horse is going. We just might try the Hunt
Cup."
The Grand National card was completed with the
running of the John K. Shaw Memorial, two miles on
the flat.
Mimi Voss' homebred Fractious (Compliance—
Bupersrose), a 5-year-old half-sister to stakes winner
Mickey Free, led from the drop of starter Patrick Wor-
rall's flag, easily withstanding Beth Fenwick's chal¬
lenge on Dogwood Stable's Make Azilian. Ridden by
Becky Driver, Fractious crossed the wire with three
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lengths to spare. Make Azilian was second and Sanna
Neilson on Augustin Stables' Montand (Chi) third.
In 1989, Fractious broke her maiden in a $50,000
claimer at Philadelphia Park and earned over $16,000.
Started over jumps at Camden (S.C.) in 1990, she was a
winner the first time out, following with seconds at
Unionville and Mason-Dixon.
According to her trainer, the classy chestnut bled
after a fall at Fair Hill last May, but Voss is confident that
problem will not hold his horse back this spring.
Three junior races opened the day's activities, which
also included a benefit party for the Maryland chapter
of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Following Elizabeth Voss' medium pony victory,
Emily Fenwick won the large pony division on J.A.
Nicely. J.W. DeLozier triumphed in the junior horse
race, run in memory of Mrs. Hamilton Moses, on Alex
Campbell's Indiantown Maiden. □
Mimi Voss (right) and her sister Janice Larkins display
trophy won by Voss' homebred Fractious (second left,
above) in the Shaw Memorial flat race. Ridden by Rebecca
Driver, the half-sister to stakes winner Mickey Free
led all the way, with Make Azilian (left) finishing second.
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By Margaret Worrall
In the tried and true tradition of American timber
racing, families acted in concert to win at the My Lady's
Manor Point-to-Point on April 13.
In the feature event over the three-mile Monkton
course, Cabral (Chi), ridden by 22-year-old Blythe Mil¬
ler and trained by her father Bruce, took the lead early
and held on to it tenaciously to edge out Joe Gillet on
his stepfather John Schapiro's Pacific Parley by a
length.
In the companion John Rush Streett Memorial for
maidens, Bruce Fenwick scored a two-length victory
aboard Maryland-bred Magical, who is trained by his
wife Patty and owned by Redmond Finney. Second
was Michael Elmore on Mrs. T.A. Randolph's Tingles
Image, with Brooks Durkee on Oliver Brown's Crab
Apple a length back in third.
Cabral, a strapping, powerful dark brown gelding,
literally dragged petite Blythe Miller to the front after
she lost her stirrups over the first fence.
"I didn't get them back until the third," said Miller,
breathless with the excitement. "I had hoped to rate
Cabral back a bit, but he just wouldn't settle until he
had the lead. We had some very rough moments. He's
really happier in front."
Owned by the Old Home Farm partnership of Stitler
Vipond and Mr. and Mrs. John Frazier, all of Ligonier,
Pa., Cabral won the John Rush Streett at the Manor in
1989 under similar rainy conditions and with Miller in
the saddle. The team repeated its triumph a week later
at Butler in the B.H. Murray, winning by 15 lengths.
Because Cabral was competing on an old bowed ten¬
don, the decision was made to skip the 1989 Maryland
Hunt Cup and set the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup in the
fall as that year's major goal. Unfortunately, Cabral
Savoring Cabral's victory in the My Lady's Manor
point-to-point are rider Blythe Miller, whose father Bruce
trains the Chilean-bred, and co-owner Stitler Vipond.
The winner was led to the post (opposite) by Anna Rushton.
bowed in the "good" leg before he could get to that
race.
Rested for the 1990 season, Cabral had been fox¬
hunted through the winter as preparation for 1991,
with the Grand National and the Maryland Hunt Cup
as his defined objectives.
"If he has all four legs, we'll be there," promised
owner Nicole Frazier.
The second-place finisher. Pacific Parley, ridden and
trained by Joe Gillet, was also very impressive over the
upright post-and-rails and hills of the Manor.
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Cappy Jackson (2)
Gillet rated the 7-year-old son of ^Hawaii just off the
pace set by Cabral and Liz McKnight on Cotuit. On the
galloping stretch parallel to Jarrettsville Pike, Pacific
Parley and Thomas Ashbridge's The Snow Flaker, rid¬
den by Mike Elmore, passed Cotuit and drove up the
hill to the last two fences in a valiant but vain effort to
catch Cabral and Miller.
Cotuit finished fourth, some 30 lengths ahead of
Anne Moran on Cary Jackson's Quisitor. Three other
starters—Grape, Dynamite, and Masher Stage Door—
were fallers while the final entry. Primal Bee, was
pulled up by rider David DeMichele after being divert¬
ed off course by the spill of Masher Stage Door at the
eighth.
In the John Rush Streett Memorial, Magical's victory
was just that.
A 7-year-old mare by Magic Banner—Dr. Billie, by
Running Scholar, Magical won over $72,000 in her flat
racing career. As a 3-year-old, she broke her maiden in
a $50,000 claimer, then won at Saratoga for the same
amount, and finished with an allowance victory at Bel¬
mont, plus two seconds and five thirds in 15 starts.
In the next two years, she failed to win a race. Final¬
ly, New York owner William C. McMillen Jr., who has
long had horses with steeplechase trainer Charlie Fen¬
wick, elected to try the mare over jumps. She ran twice
last spring over hurdles and finished last in both at¬
tempts.
"She just didn't seem right," said Charlie Fenwick.
"We had everyone look at her, and no one could deter¬
mine exactly the problem, but it was obvious that
something was awry."
Fenwick neighbor and cousin-in-law Redmond Fin¬
ney took Magical to his farm to make her a broodmare,
with the agreement that McMillen would get the first
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foal in return for the mare. Bred to Hay Halo at
Sagamore, Magical aborted after 70 days. For lack of
other alternatives, she then became a hunter for Fen¬
wick's 13-year-old daughter Emily.
"The mare did so well at foxhunting and was look¬
ing so great that I agreed to let Bruce and Patty Fenwick
(Charlie's brother and sister-in-law) take her for a
point-to-point horse with the idea that we'd breed her
back in the spring," explained Finney.
Magical started hors concours in the Founders Cup
foxhunter race at Howard County-Iron Bridge, cross¬
ing the finish line in first place with ease. She followed
with a second place at Elkridge-Harford in a race sus¬
pended and then restarted because of a fallen horse.
For technical purposes, the Streett Memorial was Mag¬
ical's initial competition over a timber course.
"The idea was to get Bruce another good point-to-
point horse to get him fit," said Magical's current train¬
er, Patty Fenwick. "The mare has turned out to be
much better than we ever expected. She seems to love
what she's doing now."
Indeed, Magical is doing everything right these
days. As planned, she was returned to Hay Halo this
spring. An ultrasound examination indicated positive
results.
"Now I can't decide whether to be happier at having
a good timber horse or a good broodmare," said Fin¬
Young Will Fenwick entertains his parents, Bruce, who
won the Streett Memorial on Magical (top), and Patty.
Opposite, frontrunning Cabral leads Cotuit (#10) and The
Snow Flaker over the eighth in the My Lady's Manor.
Below, stewards Duck Martin, Bonsai White and Walter
Brewster hold a conference over the paddock fence.
ney. "But it's not too bad a situation to be in. Bruce and
Patty and Charlie have done a fantastic job with the
mare."
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Nobody knows the field better.
Waiting in the paddock before the My Lady's Manor are
(top) Anne Moran and Quisitor's owner, Cary Jackson, and
(below) The Snow Baker's team—rider Michael Elmore,
owner Thomas Ashbridge III and trainer Mikey Smith wick.
As the nine runners sorted themselves out. Crab
Apple, a distinctive roan making his first sanctioned
start of the season after three wins in Virginia point-to-
points, settled just behind the early leader, Mrs. Edgar
Scott's The Wool Merchant, ridden by Anne Moran,
with Magical in second place. Fenwick hit the throttle
on Magical to take the lead after the 13th of the 16
fences, with Crab Apple and The Wool Merchant
pushing on as well.
Following the race, Moran remarked that her 10-
year-old just couldn't maintain the pace at the end.
Crab Apple, in turn, blasted the last board obstacle,
leaving the way clear for a come-from-behind rush by
Mike Elmore on Tingles Image, the trailer throughout
most of the race, who got up to finish second.
An accomplished jumper. Tingles Image, a Ran¬
dolph homebred by Hurok, is a candidate for the
Maryland Hunt Cup, according to trainer Mikey
Smithwick. Although Elmore is still an apprentice
steeplechase jockey, he has considerable jumping ex¬
perience in the show ring world.
Magical, on the other hand, will head for the Silver
Cup novice race on Virginia Gold Cup day.
Five others started in the Streett Memorial, all fin¬
ishing except Billy Meister on Sea Speed, who came
acropper at the 13th. □
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What's New in Maryland
Mignon C. Smith received a
$13,000 cash award, presented by
J.W.Y. Martin Jr., thanks to the
accomplishments of her 1989
Yearling Show entry Conga Tempo.
Yearling show awards
Winners of this year's MHBA Year¬
ling Show purse were announced at the
MHBA's awards dinner.
The leading horses, their exhibitors
and their 1990 race track earnings are as
follows: Conga Tempo, Mede Cahaba
Stable & Stud, $60,736; One Tuff Oop,
Everett Ayers, $20,210; Traveling Treat,
Mrs. Gordon L. Wheeler, $16,320; and
Beaustark Beauty, David P. Reynolds,
$14,080.
Each year, a portion of the Maryland
Fund is appropriated to exhibitors of
the Yearling Show contestants who
earn the most while racing as 2-year-
olds in North America. Current distri¬
bution is $13,000 to first place, $4,000 to
second, $2,000 to third and $1,000 to
fourth.
The judge's selections in the show
have no bearing on the awards and, in
fact, the top-placing yearlings rarely
turn out to be top-earning 2-year-olds.
Only one of this year's purse winners
was pinned by judge Shug McGaughey
at the 1989 Yearling Show. Reynolds'
Beaustark Beauty (Far Out East—Miss
Beaustark by Graustark) placed fourth
in Class IV (for fillies foaled in Mary¬
land, by out-of-state stallions).
Mede Cahaba, which submitted
nine entries—the most of any exhib¬
itor—at the 1989 Show, did not earn a
ribbon with Conga Tempo. But the
Baederwood—Conga Time by Mongo
colt flashed genuine talent as a 2-year-
old, winning the World's Playground
Stakes at Atlantic City and finishing a
game second behind the California-
based Xray in the Crown Central Petro¬
leum Maryland Nursery on Maryland
Million Day. He was the first Maryland-
bred 2-year-old to win a stakes last sea¬
son.
Mede Cahaba is the stable name for
Mignon C. Smith, of Birmingham, Ala.
Ms. Smith, a Washington, D.C., bureau
chief for an Alabama radio network,
has bred and raced in Maryland for
many years.
Jerkens to judge show
Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jer¬
kens will judge the 57th annual Thor¬
oughbred Yearling Show sponsored by
the Maryland Horse Breeders Associa¬
tion on June 23 at the Maryland State
Fairgrounds in Timonium.
Jerkens, a former Eclipse award win¬
ner and, in 1975, the youngest trainer
ever inducted into Thoroughbred
racing's Hall of Fame, is best known for
his stirring upsets of favored champi¬
ons, notably Kelso on three occasions
and Secretariat twice.
The MHBA Yearling Show, which
was started in 1932 to help local breed¬
ers improve their abilities to select pro¬
spective race horses, has most often
been judged by a successful trainer, ac-
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president.
"We're glad to have Allen Jerkens
join our prestigious list of previous
judges, which begins with Sunny Jim
Fitzsimmons in 1932," said Wilcke.
The MHBA Yearling Show is open to
the public and begins at 10 a.m. in the
horse show ring at the north gate to the
Maryland State Fairgrounds on York
Road in Timonium. For entry informa¬
tion call (301) 252-2100.
Farrier/veterinarian directory
The Maryland Farriers Association
has prepared a directory listing all far¬
riers and equine veterinarians in Mary¬
land. For a copy, send $1 to the MFA,
P.O. Box 779, Cascade, Md. 21719.
Auction schedule expands
A summer 2-year-olds in training
and horses of racing age auction has
been added to Fasig-Tipton Midiantic's
schedule of auction sales at Timonium.
The sale, to take place July 21, was "for¬
mulated as a direct response to sugges¬
tions made by our consignors," said T.
Mason Grasty, Fasig-Tipton executive
vice-president. "It is an opportune time
for purchasers to buy 2-year-olds ready
to go on with their racing careers."
All 2-year-olds offered will be re¬
quired to work at least three-quarters of
a mile and must be starting gate ap¬
proved.
Green Spring hunter pace
A large and enthusiastic group of
foxhunters participated in the Green
Spring Valley Hounds hunter pace
event on April 7 in Upperco.
In a hunter pace, teams of any size
(two minimum) attempt to complete
the course in either the fastest time or
the time closest to the pre-set optimum
time (14:12 at Green Spring). Three
teams opted for fast time while 23 com¬
peted for the optimum.
Fastest were George Mahoney and
Irv Naylor, who finished in 9:56. They
were followed by Sheila Williams and
Jack Fisher, with the Lee McGehee
team third.
Vic Hencken and Kathleen Snyder's
time of 14:07 placed them first in the
optimum division, over the Redmond
Finney-Fenwick-Merryman team. Erica
Caplan and Becky Barnett finished
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Maryland Stallion Rankings
Maryland's Leading Active Sires in 1991
(Statistics compiled by Bloodstock Research Information Services. They include racing of May 2.)
Runners
Starts
Winners
Races
Won
Earnings
%Winners/
Starters
Avg.l
Start
Avg.l
Runner
Caveat .
. 69
299
26
31
$460,885
37.7
$1,541
$ 6,679
Baederwood.
. 56
252
30
50
444,542
53.6
1,764
7,938
Oh Say.
. 54
258
30
44
419,370
55.6
1,625
7,766
Deputed Testamony.
. 48
212
22
39
413,674
45.8
1,951
8,618
Shelter Half.
. 52
235
25
41
381,685
48.1
1,624
7,340
Horatius .
. 61
272
26
36
375,444
42.6
1,380
6,155
Thirty Eight Paces.
. 44
199
20
23
355,548
45.5
1,787
8,081
Aloma's Ruler .
. 52
234
26
38
303,790
50.0
1,298
5,842
John Alden .
. 45
219
18
26
280,927
40.0
1,283
6,243
Smarten .
. 48
183
18
22
279,284
37.5
1,526
5,818
Believe the Queen.
. 25
88
13
20
274,282
52.0
3,117
10,971
Hail Emperor.
. 42
190
17
26
263,752
40.5
1,388
6,280
Lord Gaylord.
. 39
152
14
19
261,685
35.9
1,722
6,710
Two Punch.
. 19
74
8
12
207,522
42.1
2,804
10,922
Parfaitement.
. 32
118
14
21
196,097
43.8
1,662
6,128
Salutely .
. 28
122
12
15
187,136
42.9
1,534
6,683
Allen's Prospect .
. 26
105
6
7
182,888
23.1
1,742
7,034
Double Zeus .
. 50
245
17
23
181,046
34.0
739
3,621
Clever Champ .
. 26
118
14
20
174,750
53.8
1,481
6,721
Dancing Count ..
. 33
129
13
24
173,739
39.4
1,347
5,265
Silver Badge .
. 18
72
5
10
173,631
27.8
2,412
9,646
Assault Landing .
. 35
166
10
15
155,041
28.6
934
4,430
Carnivalay .
. 28
114
11
14
145,113
39.3
1,273
5,183
Rollicking .
. 34
159
12
20
136,013
35.3
855
4,000
Iron.
. 29
146
13
15
123,786
44.8
848
4,268
Northern Raja.
. 20
86
6
11
109,061
30.0
1,268
5,453
Travelling Music .
. 29
144
11
15
108,273
37.9
752
3,734
North Tower .
. 21
114
8
11
101,534
38.1
891
4,835
Hasty Spring .
. 28
144
10
19
101,170
35.7
703
3,613
Marine Brass .
. 16
69
10
12
96,123
62.5
1,393
6,008
Poles Apart .
. 7
37
5
8
93,616
71.4
2,530
13,374
Brilliant Protege .
. 22
104
8
12
88,649
36.4
852
4,030
Maryland's Leading Active Sires Lifetime
(Statistics compiled by Bloodstock Research Information Services. They include racing of May 2.)
Runners
Starts
Winners
Races
Won
Earnings
%Winners/
Starters
Avg.l
Start
Avg.l
Runner
Rollicking .
. 311
10,060
265
1,505
$14,563,000
85.2
$1,448
$46,826
Lord Gaylord.
. 234
4,668
186
775
10,594,700
79.5
2,270
45,277
Dancing Count.
. 301
7,359
241
1,037
9,754,420
80.1
1,326
32,407
Smarten.
. 210
4,400
161
650
9,681,350
76.7
2,200
46,102
Horatius.
. 215
4,820
167
629
7,348,320
77.7
1,525
34,178
Shelter Half .
. 154
3,449
120
515
6,529,520
77.9
1,893
42,399
Caveat .
. 136
2,243
91
252
5,157,000
66.9
2,299
37,919
Friend's Choice .
. 157
5,235
125
697
5,093,040
79.6
973
32,440
John Alden .
. 120
2,710
87
334
5,008,270
72.5
1,848
41,736
Anticipating .
. 138
4,173
98
557
4,715,800
71.0
1,130
34,172
Christopher R .
. 192
4,845
141
663
4,686,780
73.4
967
24,410
Oh Say.
. 137
2,341
107
326
4,321,980
78.1
1,846
31,547
Double Zeus.
. 154
3,897
114
461
4,215,470
74.0
1,082
27,373
Double Edge Sword.
. 150
5,053
110
500
3,900,430
73.3
772
26,003
Silver Badge.
. 177
4,754
121
446
3,785,260
68.4
796
21,386
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Maryland Horse
Races %Winnersl Avg.l Avg.l
Runners
Starts
Winners
Won
Earnings
Starters
Start
Runner
Baederwood.
. 119
2,112
87
284
3,160,860
73.1
1,497
26,562
Thirty Eight Paces.
. 79
1,317
59
200
3,150,630
74.7
2,392
39,881
Aloma's Ruler.
. 143
2,526
109
339
3,077,960
76.2
1,219
21,524
Salutely.
. 62
1,619
50
236
2,700,990
80.6
1,668
43,564
Jolly Johu.
. 96
2,664
70
312
2,700,040
72.9
1,014
28,125
Fuzzbuster.
. 104
2,831
83
370
2,533,550
79.8
895
24,361
Hail Emperor.
. 95
1,852
62
234
2,496,720
65.3
1,348
26,281
Deputed Testamony.
. 73
1,220
51
173
2,447,070
69.9
2,006
33,522
Sir Ivor Again.
. 46
1,086
31
155
2,380,600
67.4
2,192
51,752
Brilliant Protege.
. 102
2,383
68
252
2,357,650
66.7
989
23,114
Full Intent.
. 63
1,625
49
269
2,256,680
77.8
1,389
35,820
North Tower.
. 122
2,472
91
312
1,965,390
74.6
795
16,110
Travelling Music.
. 98
1,738
69
230
1,859,400
70.4
1,070
18,973
Providential (Ire).
. 96
1,240
56
149
1,640,070
58.3
1,323
17,084
North Pole.
. 78
1,302
51
189
1,535,860
65.4
1,180
19,690
Eager Native.
. 68
1,491
46
192
1,477,790
67.6
991
21,732
Parfaitement.
. 79
1,239
68
178
1,449,560
86.1
1,170
18,349
Carnivalay.
. 42
511
28
69
1,448,570
66.7
2,835
34,490
Northern Raja .
. 55
1,072
38
122
1,364,840
69.1
1,273
24,815
Buck Hill.
. 100
1,874
62
167
1,362,890
62.0
727
13,629
Believe the Queen.
. 54
678
42
96
1,343,050
77.8
1,981
24,871
Rio Carmelo (Fr) .
. 89
1,504
51
158
1,266,880
57.3
842
14,235
Quartermaster.
. 81
1,671
64
238
1,245,980
79.0
746
15,382
Assault Landing.
. 67
1,123
46
127
1,218,200
68.7
1,085
18,182
Coppabarb.
. 62
1,542
48
1%
1,018,340
77.4
660
16,425
Authenticity.
. 47
1,208
37
188
981,942
78.7
813
20,892
Pilot Ship.
. 38
545
18
59
953,159
47.4
1,749
25,083
Hasty Spring.
. 66
1,362
38
114
903,320
57.6
663
13,687
Blues Parade.
. 53
1,112
34
95
857,009
64.2
771
16,170
Maryland's Leading Active 2-Year-Old Sires Lifetime
(Statistics compiled by Bloodstock Research Information Services. They include racing of May 2.)
Races
% Winners!
Avg.l
Avg.l
Runners
Starts
Winners
Won
Earnings
Starters
Start
Runner
Rollicking.
. 205
1,009
103
191
$2,737,530
50.2
$2,713
$13,354
Smarten.
. 133
551
53
76
1,868,920
39.8
3,392
14,052
Lord Gaylord.
. 78
274
37
59
1,079,510
47.4
3,940
13,840
Shelter Half.
. 79
351
42
74
1,031,590
53.2
2,939
13,058
Baederwood.
. 60
275
27
49
824,064
45.0
2,997
13,734
Caveat.
. 84
359
24
34
795,228
28.6
2,215
9,467
Oh Say.
. 56
204
20
28
673,204
35.7
3,300
12,022
Dancing Count.
. 118
486
54
67
630,038
45.8
1,296
5,339
Horatius.
. 113
434
43
63
577,067
38.1
1,330
5,107
Aloma's Ruler.
. 70
288
31
38
530,502
44.3
1,842
7,579
Christopher R.
. 94
394
40
54
490,843
42.6
1,246
5,222
Thirty Eight Paces.
. 30
105
8
12
470,387
26.7
4,480
15,680
John Alden.
. 72
306
26
35
407,059
36.1
1,330
5,654
Silver Badge.
. 102
414
27
38
406,054
26.5
981
3,981
Allen's Prospect.
. 26
111
14
18
398,120
53.8
3,587
15,312
North Pole.
. 45
185
16
22
388,026
35.6
2,097
8,623
Anticipating.
. 66
250
19
27
289,966
28.8
1,160
4,393
Double Zeus.
. 72
276
25
33
288,587
34.7
1,046
4,008
Two Punch.
. 20
86
13
17
270,864
65.0
3,150
13,543
Salutely.
. 35
137
12
18
267,898
34.3
1,955
7,654
Assault Landing.
. 47
206
17
23
263,360
36.2
1,278
5,603
Double Edge Sword.
. 85
370
26
30
255,865
30.6
692
3,010
Hail Emperor.
. 57
225
18
24
250,510
31.6
1,113
4,395
Carnivalay.
. 22
112
9
12
242,601
40.9
2,166
11,027
Fuzzbuster.
. 56
287
23
27
227,636
41.1
793
4,065
Friend's Choice.
. 69
304
19
22
223,578
27.5
735
3,240
Pilot Ship.
. 20
86
5
9
218,970
25.0
2,546
10,949
Travelling Music.
. 43
161
21
24
217,964
48.8
1,354
5,069
Providential (Ire).
. 42
157
15
18
216,545
35.7
1,379
5,156
Jolly Johu.
. 42
194
16
25
215,354
38.1
1,110
5,127
North Tower.
. 47
185
21
26
201,781
44.7
1,091
4,293
Deputed Testamony.
. 43
170
8
11
190,405
18.6
1,120
4,428
Brilliant Protege.
. 48
1%
14
22
183,5%
29.2
937
3,825
Quartermaster.
. 36
159
14
21
175,170
38.9
1,102
4,866
Clever Champ.
. 25
109
11
14
152,739
44.0
1,401
6,110
Parfaitement.
. 40
129
14
18
152,449
35.0
1,182
3,811
June 1991
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.
Neena Ewing
Jack Fisher dominates
preliminary hunt meets
By Margaret Worrall
Ivain or shine. Jack Fisher-trained and ridden
horses dominated Maryland's early spring point-to-
points, winning six of the ten timber contests carded
and finishing second in another.
On a cold, sodden March 23 at Howard County-Iron
Bridge, 27-year-old Fisher began his campaign aboard
Sheila Williams' classically bred Shining Beacon (Ma¬
jestic Light—Trouver, by Buckfinder) in the Howard
County Cup.
Joe Gillet on Pacific Parley and Steve Williams on
Aristoskip led the way, with Fisher next and the re¬
mainder of the eight-horse field strung out behind.
The three leaders all picked up speed as they raced into
the final two jumps of the three-mile course, but Shin¬
ing Beacon gained the advantage in the uphill drive to
the wire, besting Pacific Parley by a length and a half,
with Aristoskip just back in third.
Two weeks later, at Elkridge-Harford on April 6,
Shining Beacon was equally impressive under sunny
skies and summertime temperatures.
In the second division of the George C. Clement
novice timber event, Fisher galloped home an easy 25-
length winner over Let's Tango of the Obrecht-Brew-
ster Stable and Frank Bonsai's High As Paul, the only
other finishers in the six-horse field.
And Fisher duplicated that feat at both race meets
with another of Sheila Williams' runners, a 5-year-old
son of Chati named Gus's Boy.
At Howard County, Gus's Boy took the lead at the
drop of the flag for the Alda Clark Challenge Plate and
easily withstood the final challenge of Tom Ash-
bridge's Boom Town Bob, who wound up two lengths
back in second, with Billy Santoro on his own
Crowned Monarch third.
Jack Fisher trained and rode Sheila Williams' Shining
Beacon to victory in a division of the Clement Memorial at
Elkridge-Harford (left) two weeks after they captured
the Howard County Cup on a cold and wet Saturday (right).
Gus's Boy was again the frontrunner at Elkridge-
Harford, comfortably winning the first division of the
Clement Memorial. However, circumstances made
this victory less conclusive.
Kasai, ridden and trained by Brad MacKinnon,
dwelled at the start of the Clement, and then had a
crashing fall at the third fence. Because there is only
one place to cross the hard-surfaced driveway, the
June 1991
35
Cappy Jackson
Cappy Jackson (4)
Although she finished sixth in her debut as a jockey,
Sheila Williams (right) took home the Howard County Cup,
thanks to Shining Beacon and Jack Fisher. Enjoying
Roman Tent's score in the heavyweight race are (from left,
below) Jack Fisher, Lehr Jackson, Tim, Nicholas and
Barbara Schweizer. Middle, small pony division goes to
the post. Bottom, Marilyn Commer, Dr. Roger Scullin
and Malcolm Commer celebrate the latter's victory in the
Founders Cup. From the top, opposite: Becky Driver
gets Caveat Fumator home first in the Linton Mile; Bill
Santoro and Crowned Monarch hold a temporary lead over
Jack Fisher on Gus's Boy in the Alda Clark; Joe Gillet
tells John Schapiro about his winning ride on Val d'Argent.
field, now reduced to eight, was forced to pull up on
the second circuit while MacKinnon was placed in an
ambulance. (MacKinnon suffered facial fractures and
is now recovering at his home in Jarrettsville. Kasai
was unhurt.)
After a wait of several minutes, riders were given
the choice of retiring or having another start in front of
the second fence and continuing for one more circuit.
All but Joe Gillet on Malcolm Commer's Manor Maid
chose to go on.
Gus's Boy once again took the lead and had it all his
own way, defeating Bruce Fenwick on Magical and
John Bosley on Fred the Welder, who were second and
third.
Unfortunately for the competition, Fisher still
wasn't finished winning at either meet.
Fisher-trained Roman Tent, owned by Tim Schwei¬
zer and Lehr Jackson and ridden by the former's son
Nicholas, survived a foul claim by owner/trainer/rider
Steve Williams, aboard Architecture, to win the own¬
er-rider heavyweight race at Howard County-Iron
Bridge.
And Fisher notched yet another victory with his
mother's superb 6-year-old bay gelding Revelstoke in
Elkridge-Harford's Edward S. Voss open timber. Com¬
ing from just off the pace, Fisher drove through the
uphill finish ten lengths to the good of 1990 timber
champion Joe's O.K. Veteran Capital K. finished third.
Sheila Williams made her first start over jumps in
the Howard County Cup on Dover Ridge Farm's Free
Runner, trained by the ubiquitous Fisher, finishing
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sixth. Said Williams, "My goal was to stay out of trou¬
ble, but I really enjoyed the race."
Williams and Free Runner returned at Elkridge-
Harford in the Babe Saportas Memorial ladies timber.
In serious contention this trip, Williams set the pace,
opening up a 20-length margin on the first circuit. But
Liz McKnight (a great-niece of the late Babe Saportas)
bided her time on Pleasant Sea, kicking into gear over
the last fence and cruising by Free Runner to a four-
length score. Another 25 lengths back was 15-year-old
Big Conoy, ridden by Patty Fenwick.
Spectators at the Marlborough Hunt Races on April
7, the day after Elkridge-Harford, enjoyed equally
beautiful weather while participants benefited from
Jack Fisher's absence.
The glory was equitably dispersed, with no one
trainer, owner or rider dominating the hotly contested
events. And there was no dearth of contestants, three
of the nine races carded requiring two divisions.
Greg Ryan was the winning jockey on Alicia Mur¬
phy-trained Circuit Bar in division one of the Raborg
maiden hurdle. In the second flight, Danny War¬
rington rode Bruce Davidson-owned and trained Cas¬
tle Keepsake to a two-length victory.
One of the happiest people on the grounds was pad-
dock judge Jervis Marshall. Circuit Bar and Alison Far-
well's Tall Choice, winner of the second division of the
maiden flat, are both 4-year-old sons of Mokhieba,
who stands at Marshall's Whitehackle Farm in Upper-
co.
The feature race, an open hurdle event run in mem¬
ory of John D. Bowling, made up in quality what it
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June 1991
Cappy Jackson (3)
lacked in size. Only five horses went to the post but,
after nearly two miles, all five came over the final fence
together. Mrs. Miles Valentine's Smokey Native and
Doug Worrall's E.V.'s Big Shot battled through the
stretch, with Smokey Native edging off to win by half a
length.
The John Murray Begg Memorial open timber was
even closer. Across the backside of the three-mile
route, Greg Ryan opened up a lead on the Virginia
invader, Dr. Blase, stalked inexorably by Steve
Williams and the diminutive Aristoskip. Leaving the
rest of the field, the two fought it out, Dr. Blase eventu¬
ally claiming the win by a whisker.
An outlaw on the flat tracks. Dr. Blase won several
point-to-point hurdle races before turning to timber
this season. The 10-year-old gelding, owned by Wolver
Hill Farm and trained by Charles Cornwell, had 1991
wins at Casanova and Blue Ridge in Virginia prior to
his Marlborough score.
The Benjamin H.C. Bowie novice timber race went
to Chrissy Keys Cockburn's Eternally Irish, ridden and
trained by her husband Bay. Steve Williams' Architec¬
ture picked up his second placing of the season and
Herb Sheppard's Commanding Dance was a nose back
in the show position.
A sparkling moment on the Maryland spring jump
circuit was the victory of University of Maryland
equine economist Malcolm Commer on Manor Maid in
the Howard County-Iron Bridge Founders Cup.
Despite giving weight to most of his competition,
Commer was also the first person over 40 to cross the
wire as well as the first finishing member of Howard
County-Iron Bridge Hounds. "And remember/' said
the gleeful Commer, a native of Memphis, Tenn., "I
never jumped a fence until two years ago." □
Howard County-Iron Bridge (March 23 )
Linton Mile, about one mile on the flat. Time 1:56. 1.
Phoenix Stable's Caveat Fumator (Caveat—Swan); trainer
Thomas Voss; rider Rebecca Driver. 2. Ann Merry man's Po¬
litical Profit; same; Matt McCarron. 3. Stephen C. Clark Jr.'s
Thurston Hill; D.M. Smithwick; Alex White. Also ran: Wild
Response, Boat Girl, Brandy's Child.
Howard County Cup, about three miles over timber. Time
5:55. 1. Sheila Williams' Shining Beacon (Majestic Light—
Trouver); trainer/rider Jack Fisher. 2. John Schapiro's Pacific
Parley; trainer/rider Joe Gillet. 3. R.S. Williams' Aristoskip;
trainer/rider same. Also ran: Daily Desire, My Happy Way,
Free Runner, Gesticulate, Ya Wannabid.
Meriwether, about one and one-half miles on the flat;
riders limited to members of ARCA. Time 2:02. 1. Labadie
Mill Farm's Val d'Argent (Val de 1'Orne-Fr—Glittering Leg¬
end); trainer Dr. William Wright; rider Joe Gillet. 2. Jesse M.
Henley Jr.'s Johnny Garland; Thomas Voss; Rebecca Driver.
3. Sharon Clark's Dandy; same; Liz Collard. Also ran: Sabas,
Rushwin, Mucho Carino (Chi), Gibson Island, Kasai.
Cattail River Pony Races. Small division —1. Hobby Horse
May Fly; rider Leigh Offutt. 2. Natalie; Kelly Conaway. 3.
Gambi; Sabrina Morris. Also ran: Pollyanna, Molly McButter
(lost rider). Medium division —1. Scuttlebutt; rider Kevin Sel¬
by. 2. Thistledown; Elizabeth Voss. 3. Famley Whist; Ashley
Farland. Also ran: Phantom of the Opera, Mistletoe, Oakie
Dokie. Large division —1.Cindy Lou; rider Jonathan Kiser. 2.
Somerset; Casey Hinsdale. 3. Georgie; Nicole Williams. Also
ran: El Coffey, Pebbles, Andrena, Zsa Zsa.
Alda Clark Challenge Plate, about three miles over tim¬
ber for novice horses. Time 6:16. 1. Sheila Williams' Gus's
Jack Fisher on Gus's Boy leads John Bosley and Fred
the Welder over the second in first division of the Clement.
Kasai (#13) fell with Brad MacKinnon at the next fence.
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Boy (Chati—Hatta); trainer/rider Jack Fisher. 2. Mrs. Thomas
Ashbridge's Boom Town Bob; D.M. Smithwick; Mike
Elmore. 3. William Santoro's Crowned Monarch; trainer/rid¬
er same. Also ran: Snow Maker, Beach Builder, Counselor's
Kids.
Owner-Rider Heavyweight Race, about three miles over
timber for fairly hunted horses; 180 lbs. minimum. Time
6:18.1. Schweizer-Jackson Stable's Roman Tent (Hail Emper¬
or—Cracker's Tribute); trainer Jack Fisher; rider Nicholas
Schweizer. 2. R.S. Williams' Architecture; trainer/rider
same. 3. John Beasley's First Throne; trainer/rider same. Also
ran: Dudley Doright.
Founders Cup, about three miles over timber for foxhun-
ters. Time 7:24. 1. Malcolm Commer's Manor Maid (Talk
About Luck—Redemptorist); trainer/rider same. 2. Frank
Bonsai's High as Paul; same; Jeffrey Schlesinger. 3. Louise
Siegert's Charley; trainer/rider same. Also ran: Magical
Touch, Northeast Form, Amber, Party Fool, Snow Crest,
Touchy.
Appropriately enough, Liz McKnight (above) took the
ladies race named for her great-aunt. Babe Saportas, with
Pleasant Sea. In the Voss open timber (top), Revelstoke
and Jack Fisher show the way for Joe's O.K. (#8), Kevino
(gray) and Capital K. Opposite, members of ARCA
compete in the Christmas flat race, won by Fractious.
Elkridge-Harford (April 6)
Lurman Stewart Memorial, one mile on the flat for maid¬
ens. Division one —Time l:45 4 /s. 1. D.M. Smith wick's Kings-
clere (Clever Champ—Wine Scandal); trainer same; rider
Alex White. 2. Isabelle de Tomaso's Irish Club Trick; Audrey
Riker; Terry Erickson. 3. Southern Oaks Farm's Peach's Pros¬
pect; Edwin Merryman; Beth Fenwick. Also ran: Best Taste,
Navigate. Division two —Time 1:45V5. 1. Perry Bolton's My
Last Affair (Ultramate—Stone Ginger); trainer/rider Joe Gil-
let. 2. Robert Ingham's Military Pride; trainer/rider R.S.
Williams. 3. Robert Nields' Nick Nijinsky; Louis Neilson III;
Ed Graham. Also ran: Such, Captain Montbars, Softie Mai,
Bronze Angle.
Edward S. Voss Memorial, three miles over timber. Time
6:00 2 /s. 1. Mrs. J.R.S. Fisher's Revelstoke (Smarten—Per-
ahim-Fr); trainer/rider Jack Fisher. 2. Mrs. Oliver Keelan's
Joe's O.K.; Alicia Murphy; John Bosley. 3. Rosedale Stable's
Capital K.; Janet Elliot; Joe Gillet. Also ran: Counselor's Kids,
Kevino (GB).
A.P. Smithwick Junior/Pony Dashes. Small division — 1.
Natalie; rider Kelly Conaway. 2. Elfin Blue Magic; Mandy
Howes. 3. Pollyanna; Jamie Yeager. Medium division —1.
Thistledown; rider Elizabeth Voss. 2. Okie; Britt Steele. 3.
Mistletoe; Josh Horner II. Large division —1. J.A. Nicely; rider
Emily Fenwick. 2. Taboo; Danielle Brewster. 3. Cindy Lou;
Jonathan Kiser. Also ran: Raining Diamonds, Somerset, Zsa
Zsa, Georgie. Junior horse division —1. Dust Devil; rider Rene
Phillips. 2. Rollin Slew; Charles Conaway III.
George C. Clement Memorial, three miles over timber for
novice horses. Division one —1. Sheila Williams' Gus's Boy
(Chati—Hatta); trainer/rider Jack Fisher. 2. William
McMillen's Magical; Patricia Fenwick; Bruce Fenwick. 3. Eliz¬
abeth Bird's Fred the Welder; same; John Bosley. Also ran:
Roman Tent, Snow Maker, Our First Venture, Kasai (fell),
Hornblower (fell). Manor Maid (did not finish). Division
two —Time 5:52. 1. Sheila Williams' Shining Beacon (Majestic
Light—Trouver); trainer/rider Jack Fisher. 2. Obrecht-Brews-
ter Stable's Lets Tango; Toinette Neilson; Louis Neilson III. 3.
Frank Bonsai's High as Paul; same; Jeffrey Schlesinger. Also
40
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ran: Ya Wannabid, Dexter Manley, Crowned Monarch, Flori¬
da Law.
B. Frank Christmas Memorial, one mile on the flat; riders
limited to members of ARCA. Time 1:42. 1. Mrs. Thomas
Voss' Fractious (Compliance—Bupersrose); trainer Thomas
Voss; rider Rebecca Driver. 2. Sarah Merryman's Princely
Rooster; Edwin Merryman; Joe Gillet. 3. Stephen C. Clark
Jr.'s Oficio (Chi); D.M. Smithwick; Alex White. Also ran:
Larking's Hope, Key to the Dungeon, Silver Icecapade, Em¬
brace Her, Peace of the Rock, No Fat Chicks.
Babe Saportas Memorial, three miles over timber for
ladies. 1. H.T. McKnight's Pleasant Sea (Pleasant Colony—
Wicked Sea); trainer same; rider Elizabeth McKnight. 2.
Dover Ridge Farm's Free Runner; Jack Fisher; Sheila
Williams. 3. Bruce Fenwick's Big Conoy; trainer/rider Patricia
Fenwick. Also ran: Party Fool, Northeast Form (pulled up).
Marlborough (April 7)
William H. Brooke Memorial, about one mile on the flat
for maidens. Purse $500. Division one —Time 1:56. 1. Mrs.
Rodion Cantacuzene's Menace (Shelter Half—Lady Gantlet);
trainer Ridgely White; rider Hilary Thorpe. 2. Mrs. A.C.
Randolph's Bidder 7 s Lov; D.M. Smithwick Jr.; Colvin Ryan. 3.
F.B. Miller's Plural; same; Blythe Miller. Also ran: Liam Ma¬
gee, Casablanca Memory, Hi Ed, Amateus, Sea Surge. Divi¬
sion two —Time l:53 3 /s. 1. Alison Farwell's Tall Choice (Mok-
hieba—Man's Choice); trainer Michael Moran; rider Nora
Sadler. 2. James Steele's Sutton Bank; trainer/rider Dennis
Logan. 3. Roy McDaniel's Artillery; same; Mike Gordon.
Also ran: Black Sea Dancer, Taxi, Fight Talk, Brandy's Child,
Raleigh's Track, Runaway Mirage.
Raborg Maiden, about one and one-half miles over hur¬
dles. Purse $750. Division one —Time 2:507s. Michael Mur¬
phy's Circuit Bar (Mokhieba—Bar Fus); trainer Alicia Mur¬
phy; rider Colvin Ryan. 2. Bruno Favre's Run to Court;
trainer/rider same. 3. Stephen C. Clark Jr.'s Thurston Hill;
D.M. Smithwick; Peter Walsh. Also ran: Assignment
Abroad, Paul's Caviar (fell). Pride of My Girl (fell). More
Than a Friend (pulled up). Division two —Time 2:54 3 /s. 1.
Bruce Davidson's Castle Keepsake (*Slady Castle—Silent Su¬
perstar); trainer same; rider Danny Warrington. 2. Mrs. V.K.
Payson's Vast Master; F.B. Miller; Blythe Miller. 3. Patricia
Ward's Charly Come Lately; Alicia Murphy; Colvin Ryan.
Also ran: Mucho Carino (Chi), Lil Mark, Alphamatic, Never
Golden (fell).
Benjamin H.C. Bowie Memorial, about three miles over
timber for novice horses. Purse $750. Time 6:12 2 /s. 1. Chrissy
Cockburn's Eternally Irish (Sicalu-Ire—Chic Alors); trainer/
rider Bay Cockburn. 2. R.S. Williams' Architecture; trainer/
rider same. 3. D. Herbert Sheppard's Commanding Dance;
Douglas Worrall; C.J. Meister III. Also ran: Boom Town Bob,
Son of the Sun (lost rider), Maui Boy (fell), Kool Mars, Cool
David (pulled up), Zaphir (NZ).
John D. Bowling Memorial, about two miles over hur¬
dles. Purse $1,500. Time 3:55 2 /s. 1. Mrs. Miles Valentine's
Smokey Native (Our Native—Smokey Spender); trainer
Russell Carrier; rider Peter Walsh. 2. Douglas Worrall's E. V.'s
Big Shot; same; Colvin Ryan. 3. D.M. Smith wick's Gibson
Island; same; Mike Elmore. Also ran: Hilliate, Patagonico
(Arg).
Trident Plate, about one mile on the flat. Purse $1,000.
Division one —Time 1:51. 1. Nelson Gunnell's Nose Knows
(True Colors—Third Power); trainer D.M. Smithwick Jr.; rid¬
er Gerry Newman. 2. Christy Clagett's Speak of Fools; same;
Bruno Favre. 3. Arcadia Stables' Three Bells for Me; Charles
Fenwick Jr.; Victoria Schlesinger. Also ran: Navarro Sunland
(Ire), Salokcin, Noumea, Fortunatus' Cap, Brilliant Stepper.
Division two —Time l:52 3 /s. 1. Augustin Stable's Jamaica Bay
(Lypheor-GB—Flighting-GB); trainer/rider Sanna Neilson.
2. Rockwater Farm's Mortsie's Pride; trainer/rider Melinda
Strimel. 3. Alix White's Flexograph; A. Timothy White; Hil¬
ary Thorpe. Also ran: Jean's Zeus, Young Jedi, Master's Rid¬
dle, Naskra Express, Kenneth's Kingdom, Light Trouble.
Raymond R. Ruppert Memorial Junior Race. Small divi¬
sion —1. Hobby Horse May Fly; rider Leigh Offutt. 2. Elfin
Blue Magic; Mandy Howes. Medium division —1. Phantom of
the Opera; rider Meleksah David. 2. Okie; Britt Steele. Large
division — 1. Somerset; rider Casey Hinsdale. 2. Cindy Lou;
Jonathan Kiser. 3.Georgie; Nicole Williams. Also ran: Wig¬
gles, Jack Straw.
Lansdale G. Sasscer Memorial Junior Race, about one
mile on the flat. Time l:54 2 /s. 1. Barry Wiseman's Slang;
trainer same; rider Dennis Nobles. 2. Alison Hershbell's Ta¬
ble Top; Kevin Whyte; Alison Hershbell. 3. Melville Church
Ill's Cane Mill; T.C. Gregory; Larry Figgins.
John Murray Begg Memorial, about three miles over tim¬
ber. Purse $2,000. Time 6:057s. 1. Wolver Hill Farm's Dr.
Blase (Lucky Colonel S.—Bye Bye Paris); trainer Charles
Cornwell; rider Colvin Ryan. 2. R.S. Williams' Aristoskip;
trainer/rider same. 3. Michael Turner's Sir Fieldmont; same;
Peter Walsh. Also ran: Influenced, Ilovit, Body Music, Carlo
Friend, Best Northern, Ocean City Gold (fell).
Mattaponi, about two miles on the flat; riders limited to
members of ARCA. Purse $1,000. Time 3:45 2 /s. 1. Beale
Wright's Val d'Argent (Val de l'Orne-Fr—Glittering Legend);
trainer Dr. William Wright; rider Joe Gillet. 2. Sharon Clark's
Dandy; same; Liz Collard. 3. Christy Clagett's Wicked Hit;
trainer/rider same. Also ran: Tingles Image, The Snow
Flaker, Yankee Passer, Lone Star Lester.
June 1991 41
Around the Farms
Ryehill Farm's Smarten colt out of Ambitious Ace (Bold Ambition), born five
and a half weeks prematurely on April 8, is shown when three weeks old.
Ryehill Farm
Jim and Linda Ryan's 300-acre estab¬
lishment in Mount Airy is the birth¬
place of champions Smart Angle and
Heavenly Cause and classic winner
Caveat. But of the hundreds of foals
born at the nursery, none has gotten
more attention than the "miracle baby"
born in the early morning hours of
April 8. The bay colt, by Smarten out of
multiple stakes producer Ambitious
Ace by Bold Ambition, was born five
and a half weeks prematurely but is
now thriving.
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Jim Ryan credits the foal's survival to
the long hours and tender loving care
of Marnie Carter, who oversees
Ryehill's horse operation. Marnie, in
turn, credits the foal's tremendous will
to live. She gave a detailed account of
the events: "No one was aware when
Ambitious Ace foaled out in one of the
fields before 6 a.m. She had started to
"bag up" in late February—her due
date was May 16—and Dr. Allan Garst,
our veterinarian, placed her on Regu-
mate, in addition to sulfa tablets for a
possible infection. She waxed in mid-
March and dripped milk on and off un¬
til she foaled, but on April 7, she didn't
give any other indication that she was
going to foal the next day."
The half-brother to three stakes win¬
ners was found in a separate field more
than five hours after the foaling. In
struggling to get to his feet, he had
worked his way under a fence, across a
grassy aisleway, and under a second
fence. "The mare and foal were brought
into the barn about 11 a.m., where the
colt was given a tetanus antitoxin and
colostrum. He was bottle fed every
hour," recounted Carter. "We would
stand him up to feed him, and he had a
strong nursing instinct. But he was so
small, he couldn't reach the mare's ud¬
der." Dr. Garst, who later commented
that he did not know of any foal this
young to have survived, checked on the
foal several times during the day. Treat¬
ment included giving the colt plasma.
"By the end of the first day, he
showed the desire to follow his dam,"
says Carter. "So to give the foal some
exercise and try to stimulate him, we
walked the mare on a grassy area out¬
side the barn and let the foal follow. Af¬
terwards, we would feed him, while at
the same time trying to encourage him
to go to the mare to nurse." By the end
of day two, the colt could get to his feet
without assistance. By the third day, he
started to nurse on his own.
"This foal is now progressing as any
normal foal," continued Carter. "His
milk teeth have come through, he picks
at hay and grass and even tries to eat his
dam's grain ..." The colt, who weighed
about 60 pounds at birth, approx¬
imately half the size of a normal new¬
born foal, has put on at least 25 pounds
the first three weeks.
Another problem surfaced during
the first few weeks. The colt's forelegs,
which were crooked at birth, grew
weaker at the knees. In an effort to sup¬
port the immature bones, the knees
were wrapped with support bandages.
Two front leg casts were then made to
immobilize the knees. "We also supple¬
mented his diet with calcium powder to
help solidify the bone. The casts were
left on for eight days. After we removed
them, the legs were straighter and he
gets stronger every day," notes Carter.
By the end of April, the colt had ad¬
vanced to the point where it was safe to
ship him and his dam to Bonita Farm,
about an hour and a half away. Ambi¬
tious Ace was bred to John Alden, the
same mating that resulted in stakes
winners Alden's Ambition, Alden's
Ace and Ambitious John.
42
Maryland Horse
1991 Maryland-Bred Stakes Winners
Profiles by Lucy Acton
AMERI RUN
HAYMAKER
RITCHIE TRAIL
June, p. 43
March, p. 61
March, p. 63
BALOTRA
May, p. 43
RUN SPOT
May, p. 46
IN THE CURL
May, p. 44
BEYOND SLEW
May, p. 43
SILVER TANGO
June, p. 45
June, p. 46
April, p. 62
JET STREAM
May, p. 45
COLONEL HILL
April, p. 61
May, p. 42
June, p. 47
LOCAL THRILLER
TANK
DUE NORTH
June, p. 46
June, p. 44
March, p. 62
PER QUOD
TEN OUT OF TEN
FOREST FEALTY
June, p. 45
March, p. 62
April, p. 60
PICNIC ISLAND
TONG PO
FORRY COW HOW
March, p. 61
May, p. 46
March, p. 60
REPUTED TESTAMONY
WIDE COUNTRY
GALA SPINAWAY
May, p. 47
April, p. 61
May, p. 47
RISK IT
May, p. 48
June, p. 44
May, p. 44
June, p. 47
AMERI RUN
dk.b. or br.c., 1988
1991
$40,000 Hirsch Jacobs Stakes, 6 fur., 3-year-olds. Pimlico,
April 6.
Bred by Hal C.B. Clagett
Owned by Hal C.B. Clagett; trained by John J. Robb
Foaled at Weston, Upper Marlboro
Amerrico
Dr. Fager
Ameri Lib
Rough'n Tumble
Aspidistra
*Amerieo
Liberal Lady
Run Equine Run
Run Fool Run
Little Bold Sphinx
*Beechpark
Missy K.
Bold Ambition
Restless Sphinx
1990
starts 1st
4 1
2nd
1
3rd earnings
1 $10,660
1991 (SW)
7
J_
1 56,330
11
4
2
2 $66,990
(through April 6)
Most of breeder/owner Hal C.B. Clagett's horses are
closely related, as you can tell by looking at the names.
The most successful runner he's ever bred is mil¬
lionaire Little Bold John (by John Alden out of the Bold
Ambition mare Little Bold Sphinx). Little Bold Sphinx's
dam was Restless Sphinx, by Restless Native. And so it
goes, generation after generation, at Clagett's Weston
farm in Upper Marlboro (Md.)
The latest good homebred to race for Mr. Clagett is a
3-year-old colt, Ameri Run (by Amerrico—Run Equine
Run). Ameri Run led wire-to-wire and scored by a length
and a quarter in Pimlico's unrestricted Hirsch Jacobs
Stakes. Since breaking his maiden in $25,000 claiming
company last December, Ameri Run has steadily moved
up the ladder. He had two allowance victories (one by a
compelling nine lengths) in February and March, and was
fourth, beaten three and a half lengths by the winner Risk
It, in the Mister Diz Stakes, before getting his first stakes
win.
Ameri Run's dam is a half-sister to Little Bold John.
"Little Bold Sphinx required surgery for a staph infection,
back in 1978, when she was carrying a foal by Run Fool
Run," explains Mr. Clagett. "Dr. Fred Peterson cared for
her at his Maryland Equine Center in Cockeysville. We
never thought the foal would survive. But she did. And
we named her Run Equine Run, after Dr. Peterson's clin¬
ic."
Run Equine Run, a foal of 1979, was not nearly so
illustrious as her younger brother. But she won or placed
in 16 of her 48 starts, including a second in the Toddler
Stakes, and earned $50,342.
Ameri Run is her third foal. Her two earlier foals are
winners Run Nicoma Run (a 1984 John Alden filly) and
Run Lyllos Run (a 1986 Lyllos-Fr colt). Barren for 1989 and
'90, Run Equine Run produced a "three-quarter nephew"
to Little Bold John—a John Alden colt—on April 4, and
was bred back to John Alden.
JUNE 1991
43
Star Choice
Spinnaker Sal
In Reality
Some Swinger
Fast Hilarious
Cool Control
Intentionally
My Dear Girl
Tirreno
Batting a Thousand
Hilarious
Fast Cookie
Solo Landing
Chilly Wind
1990 (SW)
starts
6
1st
2
2nd
2
3rd
1
earnings
$ 51,830
1991 (SW)
7
3_
2
0
144,495
13
5
4
1 $196,325
(through April 13)
—
GALA SPINAWAY
b.c., 1988
1990
$35,000 Bimelech Stakes, 7 fur., 2-year-olds. Laurel,
Sept. 30.
1991
$100,000-guaranteed Cherry Hill Mile-G3, 1 mi., 3-year-
olds. Garden State, March 30.
$75,000-guaranteed Deputed Testamony Stakes, IVb
mi., registered Maryland-bred 3-year-olds. Pimlico,
April 13.
Bred by Nancy M. Leonard
Owned by Gertrude Leviton; trained by Bernard P.
Bond
Foaled at Glade Valley Farms, Frederick, Md.
Gala Spinaway easily dominated his Maryland-bred
rivals in the Deputed Testamony Stakes. Odds-on favor¬
ite, he was ridden out to a 13-length victory over Septem¬
ber Star. A Call to Rise, Why Can't I and Aaron's Halo
completed the field.
It was his second stakes win in a row. Two weeks
earlier, he registered by a narrow margin in the Grade 3
Cherry Hill Mile at Garden State. Gala Spinaway is owned
by Gertrude and Leonard (Skip) Leviton, of Atlantic City,
N.J. Longtime clients of Glade Valley Farms, near Fred¬
erick (Md.), the Levitons purchased the colt privately
from his breeder. Glade Valley co-owner Nancy Leonard,
after he failed to meet his reserve at last year's Fasig-Tip-
ton Midlantic Select Two-Year-Olds in Training sale.
TANK
ch.c., 1988
1991
$150,000-guaranteed Garden State Stakes-G3, lVs mi.,
3-year-olds. Garden State, April 13.
Bred by Mrs. Richard C. duPont
Owned by Bohemia Stable; trained by Ben W. Perkins
Jr-
Foaled at Woodstock Farm, Chesapeake City, Md.
Tank's Prospect
Native Zone
1990
1991 (SW)
Mr. Prospector
Midnight Pumpkin
Exclusive Native
Zonely
1st 2nd
1 0
_2_ A
3 0
Raise a Native
Gold Digger
Pretense
Me Next
Raise a Native
Exclusive
Round Table
Zonah
3rd earnings
0 $ 10,200
_2_ 109,740
2 $119,940
(through April 13)
starts
1
5
Allaire duPont opted not to run Tank in the Kentucky
Derby. But, given the situation, most other owners would
have jumped right on a plane to Louisville.
Mrs. duPont's Bohemia Stable homebred over¬
whelmed the opposition in the Grade 3 Garden State
Stakes, coming from off the pace and romping to a seven
and a half-length victory over the hard-hitting challenger
Near the Limit. Prior to that, on April 1, he scored by
seven lengths in a mile and a sixteenth allowance race at
Pimlico.
On the other hand, the handsomely bred son of
Tank's Prospect would have been going into the Derby off
of only five career starts. And Mrs. duPont, who has nev¬
er had a Derby starter, was reluctant to submit her colt to
the grind. "What's best for the horse" is her sincere motto.
Long recognized as a leading lady of the sport, Mrs.
duPont gained her greatest fame in the 1960s as owner/
breeder of five-time horse of the year Kelso. From her
Woodstock Farm in Chesapeake City, an idyllic spot on
the Bohemia River, have come a number of other good
runners, including Maryland-bred champions Politely,
Believe the Queen and Crowned.
Like most of Mrs. duPont's horses. Tank, trained by
Ben Perkins Jr., has a pedigree that goes back generations
at Woodstock. His dam Native Zone (by Exclusive Native)
is a daughter of Mrs. duPont's mare Zonely (by Round
Table). Zonely, who placed in stakes, produced Grade 1
winner Victory Zone and stakes-placed runners Passing
Zone and Sharp Zone.
Native Zone, who was unraced, did not achieve
much note as a broodmare until Tank came along. Her
first three foals (by Halo, The Minstrel and Assert-Ire, in
1985, '86 and '87) are moderately successful winners. Na¬
tive Zone was sold (in foal to Waquoit) at the 1989 Keene-
land November breeding stock sale for $45,000.
44
Maryland Horse
PER QUOD
b.g., 1985
1988
$29,070 Royal Caledonian Hunt Cup and Doonside Cup,
l 3 /s mi., turf, 3 & up. Ayr, Scotland, Sept. 14.
1990
$77,459 Premio Roma Vecchia-G3, VU mi., turf, 3 & up.
Rome, Italy, Nov. 11.
1991
$135,947 Coppa d'Oro di Milano-G3, l 7 /s mi., 4 & up.
Milan, Italy, April 20.
1987
starts 1st 2nd 3rd
unraced
earnings
1988 (SW)
(in U.S. and England)
13 6 4 0
$ 74,835
(in North America, England, Ireland,
France and Germany)
1989 10 2 3 3 184,180
1990 (SW)
1991 (SW)
(in France, Germany, England,
Italy and Ireland)
11 1 3 3
J_ J_ _0 _0_
155,298
73,628
35 10 10 6
$487,941
(through April 20)
Bred by H. Turney McKnight and June H. McKnight
Owned by H. Turney McKnight; trained by Ben Han-
bury
Foaled at Clover Hill Farm, Monkton, Md.
Lyllos (Fr)
Allegedly
Lyphard
Lybos
Sir Ivor
Princess Pout
Northern Dancer
Goofed
Silly Season
Lesbos
Sir Gaylord
Attica
Prince John
Determined Lady
Turney McKnight's Per Quod made his 1991 debut in
the Coppa d'Oro di Milano-G3 and won by a length and a
half over nine other starters.
The son of former Country Life Farm stallion Lyllos
(Fr), now deceased. Per Quod has been a top competitor
in Europe for three seasons. His dam Allegedly (by Sir
Ivor) is a half-sister to champion and leading sire Alleged,
who was bred by McKnight's mother, June McKnight.
BEYOND SLEW
dk.b. or br.m., 1986
1991
$35,000-guaranteed Lady Mannequin Handicap, 6 fur.,
fillies and mares, 3 & up. Thistledown, April 20.
Bred by Barbara J. Givler
Owned by Greg P. Navarro; trained by Mike Mazur
Foaled at Green Willow Farms, Westminster, Md.
One More Slew
Seattle Slew
Theia (Fr)
Beyond Limits
Carry Back
Too Much
Bold Reasoning
My Charmer
Caro (Ire)
Cavadonga
Saggy
Joppy
*Tudor Way
Too Pampered
1988
starts
4
1st
0
2nd
1
3rd
1
earnings
$ 2,890
1989
17
5
4
5
31,948
1990
10
7
1
0
49,350
1991 (SW)
7
J3_
J_
2
44,092
38
15
7
8 $128,280
(through April 20)
Barbara Givler wasn't aware she had bred a stakes
winner, until she got a call from the Maryland Horse.
"That's the best news I've gotten all day!" said the Down-
ington (Pa.) resident when told that 5-year-old Beyond
Slew had captured the Lady Mannequin Handicap at
Thistledown.
Mrs. Givler's fling with horses was brief but exciting.
"My husband died in 1982," she explained. "He and I had
always talked about breeding Thoroughbreds—we'd only
planned to have one broodmare at a time. A year or so
after he died, I bought a Carry Back mare (Beyond Limits)
from an old horse trader." Bred to Masked Dancer, Be¬
yond Limits produced a 1984 filly. Masked Minute, who
raced for Mrs. Givler in partnership with Ron and Betsy
Houghton. "She won her first time out (a $13,500 maiden
claiming race at Atlantic City). It was like a Cinderella
story—watching my own horse win like that," says Mrs.
Givler.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Givler became ill with cancer
soon after that. She sold Beyond Limits and the mare's
One More Slew filly (Beyond Slew) when Beyond Slew
was a yearling, and has owned no more horses since then.
Beyond Slew, who was bought by Billy Dixon, has
competed mostly in mid-level claiming races, changing
hands several times over the years. Her present owner
Greg P. Navarro claimed her for $14,000 at Philadelphia
Park last July. Beyond Slew scored by a half-length in the
Lady Mannequin Handicap, and boosted her lifetime
earnings to $128,280. "I'm so happy for those people,"
said her breeder.
June 1991
45
IN THE CURL
b.m., 1984
1987
$40,000 Loch earn Handicap, 6 fur., fillies and mares, 3 &
up. Pimlico, Oct. 11.
$35,000 Heirloom Stakes, 6 fur., 3-year-old fillies. Phila¬
delphia Park, Nov. 14.
1989
$50,000 Primonetta Handicap, 6 fur., fillies and mares, 3
& up. Pimlico, April 15.
$30,000 Hydrangea Stakes, 6 fur., fillies and mares, 3 &
up. Meadowlands, Nov. 10.
1990
$50,000 Stefanita Handicap, 6 fur., fillies and mares, 3 &
up. Laurel, Nov. 4.
1991
$25,000-guaranteed Liberation Handicap, 6 fur., fillies
and mares, 3 & up. Philadelphia Park, March 10.
$25,000-guaranteed Musket Handicap, 6 fur., fillies and
mares, 3 & up. Philadelphia Park, April 7.
$40,000 Primonetta Handicap, 6 fur., fillies and mares, 3
& up. Pimlico, April 20.
Bred by Dark Hollow Number One Partnership
Owned by N.E. Rinaldi; trained by Dale Capuano
Foaled at Carol Hill Farm, Upperco, Md.
Shelter Half
Ocean Girl
Tentam
Gay Matelda
Rollicking
Pennsylvania Girl
Intentionally
Tamerett
Sir Gaylord
Hasty Matelda
Rambunctious
Martinetta
Tumiga
Bank Kook Sadye
1986
starts
8
1st
0
2nd
5
3rd
0
earnings
$ 37,142
1987 (SW)
13
6
1
2
105,145
1988
13
4
4
2
113,212
1989 (SW)
18
6
7
2
203,424
1990 (SW)
12
3
3
3
106,506
1991 (SW)
5
J3
J_
1
67,560
69
22
21
10 $632,989
(through April 20)
April wasn't a cruel month for In the Curl. Nick
Rinaldi's mare added nearly $50,000 to her bankroll, fin¬
ishing second to the good filly Hero's Hurrah in an over¬
night handicap at Pimlico and winning back-to-back
stakes at Philadelphia Park and Pimlico.
In Pimlico's Primonetta Handicap, In the Curl turned
the tables on Hero's Hurrah, holding on to defeat that filly
by a nose. Less than two weeks earlier, she captured Phil¬
adelphia Park's Musket Handicap by three-quarters of a
length over Silver Spool.
46
LOCAL THRILLER
b.m., 1985
1989
$20,000 Sadie Hawkins Stakes, 7 fur., fillies and mares, 3
& up. Charles Town, Aug. 5.
$40,000 Alma North Handicap, lVi6 mi., registered
Maryland-bred fillies and mares, 3 & up. Timonium,
Sept. 2.
1990
$50,000 Lady Baltimore Handicap, lVi6 mi., turf, fillies
and mares, 3 & up. Pimlico, June 9.
$40,000 Alma North Handicap, lVi6 mi., registered
Maryland-bred fillies and mares, 3 & up. Timonium,
Sept. 1.
1991
$25,000 Sweet n Sassy Stakes, 6 fur., fillies and mares, 3 &
up. Delaware Park, April 21.
Bred by Kimball C. Firestone
Owned by John Korman Jr.; trained by Robert Bailes
Foaled at Glenstone Farm, Middletown, Md.
Benefice
Local Cause
Damascus
Shuvee
Advocator
Backfence Gossip
Sword Dancer
Kerala
Nashua
Levee
Round Table
Delta Queen
The Scoundrel
Risque Me
1987
starts
2
1st
0
2nd
2
3rd
0
earnings
$ 4,070
1988
6
2
0
1
17,190
1989 (SW)
9
4
0
0
66,316
1990 (SW)
9
4
3
0
122,225
1991 (SW)
2
\
0
0
18,540
28
11
5
1 $228,341
(through April 21)
Trainer Meredith (Mert) Bailes deserves a lot of credit
for developing Local Thriller into a stakes winner at ages 4
and 5. And he is also to be admired for the start he has
given his 26-year-old son Robbie. "I'm trying to do for him
what my own father did for me," says Bailes, who inher¬
ited the job as farm trainer for the late Christopher T.
Chenery's Meadow Stud from his father in 1972.
Mert Bailes has had a public stable at Bowie since
1979, his best recent success coming with the good filly
Misty Ivor and 1991 John B. Campbell Handicap-G3 win¬
ner J. R.'s Horizon.
Local Thriller, who races for John Korman, a retail
furniture store owner from Richmond (Va.), is one of sev¬
eral horses Mert has turned over to his son. The 6-year-
old mare came back from a layoff to finish fifth behind
Hero's Hurrah in an overnight handicap at Pimlico on
April 1. She returned in Delaware Park's Sweet n Sassy
Stakes, scoring by a half-length over Silver Spool.
Maryland Horse
Bred by Jeanne F. Begg
Owned by Constance Capuano; trained by Gary Cap-
uano
Foaled at Roedown Farm, Davidsonville, Md.
Silver Badge
Royal Tango
Poker
Silver True
Princely Pleasure
Tango in Paris
Round Table
Glamour
Hail to Reason
Silver Fog
What a Pleasure
Princess Tiki
Cyane
Dancer's Gem
1990
1991 (SW)
starts
1
6
7
1 st
1
5
6
2 nd
0
J_
1
earnings
$ 7,200
142,870
$150,070
(through April 27)
SILVER TANGO
ch.f., 1988
1991
$25,000-guaranteed Mountain Laurel Stakes, 6 fur.,
3-year-old fillies. Philadelphia Park, Feb. 24.
$40,000 Forsythia Stakes, 6 fur., 3-year-old fillies. Pimlico,
March 16.
$60,000-guaranteed Politely Stakes, 6 fur., registered
Maryland-bred 3-year-old fillies. Pimlico, April 7.
$25,000 Bustleton Stakes, 1 mi., 70 yds., 3-year-old fillies
who had never won $18,000 two times at one mile or
over other than maiden, claiming or starter. Phila¬
delphia Park, April 27.
Silver Tango upheld her nearly untarnished reputa¬
tion with a length victory as even-money favorite in
Pimlico's Politely Stakes, followed by an odds-on score in
the Bustleton Stakes at Philadelphia Park..
The 3-year-old filly owned by Connie Capuano and
her husband Phil and trained by their son Gary has now
won six of her seven lifetime starts, including four stakes.
Phil Capuano purchased her privately last year after she
failed to meet her reserve at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic
Two-Year-Olds in Training sale. The $3,800 he paid to
breeder Jeanne Begg has turned out to be a pittance.
The 121-pound high weight in the Politely, Silver Tan¬
go gave seven pounds to the runner-up Overdue Ghost.
Others, in order of finish, were Nicki, Eager n Crafty,
Reckon Say, Rollicking Stream, Sisaroo and Missy's Mu¬
sic. Silver Tango has earned $150,070.
WIDE COUNTRY
ch.f., 1988
1990
$50,000-guaranteed Smart Angle Stakes, 6 fur., regis¬
tered Maryland-bred 2-year-old fillies. Pimlico, Aug.
19.
$150,000-guaranteed Maryland Juvenile Filly Champion¬
ship, 1Vi 6 mi., registered Maryland-bred 2-year-old
fillies. Laurel, Nov. 24.
$60,000-guaranteed Heavenly Cause Stakes, 6 V 2 fur.,
registered Maryland-bred 2-year-old fillies. Laurel,
Dec. 9.
1991
$40,000 Flirtation Stakes, 6 V 2 fur., 3-year-old fillies. Lau¬
rel, Feb. 10.
$75,000-guaranteed Jameela Stakes, IV 16 mi., registered
Maryland-bred 3-year-old fillies. Laurel, Feb. 23.
$50,000 Genuine Risk Stakes, IV 16 mi., 3-year-old fillies.
Laurel, March 9.
$200,000-guaranteed Pimlico Oaks-G3, IV 16 mi., 3-year-
old fillies. Pimlico, March 30.
$75,000-guaranteed Caesar's Wish Stakes, IV 16 mi., reg¬
istered Maryland-bred 3-year-old fillies. Pimlico, April
28.
Bred by Diana W. Carlson
Owned by Tom Tanner; trained by Robert W. Camac
Foaled at Brookwood Farm, Fulton, Md.
Magesterial
Bazooka Babe
Northern Dancer
Courting Days
Mullineaux
Rustic Gal
Nearctic
Natalma
Bold Lad
Admiring
Hail to Reason
Bramalea
Good Behaving
Barn Dance
1990 (SW)
starts
7
1 st
4
2 nd
2
3rd
0
earnings
$173,340
1991 (SW)
5
5
0
0
268,695
12
9
2
0 $442,035
(through April 28)
Wide Country stretched her winning streak to seven
in a row with a decisive length and a half victory in
Pimlico's Caesar's Wish Stakes. The 3-10 favorite, she car¬
ried high weight of 122 pounds, five pounds more than
runner-up Ritchie Trail, who gave a game effort. Ritchie
Trail finished a half-length in front of John's Decision,
followed by Reckon Say, Little Bold Lookin, Dancing
Olivia, Eager n Crafty and Nicki.
Purchased by owner Tommy Tanner, of Wilmington,
Del., as a 2-year-old for $50,000, Wide Country has now
earned $442,035. She was Maryland's champion juvenile
filly in 1990, and is well on her way to a second title.
June 1991
47
MHBA hosts 63rd
annual awards dinner
Photographs by Jerry Frutkoff
The MHBA paid tribute to leading
Maryland-bred performers of 1990 at
a dinner held April 26 in the Pimlico
Sports Palace. Breeders David and Jo
Ann Hayden (below), flanked by
MHBA vice-president J.W.Y. Martin
Jr., left, and president King T.
Leatherbury, were honored for
achievements of Maryland's horse of
the year. Breeders' Cup Sprint-Gl
winner Safely Kept, and her dam
Safely Home, named broodmare of
the year. Opposite page: Leatherbury
presented special achievement
awards (2) and (3) to Safely Kept's
sire Horatius (accepting was former
Thornmar manager Dean Schneider)
and Eclipse award-winning
apprentice jockey Mark Johnston; (4)
Country Life partner John Pons,
right, received leading freshman sire
award earned by Allen's Prospect
from Thoroughbred Times's Scott Rion;
(5) Charles Peoples, left, longtime
manager of Mr. and Mrs. Bayard
Sharp's farm, accepted breeder of the
year award on behalf of his
employers from Larry Edinger of The
Blood-Horse ; (6) double honors went to
Country Life, Joseph P. Pons Sr.
(left), receiving Carnivalay's stallion
of the year award from MHBA
executive vice-president Richard W.
Wilcke. Honored as breeders of
Maryland-bred champions were
Haymaker's breeder Eleanor
Sparenberg (7), presentation by
Barclay Tagg; (8) Diana Carlson, who
received Wide Country's plate from
William K. Boniface; (9) Valay Maid's
breeders Betty and Joe Hamilton,
right, accepting from Bob Manfuso;
(10) Daniel Ryan, co-breeder of
French Hill, given award by Katy
Voss; (11) Northern Wolf's
co-breeders Dr. Howard Hoffman,
left, and Dr. John Meeks, right. Bill
Albright making the presentation;
(12) Ten Keys's breeder Richard
Bendit, right, who was given his
award by J.W.Y. Martin Jr.; (13) and
Geri C. Hughes, right, breeder of
Restless Con, accepting from Betty
Shea Miller.
Maryland Horse
Maryland Fund Report
Statistics for Pimlico at Laurel
Maryland Fund Program
February 14 through March 13, 1991
Total Funds Available to
Handle Maryland Fund Breakage
Simulcast
Fees
Interest Surplus from
Earned Previous Meeting Distributed
$36,455,477 $401,010
$9,847
$6,465
$3,213 $173,755 $391,153
Fund Expenditures:
Distribution other than purses:
Yearling show. $ 6,250
Breeder awards. 126,001
Stallion awards. 39,904
Owner awards. 67,591
Maryland Million purses. 11,402
Service charge to MHBA. 20,004
Total. $271,153
Purses in Maryland Fund races:
Available for purses. $135,182
Surplus from previous meeting. 173,755
308,937
Purse distribution. 120,000
Surplus to be carried over. $188,937
NINTH DAY (February 23). Purse
$75,000-guaranteed. Jameela Stakes.
For 3-year-old fillies, registered Mary-
land-breds. lVi6 mi. 5 competed.
(Closed with 17 nominations.) Winner:
WIDE COUNTRY, by Magesterial.
Breeder Bonus: Diana W. Carlson
($5,941.71). Stallion Bonus: None. Sec¬
ond: RITCHIE TRAIL, by Allen's Pros¬
pect. Breeder Bonus: Estate of Orme
Wilson Jr. ($1,980.57). Stallion Bonus:
Allen's Prospect Syndicate ($990.29).
Third: JOHN'S DECISION, by John Al-
den. Breeder Bonus: Janet L. Wayson
($1,089.31). Stallion Bonus: John Alden
Syndicate ($544.66). Fourth: AVIE'S
DAISY, by Lord Avie. Breeder Bonus:
Jilerlane Stables ($594.17). Stallion Bo¬
nus: None.
TWENTY-FIRST DAY (March 10).
Purse $60,000-guaranteed. Conniver
Handicap. For 3-year-olds & up, fillies
and mares, registered Maryland-
breds. 7 furlongs. 8 competed. (Closed
with 20 nominations.) Winner: RUN
SPOT, by North Sea. Breeder Bonus:
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Merryman
($4,753.37). Stallion Bonus: Alfred G.
Vanderbilt ($2,376.68). Second: Mc-
KILTS, by Deputed Testamony. Breeder
Bonus: North Highland Farm
($1,584.46). Stallion Bonus: Deputed
Testamony Syndicate ($792.23). Third:
DOUBLE ARTEMIS, by Double Zeus.
Breeder Bonus: Dwight N. Hikel
($871.45). Stallion Bonus: Double Zeus
Syndicate ($453.73). Fourth: CROWNED,
by Chief's Crown. Breeder Bonus: Mrs.
Richard C. duPont and Woodstock En¬
terprises ($475.34). Stallion Bonus:
None.
Breeder Bonuses
David I. Abse—JAY'S ALLY: Feb. 15, 5th
race, $459.49.
Adventure Partnership—SPACE MATE:
March 7, 1st race, $1,267.56.
Audley Farm, Inc.—WITCH HALF: March
2, 4th race, $950.67.
Marjorie Barry—ABBEYS GAIT: Feb. 19,
10th race, $673.39.
Dan Basil—ACCORTE: Feb. 23, 2nd race,
$752.62.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Bassford—COOL
BRILLIANCE: Feb. 24, 1st race, $554.56.
GOLD RUSHER: Feb. 24, 9th race, $950.67.
($1,505.23)
Caroline T. Benson—ONCE OVER
KNIGHTLY: Feb. 24, 12th race, $435.73.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Bertazon Jr.—UN¬
CLE BUSTER: March 1, 1st race, $594.17.
E.H. Hawkins, Bonita Farm, et al—RE¬
PUTED TESTAMONY: Feb. 19, 9th race,
$3,168.91; March 2, 11th race, $1,584.46.
($4,753.37)
Anna B. Boskin—MARY B.: March 2, 9th
race, $1,346.79.
Braim Road Associates—BE CAREFUL:
March 5, 10th race, $499.10.
William R. Buehler—HALF ENGLISH:
March 1, 5th race, $491.18.
Caberosa Partnership—PANNER: Feb. 24,
5th race, $491.18; March 5, 1st race,
$514.95. ($1,006.13)
Diana W. Carlson—WIDE COUNTRY: Feb.
23, 10th race, $5,941.71; March 9, 10th
race, $4,345.37. ($10,287.08)
Jane A. Cartwright—LUCILLE LISA: March
5, 7th race, $752.62.
Kenneth R. Cecil—CANDY'S MAGIC:
March 5, 3rd race, $491.18.
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Christmas—
CLAIR'S SAY: March 2, 7th race, $950.67.
Hal C.B. Clagett—AMERI RUN: Feb. 26, 6th
race, $1,346.79; March 7, 9th race,
$1,505.23. ($2,852.02)
Mrs. Ben Cohen—MAJESTIC GAME: Feb.
22, 6th race, $1,188.34.
Albert H. Cohen and Randy L. Cohen—TI-
GORS: March 4, 9th race, $1,663.68.
Julie Bassford Collison—BRILLIANT
PACES: March 2, 1st race, $554.56.
50
Maryland Horse
Paul F. Coster—LONGLEGED PAUL: Feb.
19, 2nd race, $1,505.23.
Estate of Frank J. De Francis—EMPEROR'S
DARLING: March 5, 5th race, $491.18. PO¬
TENT POCKET: Feb. 24, 4th race, $792.23.
($1,283.41)
Victor DiVivo—COLONEL HILL: March 3,
10th race, $1,451.10. WOODBEATEASE:
March 12, 6th race, $713.01. ($2,164.11)
Mrs. Richard C. duPont/Woodstock Enter¬
prises—CROWNED: Feb. 18, 11th race,
$1,584.46; March 10, 10th race, $475.34.
($2,059.80)
Mrs. O. Anderson Engh—KING BAR: Feb.
14, 1st race, $594.17.
Annette Eubanks—JOHNNY ROME: Sept.
21, 7th race, $1,029.90.
Stephen R. Ferguson—CROOKED TOWER:
Feb. 15, 8th race, $1,188.34.
Edmond D. Gaudet—CAMABARA: Feb. 14,
2nd race, $713.01.
Glade Valley Farms, Inc.—BOLDEST
BLADE: March 4, 8th race, $1,109.12.
RECKON SAY: March 3, 7th race,
$1,267.56. ($2,376.68)
Richard L. Golden—BLUSHING PUNCH:
Feb. 18, 5th race, $491.18.
C. Oliver Goldsmith—CAPP THE POWER:
March 9, 4th race, $1,822.12. FOR ALL:
Feb. 22, 8th race, $1,663.68. HIS ACAL-
LADE: Feb. 18, 10th race, $1,267.56.
($4,753.36)
Barbara C. Graham—ROLLODKA: Feb. 21,
1st race, $713.01; March 2, 6th race,
$713.01. ($1,426.02)
Green Willow Farms—LADY OF DECO¬
RUM: March 4, 4th race, $1,148.73.
William R. Harris—SAUCY BIRD: Feb. 22,
5th race, $752.62.
Mark Hayden—DANS LES BOIS: March 12,
10th race, $459.49.
Marshele E. Bassford Heffron—MISS PRO¬
TEGE: March 5, 6th race, $1,663.68.
John C. Heil—D. C. MAXWELL: Feb. 19,1st
race, $1,346.79.
Dwight N. Hikel—DOUBLE ARTEMIS:
March 10, 10th race, $871.45.
John Hinder—GRANGRAD JOHN: Feb. 26,
1st race, $831.84.
Peter Jay—CIDERMILL HILL: Feb. 26, 8th
race, $1,109.12.
Meriam M. Jenkins—CHRIS' HOLIDAY:
March 1, 6th race, $1,029.90.
Jilerlane Stables—AVIE'S DAISY: Feb. 23,
10th race, $594.17.
Penelope-Ann Keating—HOOLIGANISIM:
March 2, 11th race, $475.34.
Barbara M. Kees—CLOUDY WINTERS:
March 12, 2nd race, $752.62. FOR YOUR¬
SELF: Feb. 24, 3rd race, $435.73. RA-
JAMUFFIN: Feb. 19, 8th race, $1,346.79.
($2,535.14)
Alan S. Kline—MURRAY'S RULER: March
7, 10th race, $673.39.
Jane G. Kramer—GALLANT VICTOR: Feb.
15, 3rd race, $459.49.
Estate of Alvin E. Kraus—P. M. SPIFF: Feb.
17, 3rd race, $491.18.
K. T. Leatherbury Assoc., Inc.—THIRTY
EIGHT GO GO: Feb. 18, 11th race,
$475.34.
Jameela Stakes
Presentation after Wide Country's head victory over Ritchie Trail in the
Jameela Stakes includes (from left) owners Barbara and Tommy Tanner,
jockey Santos Chavez, Jameela's trainer Hap Ravich and Robert Camac.
June 1991
51
Maiyland Fund Report **««**>
Nancy M. Leonard—GALA SPINAWAY:
Feb. 24, 8th race, $1,663.68.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lewis—ALDEN'S
CROWN: Feb. 16, 6th race, $792.23.
James F. Lewis III—GRONWOHLD: March
9, 2nd race, $871.45.
Lester P. Mackebee—THIRTYEIGHTCALI-
BER: Feb. 17, 10th race, $1,663.68.
Marilyn MacVey and Katharine M. Voss—
SALVE: March 2, 5th race, $419.88.
James A. Maenner—TIPEACE: March 7, 4th
race, $594.17.
John A. Manfuso—A CALL TO RISE: March
9, 6th race, $1,663.68. ALL LAUGHTER:
March 7, 5th race, $491.18. ($2,154.86)
Mrs J.W.Y. Martin Jr.—SISAROO: Feb. 14,
3rd race, $950.67; March 3, 9th race,
$1,346.79. ($2,297.46)
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Merryman—RUN
SPOT: March 10, 10th race, $4,753.37.
Robert E. Meyerhoff—CREATIVE ACT:
March 4, 1st race, $1,029.90. SAWMILL
RUN: March 7, 3rd race, $491.18. SKY-
SPACE: Feb. 15, 7th race, $950.67.
($2,471.75)
Gretchen B. Mobberley—JET STREAM:
March 2, 11th race, $4,753.37. SILAS
GREEN: Feb. 23, 4th race, $1,029.90.
($5,783.27)
Moncrief, Inc., Howard Bender and Sondra
Bender—ROLLICKING STREAM: Feb. 19,
7th race, $1,267.56.
Harold C. Morris—CHRISHEIK: March 12,
1st race, $491.18.
Dr. Frederick E. Musser—INTENDED
RULLAH: March 9, 3rd race, $435.73.
North Highland Farm—McKILTS: March
10, 10th race, $1,584.46.
Sture G. Olsson—WHY CANT I: Feb. 23,1st
race, $1,029.90.
Pegasus Farm—WON ON POINTS: Feb. 17,
5th race, $491.18.
Joseph Piccioni Sr. and Barbara Piccioni—
NEW GUY IN TOWN: Feb. 24, 7th race,
$514.95.
Christina M. Pino—A JOYFUL DANIELLE:
Feb. 23, 8th race, $1,029.90.
John W. Polek—JUSTINS TESTAMONY:
March 2, 10th race, $1,505.23.
Helen M. Polinger—TAMMY'S LEGS: Feb.
26, 4th race, $1,188.34.
Robert L. Quinichett—TONG PO: March 3,
5th race, $1,346.79.
Raymond Regan—TOR'S PACES: March 3,
12th race, $1,109.12.
David P. Reynolds—GAYLORD'S ANNIE:
Feb. 23, 9th race, $1,663.68.
Dr. and Mrs. James W. Ross—BROOK-
WOOD: March 4, 7th race, $950.67.
WEATHER RAIL: Feb. 26, 5th race,
$752.62. ($1,703.29)
Ross Valley Farm—HAYMAKER: March 3,
10th race, $4,353.29.
Lisa D. Ruch—SAN DIEGO'S ISLE: Feb. 26,
3rd race, $459.49.
James P Ryan Jr.—FIRST DOWN: Feb. 18,
11th race, $871.45.
Ryehill Farm—ANNIE'S WARNING: Feb.
18, 2nd race, $459.49. TEMPER TIME:
March 2, 11th race, $871.45. ($1,330.94)
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Conniver Handicap
Retiring press box manager Eddie McMullen (left) gives Conniver Hand¬
icap trophy to (from left) Edgar Prado, John Merryman and Katy Voss
following Run Spot's narrow triumph over McKilts and Double Artemis.
52
Maryland Horse
Charles Kelly Smith—DANTELL: Feb. 15,
1st race, $1,029.90.
P.J. Torsney Jr.—ALLTHATHECOULDSEE:
March 12, 9th race, $1,822.12.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Townsend—CLEVER
FOREVER: Feb. 16, 3rd race, $594.17.
Mrs. Anthony E. Verdi—DOUBLETIME
MISS: March 10, 1st race, $594.17.
Janet L. Wayson—JOHN'S DECISION: Feb.
23, 10th race, $1,089.31.
Dan D. Westland—BARBARA'S LAST: Feb.
16, 12th race, $435.73; March 12, 4th race,
$514.95. ($950.68)
Mrs. Gordon L. Wheeler—BOXWOOD:
Feb. 15, 4th race, $871.45.
Warren D. Williams—BORC: Feb. 16, 4th
race, $594.17; March 8, 2nd race, $594.17.
($1,188.34)
Willowdale Farm Breeding and Racing Part¬
nership—GOLD PROOF: March 9, 9th
race, $792.23.
Estate of Orme Wilson Jr.—RITCHIE
TRAIL: Feb. 23, 10th race, $1,980.57.
Worth A Try Stables—BIG UPHEAVEL: Feb.
24, 10th race, $1,267.56.
Owner Bonuses
John V. Alecci—DANTELL: Feb. 15,1st race,
$1,418.38. MISS PROTEGE: March 5, 6th
race, $2,291.22. ($3,709.60)
Elaine L. Bassford—GOLD RUSHER: Feb.
24, 9th race, $1,309.27.
Sondra D. Bender—ROLLICKING
STREAM: Feb. 19, 7th race, $1,745.69.
Mary B. Boskin—MARY B.: March 2, 9th
race, $1,854.80.
Hal C.B. Clagett—AMERI RUN: Feb. 26, 6th
race, $1,854.80; March 7, 9th race,
$2,073.01. ($3,927.81)
Paul F. Coster—LONGLEGED PAUL: Feb.
19, 2nd race, $2,073.01.
Foxglove Stable—BROOKWOOD: March 4,
7th race, $1,309.27.
C. Oliver Goldsmith—CAPP THE POWER:
March 9, 4th race, $2,509.43. HIS ACAL-
LADE: Feb. 18, 10th race, $1,745.69.
($4,255.12)
G & O Stable—SILAS GREEN: Feb. 23, 4th
race, $1,418.38.
Carolyn L. Green—LADY OF DECORUM:
March 4, 4th race, $1,582.03.
Matt P. Kane et al—REPUTED TES-
TAMONY: Feb. 19, 9th race, $4,364.23.
Gertrude Leviton—GALA SPINAWAY: Feb.
24, 8th race, $2,291.22.
John A. Manfuso—A CALL TO RISE: March
9, 6th race, $2,291.22.
Mrs. J.W.Y. Martin Jr.—SISAROO: Feb. 14,
3rd race, $1,309.27; March 3, 9th race,
$1,854.80. ($3,164.07)
John B. Merryman—SPACE MATE: March
7, 1st race, $1,745.69.
Robert E. Meyerhoff—CREATIVE ACT:
March 4, 1st race, $1,418.38.
Jane D. Miller—D. C. MAXWELL: Feb. 19,
1st race, $1,854.80.
Richard D. Norling—FOR ALL: Feb. 22, 8th
race, $2,291.22.
One & Won Stable—TIGORS: March 4, 9th
race, $2,291.22.
John W. Polek—JUSTINS TESTAMONY:
March 2, 10th race, $2,073.01.
Lorraine R. Quinichett—TONG PO: March
3, 5th race, $1,854.80.
Charles J. Reed—CROOKED TOWER: Feb.
15, 8th race, $1,636.59.
David P. Reynolds—GAYLORD'S ANNIE:
Feb. 23, 9th race, $2,291.22.
Rick-Gene Stables—TAMMY'S LEGS: Feb.
26, 4th race, $1,636.59.
Nicholas E. Rinaldi—BIG UPHEAVEL: Feb.
24, 10th race, $1,745.69.
Rolli-Dott Manor Farms—RECKON SAY:
March 3, 7th race, $1,745.69.
Rough Cut Stable—THIRTYEIGHTCALI-
BER: Feb. 17, 10th race, $2,291.22.
Yvonne J. Stoner—MAJESTIC GAME: Feb.
22, 6th race, $1,636.59.
P.J. Torsney Jr.—ALLTHATHECOULDSEE:
March 12,9th race, $2,509.43. WHY CANT
I: Feb. 23, 1st race, $1,418.38. ($3,927.81)
Costas N. Triantafilos—RAJAMUFFIN: Feb.
19, 8th race, $1,854.80.
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Stallion Bonuses
ACALLADE (His Acallade: Feb. 18, 10th
race, $633.78): Acallade Syndicate.
AFFILIATE (Jay's Ally: Feb. 15, 5th race,
$229.75): Affiliate Syndicate.
ALLEN'S PROSPECT (Panner: Feb. 24, 5th
race, $245.59; March 5, 1st race, $257.47.
Ritchie Trail: Feb. 23, 10th race, $990.29):
Allen's Prospect Syndicate—$1,493.35.
AMBERNASH (Allthathecouldsee: March
12, 9th race, $911.06): Thornmar Farm.
BAEDERWOOD (Boxwood: Feb. 15, 4th
race, $435.73. Dans les Bois: March 12,
10th race, $229.75. Woodbeatease: March
12, 6th race, $356.50): Baederwood Syndi¬
cate—$1,021.98.
BARA PRINCE (Camabara: Feb. 14, 2nd
race, $356.60): Schelford North Farm, Inc.
BRILLIANT PROTEGE (Cool Brilliance: Feb.
24, 1st race, $277.28. Miss Protege: March
5, 6th race, $831.84): Brilliant Protege Syn¬
dicate—$1,109.12.
CAVEAT (Annie's Warning: Feb. 18, 2nd
race, $229.75. Be Careful: March 5, 10th
race, $249.55. Once Over Knightly: Feb.
24, 12th race, $217.86): Caveat Syndicate—
$697.16.
CHRISTOPHER R. (Chris' Holiday: March
1, 6th race, $514.95): Shamrock Farms.
CLEVER CHAMP (Clever Forever: Feb. 16,
3rd race, $297.09): Clever Champ Syndi¬
cate.
DANCING COUNT (Dantell: Feb. 15, 1st
race, $514.95): Dancing Count Syndicate.
DEPUTED TESTAMONY (Gronwohld:
March 9, 2nd race, $435.73. Justins Tes-
tamony: March 2, 10th race, $752.62.
McKilts: March 10, 10th race, $792.23. Re¬
puted Testamony: Feb. 19, 9th race,
$1,584.46; March 2, 11th race, $792.23):
Deputed Testamony Syndicate—$4,357.27.
DOUBLE ZEUS (Double Artemis: March 10,
10th race, $435.73. Doubletime Miss:
March 10, 1st race, $297.09): Double Zeus
Syndicate—$732.82.
FULL INTENT (Intended Rullah: March 9,
3rd race, $217.86): Mrs. Robert Beall.
FUZZBUSTER (Uncle Buster: March 1, 1st
race, $297.09): Fuzzbuster Syndicate.
HAIL EMPEROR (Emperor's Darling: March
5, 5th race, $245.59. Salve: March 2, 5th
race, $209.94. Why Cant I: Feb. 23,1st race,
$514.95): Hail Emperor Syndicate—
$970.48.
HASTY SPRING (Big Upheavel: Feb. 24,
10th race, $633.78): Hasty Spring Syndi¬
cate.
HORATIUS (Johnny Rome: Sept. 21, 7th
race, $514.95): Horatius Syndicate.
I AM THE GAME (Brookwood: March 4, 7th
race, $475.34): I Am the Game Syndicate.
ISLAND CHAMP (D. C. Maxwell: Feb. 19,
1st race, $673.39): John C. Heil.
JOHN ALDEN (Alden's Crown: Feb. 16, 6th
race, $396.11. Barbara's Last: Feb. 16, 12th
race, $217.86; March 12, 4th race, $257.47.
For Yourself: Feb. 24, 3rd race, $217.86.
John's Decision: Feb. 23, 10th race,
$544.66): John Alden Syndicate—
$1,633.96.
JOYFUL CHARGER (A Joyful Danielle: Feb.
23, 8th race, $514.95): John A. Manfuso.
LIVELY KING (King Bar: Feb. 14, 1st race,
$297.09): Lively King Syndicate.
LORD GAYLORD (Gaylord's Annie: Feb. 23,
9th race, $831.84. Lady of Decorum: March
4, 4th race, $574.37): Lord Gaylord Syndi¬
cate—$1,406.21.
MARINE BRASS (Grangrad John: Feb. 26,
1st race, $415.92): K.T. Leatherbury and
Murmur Farm.
NORTHERN RAJA (Rajamuffin: Feb. 19, 8th
race, $673.39. Sisaroo: Feb. 14, 3rd race,
$475.34; March 3, 9th race, $673.39):
Northern Raja—$1,822.12.
NORTH SEA (Run Spot: March 10, 10th
race, $2,376.68): Alfred G. Vanderbilt.
NORTH TOWER (Crooked Tower: Feb. 15,
8th race, $594.17): North Tower Syndicate.
OH SAY (Clair's Say: March 2, 7th race,
$475.34. First Down: Feb. 18, 11th race,
$435.73. Reckon Say: March 3, 7th race,
$633.78): Oh Say Syndicate—$1,544.85.
PEACE FOR PEACE (Tipeace: March 7, 4th
race, $297.09): Peace for Peace Syndicate.
POLES APART (A Call to Rise: March 9, 6th
race, $831.84. All Laughter: March 7, 5th
race, $245.59): John A. Manfuso Sr.—
$1,077.43.
RAMBO (Ire) (Hooliganisim: March 2, 11th
race, $237.67. Saucy Bird: Feb. 22, 5th race,
$376.31): T.J. Rooney and Thoroughbred
Trust of Ireland—$613.98.
ROLLICKING (Rollicking Stream: Feb. 19,
7th race, $633.78. Rollodka: Feb. 21, 1st
race, $356.50; March 2, 6th race, $356.50):
Mrs. Robert Leonard—$1,346.78.
SHELTER HALF (Half English: March 1, 5th
race, $245.59. Mary B.: March 2, 9th race,
$673.39. Witch Half: March 2, 4th race,
$475.34): Shelter Half Syndicate—
$1,394.32.
SHIFTY SHEIK (Chrisheik: March 12, 1st
race, $245.59): Shifty Sheik Syndicate.
THIRTY EIGHT PACES (Abbeys Gait: Feb.
19, 10th race, $336.70. Brilliant Paces:
March 2, 1st race, $277.28. Jet Stream:
March 2, 11th race, $2,376.68. Thirty-
eightcaliber: Feb. 17, 10th race, $831.84.
Thirty Eight Go Go: Feb. 18, 11th race,
$237.67. Tor's Paces: March 3, 12th race,
$554.56): Double Paces Stable—$4,614.73.
TWO PUNCH (Blushing Punch: Feb. 18, 5th
race, $245.59. Haymaker: March 3, 10th
race, $2,176.65): Two Punch Partnership—
$2,422.24.
ULTRAMATE (Space Mate: March 7, 1st
race, $633.78): Ultramate Syndicate.
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PIMLICO
Never has a more stellar field of horses lined up
together in the starting gate at Pimlico.
Summer Squall returned to the scene of his 1990
Preakness victory along with Unbridled, winner of last
year's Kentucky Derby, for their first rematch since last
May.
Jolie's Halo brought with him a near-perfect record
that included brilliant wins in two Grade 1 stakes.
Festin (Arg)—billed as the "now" horse—was there
to prove that his defeat of Jolie's Halo, Unbridled and
Farma Way in the April 13 Oaklawn Park Handicap-Gl
was not just the result of a sloppy track.
And Farma Way, unquestionably the best handicap
horse in California this season, was unleashed by the
ever-powerful D. Wayne Lukas.
They were drawn together on May 11 by the Grade 1
$750,000-guaranteed Pimlico Special, which gained ex¬
tra stature this year as the fourth leg of the new Ameri¬
can Championship Racing Series, a ten-race program
that includes the country's most important races for
older horses.
Except for the two longshots. Silver Survivor and
Reputed Testamony, they appeared evenly matched, a
showcase of talent.
But the others ended up chasing an emerging su¬
perstar.
Farma Way set every fraction and won by three
lengths over Summer Squall, giving one of the most
powerful running displays ever seen at Old Hilltop.
His time (l:52 2 /s) for the mile and three-sixteenths
took three-fifths of a second off the track record set by
another of trainer Wayne Lukas's charges. Criminal
Never headed in the Pimlico Special, Farma Way set
a new track record in defeating a stellar field, including
Summer Squall, Jolie's Halo, Festin and Unbridled.
Farma Way has
it all his way in
Pimlico Special
By Lucy Acton
Type, in last year's Pimlico Special, and equaled the
North American record Riva Ridge set while winning
the Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct in 1973.
"This is the best handicap horse in the world, and he
will prove it over and over and over again," was
Lukas's post-race analysis. The nation's all-time lead¬
ing trainer in virtually every category, Lukas had felt
slighted by the lack of respect given Farma Way up to
the Special. (As fourth choice at Pimlico, the winner
paid $14.40.) "I've had a lot of good horses," said the
trainer, "and this is a damn good horse. He's so ver¬
satile. He can do it any way you want—come from
behind, or on the lead ..."
Rider Gary Stevens allowed Farma Way to go to the
front in the early stages. Farma Way, stalked by Jolie's
Halo, passed the first quarter-mile in :23 2 /s and half-
mile in :46 4 /s—relatively slow times considering the
level of competition. When it came time for the others
to make their moves, the pace accelerated and there
were no serious challenges. In spite of Summer
Squall's game try, Farma Way was gaining ground at
the end.
A tiring Jolie's Halo finished two and a half lengths
back, followed by Festin, Silver Survivor, Unbridled
and Reputed Testamony.
Farma Way, bred in Kentucky by Coleman D. Calla¬
way III and Susan Clay Callaway, waited a long time to
displace Summer Squall and Unbridled in the lime¬
light. The 4-year-old colt by Marfa—Fine Tribute by
Diplomat Way brought $6,700 as a weanling at the
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale. He was resold
as a yearling for $25,000, then purchased by his owner
George Bunn for $145,000 at the 1989 Fasig-Tipton
Florida Select 2-Year-Olds in Training sale at Calder.
Although he finished second in the Grade 1 Holly¬
wood Futurity as a 2-year-old and won one stakes (the
Baldwin Stakes on the turf at Santa Anita) as a 3-year-
old last year, it wasn't until last fall when he was
switched to Wayne Lukas that his career began in ear¬
nest. Farma Way won the San Carlos Handicap-G2,
San Pasqual Handicap-G2, San Antonio Handicap-G2
and Santa Anita Handicap-Gl at progressively longer
distances last January through March, and suffered
his only 1991 loss in the Oaklawn Park Handicap.
By far the best horse ever to campaign for George
Bunn's Quarter B Farm, Farma Way has earned
$1,652,176, with the bulk of that amount ($1,353,350)
coming in 1991. Up to now, his owner has been best
known as the president of Bunn-O-Matic Coffee
Makers.
Local note: on the day of the Pimlico Special, Bunn
was accompanied at the races by his "best friend"
David P. Reynolds, a longtime Maryland breeder and
uncle of Worthington Farms co-owner Glennie Martin.
The two men (Bunn is 75 and lives in Springfield, Ill.;
Reynolds, 76, has his home in Richmond, Va.) were
schoolmates at Lawrenceville Prep and Princeton Uni¬
versity and have remained close ever since. Bunn, who
owns a share in the Worthington Farms stallion Lord
Gaylord, toured Worthington twice during his stay in
Maryland, reported Glennie's husband Duck Martin.
"They stayed at the Hunt Valley Inn, but Mr. Bunn
and his farm manager Tim Boyer were out here on
Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, along with
relatives and grandchildren." The Martins' son Bill
and Mr. Bunn's grandson Carter Brown graduated to¬
gether this spring from Lawrenceville Prep.
While Farma Way's crowd celebrated, they were not
the only ones affected by the outcome of the race.
Following Unbridled's lackluster performance, it
was announced that he had bled—"a substantial
amount was found in the trachea"—and was to be
shipped back to trainer Carl Nafzger's home base at
Arlington Park. The Special was Unbridled's third start
this season. He beat Housebuster in near-track-record
time while winning the seven-furlong Deputy Minis¬
ter Handicap at Gulfstream Park on March 16, but the
Special was his second disappointment in a row, he
having finished fifth in Festin's Oaklawn Park Hand¬
icap.
On the other hand. Summer Squall's connections
had plenty of reasons to be pleased. "Obviously we
were disappointed he didn't win," said Maryland na¬
tive Jack Sadler, public relations director for Cot Camp¬
bell's Dogwood Stable, which manages the syndicate-
owned colt. "But we tied the track record, by finishing
second. Summer Squall could go back to the barn with
his head held high. He came back fine—he's sound,
without any signs of bleeding." Summer Squall had
started only once this year, winning a six and a half¬
furlong allowance race at Keeneland on April 11.
Several of Summer Squall's owners (members of the
limited partnership known as Dogwood Classic) live in
the Mid-Atlantic region. Those who came to watch him
run in the Special were Donald and Barbara Weir, of
York, Pa., Peter and Rosemary Haas, of Denville, N.J.,
and Eleanor and Ben Sparenberg, of Sparks, Md.
Reputed Testamony was the only Mid-Atlantic-bred
starter in the Special. Although his credentials were
marginal at best, the 4-year-old son of 1983 Preakness
winner Deputed Testamony deserved the opportunity,
in the opinion of his trainer and part-owner Richard
Hemmings. Reputed Testamony had been competitive
in his races here in Maryland, winning the Jennings
Handicap at Pimlico in March, and coming back in his
latest effort to be second by a nose to J.R.'s Horizon in
the Grade 3 Campbell Handicap.
"He ran faster than he'd ever run. It was a very
tough race; it was great to be in it," commented Hem¬
mings the following morning. Reputed Testamony
came back fine, the trainer added. "We'll give him
some time off, and drop him down a notch or two. He
learned a lot from running against those horses. Who
knows—we may be back at that level some time."
The Special was an undreamt-of goal when Hem¬
mings and his partners Matt Kane, a Washington,
D.C., policeman, and Herb Lichtenstein, a Baltimore,
Md., wholesale food merchant, purchased the colt at
the 1989 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Open Two-Year-Olds
in Training sale at Timonium for $8,000. Foaled at the
Boniface family's Bonita Farm in Darlington (Md.) and
bred by Bonita Farm in partnership with E. Holmes
Hawkins and Jonathan T. Ginn, Reputed Testamony
(out of the Val de l'Orne-Fr mare Remnant) has earned
$221,989. He is still the horse of a lifetime for Hem¬
mings, who has been in the business since 1987, and
has four horses stabled at Laurel.
This year marked the fourth running of the modern-
day Pimlico Special, which has been a blockbuster for
every renewal. Bet Twice defeated Alysheba in 1988,
Blushing John (1989) went on to be champion older
horse, and Criminal Type (1990) launched himself to
horse of the year honors.
For 1990, the purse for the Special was raised to $1
million guaranteed, making it Maryland's first and
only million-dollar race. The purse was lowered again
this year, due to expenses involved in the American
Championship Racing Series.
But the ACRS, conceived and promoted by Match¬
maker Racing Services president Barry L. Weisbord
(whose own filly, Maryland-bred champion Safely
Kept, obligingly won her 1991 debut on the same day
as the Pimlico Special), has been a resounding success
so far—as evidenced by the Pimlico Special. The pur¬
pose of the series is to draw top handicap horses to¬
gether, in nationally-televised (ABC Sports) events, to
promote wider interest in racing.
Six more ARCS events are scheduled this season:
the Nassau County Handicap-G2, June 8, Belmont;
Hollywood Gold Cup-Gl, June 29, Hollywood; New
England Classic, July 20, Rockingham; Pacific Classic,
August 10, Del Mar; Philip Iselin Handicap-Gl, Sept.
1, Monmouth; and the Woodward Stakes-Gl, Sept. 15,
Belmont. □
From The Jockey Club
The Jockey Club mailed the first
batch of blood-typing kits for foals of
1991 during the first week of May
Drawing blood and completing the
necessary paperwork can become time-
consuming—not to mention costly—if
a re-test is called for just because it
wasn't done correctly the first time.
The Jockey Club has prepared the fol¬
lowing list of do's and don'ts to help
avoid the most frequent mistakes.
Don't:
■ Draw blood or ship samples when it
means they will arrive during a
weekend or holiday period. The
Post Office does not take respon¬
sibility for refrigerating blood sam¬
ples when delivery to the laboratory
is delayed. The Jockey Club recom¬
mends drawing and mailing sam¬
ples early in the week to minimize
the risk of re-testing.
■ Remove stoppers from the tubes.
This can make the red blood cells
unsuitable for testing.
■ Freeze blood samples.
■ Ship samples on dry ice or frozen
cold packs. This can freeze the red
blood cells, making the sample unfit
for testing.
Do:
■ Draw two samples from each animal
to be blood-typed. The red-stop¬
pered tube is for a clotted sample;
the yellow-stoppered tube contains
an anti-coagulant.
■ Draw blood samples in the tubes pro¬
vided, using a clean, sterile "Vacu-
tainer" needle.
■ Fill the tubes to within three-quarter
inch of the top.
■ Invert the yellow-colored tube sever¬
al times; however, do not shake it.
■ If the tube loses its vacuum and you
must use a syringe, use a sterile 20
cc syringe and at least a 16 gauge
needle. When transferring the
blood from the syringe into the
blood tube, hold the blood tube at an
angle and allow the blood to flow
gently into the tube. Use a sterile sy¬
ringe and needle for each horse.
■ Complete the description and dia¬
gram of the horse on the form pro¬
vided every time you draw blood on
the horse. This helps assure The
Jockey Club that you are drawing
blood on the correct horse.
■ Refrigerate samples for at least two
hours after obtaining them.
■ When shipping by air, use air couri¬
ers which deliver direct to the labo¬
ratory, not just to the airport.
■ Send samples in the white mailing
box provided with the preprinted
laboratory address.
■ If you discover that you have col¬
lected samples from the wrong
horse, notify The Jockey Club im¬
mediately, and before samples are
mailed to the laboratory.
Remember . . . registration/blood-typ¬
ing forms should be completed and
mailed at the same time as blood is
drawn. If they are not, breeders run
the risk of having to re-start the
blood-testing process at an addition¬
al cost.
AHC conference
Robert E. Mulcahy III, president and
CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Ex¬
position Authority, will be keynote
speaker at the American Horse Council
racing conference to be held in Wash¬
ington, D.C. on June 17 and June 18.
Mr. Mulcahy will speak on June 17 on
the role of racing in the '90s.
Sports betting, Indian gaming, a
comparison of off-track wagering in the
United States and Great Britain, and
Australian racing are some of the topics
to be explored at the conference.
In addition to the previously an¬
nounced speakers for the Council's rac¬
ing conference—which included.
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Maryland Horse
Mid-Atlantic Region
Leading Active Sires in 1991
Stallions standing in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia
(Statistics compiled by Bloodstock Research Information Services. They include racing of May 1.)
Foals
Runners
Starts
Winners
Races
Won
Leading Earner
Earnings
%Wnrs./
Starters
Avg.l
Runner
Baederwood (Md).
192
55
246
30
50
Forest Fealty ($82,075)
$443,532
55.0
$ 8,064
Caveat (Md).
187
66
284
25
29
J. R.'s Horizon ($92,720)
440,843
38.0
6,679
Deputed Testamony (Md) ...
115
46
204
22
39
Reputed Testamony ($121,000)
405,231
48.0
8,809
Oh Say (Md).
208
54
246
27
39
Balotra ($55,532)
385,230
50.0
7,134
Shelter Half (Md).
. 215
52
228
25
39
In the Curl ($67,560)
368,752
48.0
7,091
Horatius (Md).
304
60
257
26
36
Forry Cow How ($53,520)
367,469
43.0
6,124
Thirty Eight Paces (Md).
134
44
194
20
23
Jet Stream ($58,050)
353,828
45.0
8,042
Aloma's Ruler (Md).
189
51
225
22
34
Southern Sooner ($45,640)
283,946
43.0
5,568
Smarten (Md).
300
48
178
18
21
Smart Alec ($39,126)
272,227
38.0
5,671
Believe the Queen (Md).
84
23
82
13
20
Wait for the Lady ($129,780)
267,160
57.0
11,616
John Alden (Md).
. 180
44
205
18
26
My Treasure ($82,995)
264,256
41.0
6,006
Lord Gaylord (Md).
294
39
143
13
18
Risk It ($46,620)
256,284
33.0
6,571
Quadratic (Va).
. 348
62
263
22
32
Forty Weight ($37,800)
238,583
35.0
3,848
Pappa Riccio (NJ).
61
21
115
7
15
Shuttleman ($108,803)
230,733
33.0
10,987
Hail Emperor (Md).
. 139
42
182
17
23
Flaming Emperor ($31,800)
222,627
40.0
5,301
Two Punch (Md).
68
18
67
8
12
Haymaker ($84,570)
203,242
44.0
11,291
Contare (Va).
. 151
42
178
22
28
Alanna ($32,220)
194,954
52.0
4,642
Salutely (Md).
111
27
118
12
15
Seven Salutes ($40,360)
185,441
44.0
6,868
Parfaitement (Md).
129
30
112
12
18
Micheal's Rep ($33,738)
178,377
40.0
5,946
Val de TOrne (Fr) (Va).
374
27
100
11
14
Normandie Cross ($36,780)
176,754
41.0
6,546
Double Zeus (Md).
208
49
236
17
22
Double Artemis ($31,825)
176,436
35.0
3,601
Clever Champ (Md).
85
25
113
14
20
Clever Mary ($30,720)
170,148
56.0
6,806
Allen's Prospect (Md).
95
26
101
6
7
Ritchie Trail ($70,780)
166,508
23.0
6,404
Dancing Count (Md).
407
32
125
12
23
Dantell ($27,680)
165,194
38.0
5,162
Five Star Flight (NJ).
179
38
165
18
32
Thundrbforthestorm ($37,200)
156,704
47.0
4,124
Silver Badge (Md).
232
17
63
3
7
Silver Tango ($127,030)
153,756
18.0
9,044
Assault Landing (Md).
115
35
157
10
15
Snork ($29,650)
151,239
29.0
4,321
Carnivalay (Md).
97
28
108
11
13
Wannamoisett ($31,960)
137,035
39.0
4,894
Pas Seul (Va).
156
26
92
7
9
Maybe Next Week ($29,750)
135,682
27.0
5,219
Sir Jinsky (NJ).
154
30
135
13
19
Without Contempt ($17,129)
134,928
43.0
4,498
Rollicking (Md).
368
34
146
12
20
Paya ($23,800)
128,698
35.0
3,785
The Cool Virginian (Va).
163
42
167
15
22
The Real Virginian ($31,266)
127,340
36.0
3,032
Gilded Age (Va).
101
28
111
12
17
Blandy ($16,780)
118,820
43.0
4,244
Iron (Md).
76
28
138
11
13
Neat Pleat ($23,940)
117,411
39.0
4,193
Northern Raja (Md).
98
20
81
6
10
Rajamuffin ($34,620)
107,361
30.0
5,368
Dancing Czar (WV).
29
11
45
5
7
Sharp Dance ($63,520)
101,608
45.0
9,237
North Tower (Md).
181
20
107
8
11
Crooked Tower ($29,970)
100,469
40.0
5,023
Travelling Music (Md).
. 153
29
134
10
14
Missy's Music ($9,900)
98,426
34.0
3,394
Give It a Chance (NJ).
16
3
14
2
5
Coroly ($87,460)
97,170
67.0
32,390
Better Arbitor (NJ).
. 131
18
79
7
11
Eleven Spurs ($29,282)
95,460
39.0
5,303
Executive Pride (Ire) (Va) ...
44
16
82
10
14
Sitting On Top ($34,840)
95,395
63.0
5,962
Hasty Spring (Md).
89
28
136
10
18
Big Upheavel ($31,220)
95,379
36.0
3,406
Great Prospector (NJ).
125
26
110
11
14
Leroy's Regal Son ($17,720)
95,350
42.0
3,667
Marine Brass (Md).
67
16
68
10
12
Royal Brass ($27,150)
94,693
63.0
5,918
U. S. Flag (NJ).
47
16
53
6
7
Idle Isle ($31,155)
92,133
38.0
5,758
Poles Apart (Md).
22
7
35
4
7
A Call to Rise ($66,890)
91,816
57.0
13,117
To the Quick (Va).
. 333
27
100
9
11
Raise Me Quick ($18,200)
91,319
33.0
3,382
Nepal (Pa).
41
11
38
4
4
Concomitant ($56,040)
88,414
36.0
8,038
Brilliant Protege (Md).
150
22
101
8
12
Miss Protege ($40,850)
87,829
36.0
3,992
Christopher R. (Md).
240
18
93
10
13
Chris' Holiday ($22,810)
81,417
56.0
4,523
Pilot Ship (Md).
74
12
44
4
7
Am Possible ($57,252)
72,570
33.0
6,048
Aye's Turn (WV).
71
17
95
9
15
Cavalry Turn ($19,260)
69,827
53.0
4,107
Two Davids (Md).
103
27
92
10
13
Cheerfy ($13,900)
68,928
37.0
2,553
Sentimental Slew (Md).
32
7
27
2
3
Slew's Desire ($54,008)
68,335
29.0
9,762
Double Leader (Pa).
81
18
80
5
9
Dame's Double ($22,047)
68,092
28.0
3,783
Really Secret (Va).
18
6
23
3
4
Caliche's Secret ($47,825)
67,572
50.0
11,262
June 1991 59
Pennsylvania
■ Tom Bob's victory in the Maryland
Hunt Cup made waves at the Lyman
family's Maui Meadow Farm in Chester
County.
That's because the Carriers' horse is
one of their regular patrons. "He's here
swimming in our pool about three
times a week," says Charles Lyman Jr.
"Rusty Carrier has used our facility as
part of his training program for a cou¬
ple of years."
Maui Meadow was founded by Ly¬
man's father in 1946. Today it is staffed
by three generations of the family: Mrs.
Charles Lyman Sr.; Charles Jr. and his
wife Erika; Charles III and his wife
Emma and sister Eri Lyman Bailey.
A "complete horse facility" with one
stallion, T. V. Alliance (by T. V. Commer¬
cial) who stands for $1,000 live foal,
Maui Meadow does a lot of training and
rehabilitation work for outside clients
and also breeds and races homebreds.
Swimming is one of the major ser¬
vices offered at Maui Meadow. The fa¬
cility is also frequently used by trainer
Jonathan Sheppard.
■ "I could talk about him all day," says
Peter Giangiulo of his new horse Cara-
jas. A stakes-placed son of Raise a Na¬
tive, Carajas moved into the stallion
barn at Giangiulo's family-owned Cas¬
tle Rock Farm in Unionville on April 1,
and has since won a number of new
admirers. "He's big and brazen and fun
to have around," in the words of Mr.
Giangiulo.
Carajas, who brought $550,000 on a
bid by Allen Paulson at a California
2-year-olds in training sale, is out of the
stakes-winning, stakes-producing La
Jalouse by Nijinsky II. A foal of 1982, he
entered stud at Blue Ridge Farm in Vir¬
ginia in 1989, then was put back in
training. So he is, for most intents and
purposes, a new stallion.
An attorney, Mr. Giangiulo practices
general law from an office on the farm
The Mid-Atlantic Report
while also overseeing the Thorough¬
bred breeding operation, which in¬
cludes two other stallions. Consul Gen¬
eral (by Secretariat) and Leematt (by
Turn to Reason). All three Castle Rock
stallions stand for $1,000 live foal.
The farm was founded by Gian¬
giulo's father, Joseph, in 1957. Peter
Giangiulo took over upon his father's
death in 1979, and converted it from a
private to commercial operation. His
mother Julia Giangiulo and sister Bar¬
bara Geraghty are also involved in
bookkeeping and decision-making.
"We attempt to meet the needs of the
horseman who breeds to race," says
Giangiulo. "The farm isn't oriented to¬
ward sales-type horses."
Castle Rock, comprised of 170 acres,
has eight home-owned broodmares
and a number of year-round boarders.
Among the best of its own mares are
Sleep Lonely (by Pia Star), dam of
graded stakes winner Quantra; and
Foxy J.G. (by Mister Pitt), a stakes win¬
ner of over $150,000.
■ Mid-Atlantic horsemen fare well at
most steeplechasing meets, and this
year's Dueling Grounds International
Hurdle, at Dueling Grounds (Ky.) on
April 21, was no exception. Pennsylva¬
nia-based trainer Janet Elliot saddled
Victorian Hill to a nine and a half-
length victory in the event, which was
worth $165,000 to the winner. Victorian
Hill is owned by William Lickle, an ex¬
ecutive with Morgan Christiana Corpo¬
ration in Wilmington, Del.
Ms. Elliot has risen to the top of her
profession over the last several years.
The only woman to have trained a
Breeders' Cup Steeplechase winner
(Census, 1986) and a former assistant to
Jonathan Sheppard, she has been on
her own since 1980. The sixth-leading
trainer by total purses in the history of
the sport, Ms. Elliot leads the 1991
trainer standings in both races won and
money won, with seven wins and
$297,925.
Victorian Hill, a 6-year-old gelding
by Dickens Hill (Ire), was bred in Flori¬
da by John H. Hartigan. Victorian Hill
and his owner have overwhelming
leads in their respective money-won
standings. Victorian Hill has earned
$175,000 this season and Lickle's overall
1991 stable earnings are $195,500.
West Virginia
■ Charles Town's richest race will be
richer this fall, when the track hosts the
fifth anniversary running of the West
Virginia Breeders Classics. The purse
for the featured Kamora Classic has
been increased to $200,000, reports
Classics executive director Carol Hold¬
en. Previously worth $125,000, it will
again be sponsored by Jim Beam.
This year's West Virginia Breeders
Classics is scheduled for September 27.
ESPN will cover the event, and re¬
broadcast it at 5:30 p.m. September 29.
As always, a number of social events
and other activities are being planned
in conjunction with the Classics. They
include a dinner dance gala at O'Sul¬
livan Farm, a golf tournament, and a
5-K people race to benefit the Jefferson
County Animal Welfare Society.
■ Another potential star has just
emerged from Country Roads Farm,
Suzanne and Vinnie Moscarelli's estab¬
lishment near Charles Town. Her name
is Cafe West. Making her first career
start against $50,000 maidens at Pimlico
on April 23, the 3-year-old daughter of
Shelter Half gave a gutsy performance,
setting every fraction and holding on to
win by a nose.
Cafe West is the first foal from Coun¬
try Roads' good mare Media Girl, who
captured the 1984 Rhododendron
Handicap. Vinnie Moscarelli is the
trainer.
■ Suzanne Moscarelli notes that April
23, the day of Cafe West's victory, was a
60
Maryland Horse
big day for Charles Town trainers at
Pimlico. After Vinnie Moscarelli sad¬
dled the winner of the first race, trainer
Jeff Runco won the fourth, a $16,000
claiming event, with Flying Tempo.
Then Lee Couchenour sent Icey Call
out to win the allowance feature.
■ Charles Marcus, former owner of
Charles Town Races and owner/opera¬
tor of the nearby Turf Motel and Restau¬
rant, died April 23 at Jefferson Memori¬
al Hospital. He was 66.
In 1982, Marcus, along with 14 area
businessmen, purchased Charles Town
from Rapid America Corp. for $12 mil¬
lion, completing a deal that had been
two years in the making. Marcus
served as president of the track before
selling his shares in December, 1986,
due to poor health.
Survivors include his wife Wenonah
(Scottie) McKee Marcus; two daugh¬
ters, Lana M. Schultz of Charles Town
and Karen M. Lack of New York; two
sons, Terry L. and Ronald E., both of
Charles Town; a brother, Townsend
Lee Marcus of Glendora, Calif., and
eight grandchildren.
Virginia
■ Paying big money for a broodmare
doesn't guarantee results. But John and
Joan Belotti have certainly had things
go their way with 12-year-old Metrica
(by Holy War), a $215,000 purchase at
the 1986 Ocala Breeders' Sales Compa¬
ny winter mixed sale.
A 3-year-old filly champion in Puer¬
to Rico and half-sister to graded stakes
winner Bold Southerner (by Sovereign
Dancer), Metrica was in foal to Sover¬
eign Dancer when the Belottis bought
her. That Sovereign Dancer colt
brought $425,000 as a yearling at Sar¬
atoga. (Named Sovereign Dex, he later
failed to break his maiden in three ca¬
reer starts.)
Because another of Metrica's half¬
siblings (the filly Alcancia) happened
to be a stakes winner by Cannonade,
the Belottis bred their mare back to
Cannonade's son Caveat for 1987. From
that mating came J.R.'s Horizon, win¬
ner of the recent Grade 3 John B. Camp¬
bell Handicap at Pimlico.
Mr. and Mrs. Belotti sold J.R.'s Hori¬
zon at the 1989 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic
Select Two-Year-Olds in Training sale,
getting $30,000 on a bid by Marvin
Champion of Alexandria, Va. The
4-year-old gelding campaigns for
Champion under the care of Bowie-
based trainer Mert Bailes.
"I didn't like it when the trainer re¬
ferred to him as a juvenile delinquent!"
remarked Mrs. Belotti, "but he's a lot
like his mother. They're both small
(Metrica is only I 5 .IV 2 ). She's not
mean; she just feels good." J.R.'s Hori¬
zon competed without success in last
year's Preakness, but was second in the
Federico Tesio Stakes-G3 and third in
the Broad Brush Stakes before getting
his first stakes win in the Campbell. He
has earned $203,030.
Trainer D. Wayne Lukas purchased
Metrica's current 2-year-old, another
Sovereign Dancer colt, for $55,000 at
last year's Saratoga auction. Metrica
also has a yearling colt by Northern
Baby, and was due to foal to Clever
Trick in late May.
Metrica is one of four broodmares
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Belotti at their
65-acre Hi-Rock Farm in Hay market.
"She's our first big horse," says Mrs.
Belotti. They have been in the horse
business for about 15 years. Mr. Belotti
is a land developer and president of an
electrical contracting firm headquar¬
tered in Fairfax, Va.
■ Bonner Farm's 5-year-old Miss Josh
has had to overcome chonic foot prob¬
lems. But she took flight once again in
Pimlico's Gallorette Handicap-G3 on
April 27, scoring by a length and three-
quarters as odds-on favorite.
The 121-pound highweight, she
gave between six and ten pounds to
each of her five rivals, and boosted her
1991 earnings to $144,320. Miss Josh
had a lucrative winter campaign in
Florida, with a victory in the $100,000-
guaranteed Fort Lauderdale Handicap
on April 7 and a troubled but game sec¬
ond to Canadian champion Izvestia in
the Canadian Turf Handicap-G2. All of
Miss Josh's good races have been on the
grass.
The winner's circle at Pimlico wasn't
large enough to accommodate all of her
connections after she won the Galloret¬
te. The photograph had to be taken on
the track. Miss Josh races for her breed¬
er, George E. Rowand, of Orlean, Va.,
and his family, and is trained by Mary¬
land-based conditioner Barclay Tagg.
■ Hollywood Hendrson collapsed and
died of an apparent heart attack after
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($25,000-added, one mile on the turf, for Virginia-sired 3-year-old fillies)
For more information contact:
Virginia Thoroughbred Association, 38 Garrett Street, Warrenton, VA 22186 (703) 347-4313
June 1991
61
Springtime in Virginia
means point-to-points
Photographs by Douglas Lees
Dr. Blase (#6) and Greg Ryan won the Baldwin Memorial at Bay Cockbum on Song of Songs (#11) got up to score over
Blue Ridge, with John Bosley fading to fourth on Florida Law. Jay Meister on No Triskadekafobia in Blue Ridge open timber.
En route to victory in a division of the Spring Hill at Casanova,
Dr. Blase and Greg Ryan lead the field over a board fence.
Patrick Worrall and Free Throw (right) defeated North
Atlantic (left) and Kool Mars in Orange County open timber.
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Henry Wood took the Greenhalgh Memorial owner-rider timber
at Blue Ridge with Topeador, trained by Speedy Smithwick.
Bay Cockburn rode Blue
Rocket to maiden timber
victory at Rappahannock.
Nomoniker (middle) carried Michele Rouse to score over Bob Happy Michele Rouse re-
the Cat (left) and Mocito Bien in the ladies race at Casanova. turns after her success
aboard Nomoniker (left).
Old Dominion Hunt Cup went to Henry Wood on his Topeador,
who held off the gray Dr. Brice, with Brice Fitzgerald up.
Woods Winants partners
Hansel Rag to open hur¬
dle win at Orange County.
Speedy Smithwick and his
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lantic's Blue Ridge score.
At Warrenton, Tillo (left)
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Peter Walsh got David's
Passing past Best North¬
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June 1991
63
covering a mare on March 26 at Mr. and
Mrs. T.E. Pittenger Jr/s Blackacre near
Palmyra, Va. The 12-year-old son of
Irish Castle—Baylor by ^Vaguely Noble
won the 1982 Bowie Stakes and W.P.
Burch Stakes, earning $210,430. He en¬
tered stud at Blackacre in 1986.
■ "Virginia Derby Night," an evening
of racing to benefit the Marion duPont
Scott Equine Medical Center, will take
place June 1 at the center in Leesburg.
Five races, taped from the post pa¬
rade to the finish, will be broadcast
during a seated dinner under a tent in
the center's courtyard. Veteran stee¬
plechase announcer Will O'Keefe will
be master of ceremonies, with unoffi¬
cial betting available at high-tech termi¬
nals like those used at major race
tracks. Winners can spend their earn¬
ings at a silent auction held that eve¬
ning.
Benefit tickets cost $100 and include
cocktails, dinner and a small betting
"stake." All proceeds will benefit the
Equine Medical Center. For ticket infor¬
mation, call (703) 771-6800.
Delaware
■ Matthew O'Keefe, a 17-year-old se¬
nior at A.I. duPont High School in
Wilmington, Del., has been named the
recipient of the 36th annual Fred
Russell-Grantland Rice Thoroughbred
Racing Associations scholarship to
Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
Tenn.
The scholarship is awarded annu¬
ally to a student with special interests
and potential in the field of sports writ¬
ing. Winners also serve a summer in¬
ternship in a field related to journalism
and/or horse racing.
A National Merit scholar and sports
editor of his high school newspaper,
O'Keefe is the only high school mem¬
ber of the Delaware Sportswriters and
Broadcasters Association.
The scholarship, co-sponsored by
Vanderbilt, was begun in 1956 and
named in honor of the late Grantland
Rice, an alumnus of the university. In
1986, the name was changed to honor
another Vanderbilt alumnus, Fred
Russell, the longtime Nashville Banner
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It’s worth your while to take a closer
look at our breeders’ program:
$2-Million Thoroughbred Development Fund
$250,000 West Virgi nia Breeders Classic
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Maryland Horse
beginning. That year, the TRA pre¬
sented a grant of $500,000 to ensure the
scholarship's future.
New Jersey
■ It seems like only yesterday when
Bill Purdey's good homebred Spruce Fir
was making headlines. The 8-year-old
mare (by Big Spruce—Queen Marian
by Maribeau) retired at age 6 after win¬
ning 12 stakes (four in graded compa¬
ny) and earning $698,703.
This January, Spruce Fir had her first
foal, a Deputy Minister filly, at Mr. Pur¬
dey's Greenfields Farm in Colts Neck,
N.J. The owner reports that she was
bred back to Miswaid and has been pro¬
nounced in foal.
Spruce Fir is the best horse Purdey
has had in some 24 years in the busi¬
ness. But she is by no means Purdey's
only claim to fame as a horseman. Cur¬
rently serving his second term as presi¬
dent of the Thoroughbred Breeders'
Association of New Jersey, Purdey is
the full-time proprietor of his family's
115-acre breeding establishment.
"Greenfields was started by my mater¬
nal grandfather, W.H. LaBoyteaux, in
1937," he explains. "My grandfather is
best remembered for breeding and rac¬
ing Imperatrice, granddam of Secre¬
tariat. Mr. (C.T.) Chenery bought her
when my grandfather died, in 1947."
Today Greenfields stands two stal¬
lions: Marine Patrol (by Sail On-Sail
On) and Mannerism (by *Grey Dawn
II), each for a $1,000 stud fee, and has a
small band of home-owned brood¬
mares who foaled this spring to such
stallions as Mogambo, Green Forest
and Wavering Monarch. □
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P.O. Box 819
Arnold, MD 21012
(301) 464-3840 (Bowie)
FAX: 301-647-6861
PENNSYLVANIA BREEDING FUND PROGRAM AT PENN NATIONAL
• Races restricting entry to PA-breds carrying purse premiums of 35% (maiden and conditioned allowance
races only, effective April 1).
• PA-breds are preferred starters in all overnight races (effective February 1).
• Purse bonuses of 25% for PA-breds in all non-restricted overnight races other than: (1) when entered for a
claiming price of less than $3,500 at Penn National; and (2) maiden races (effective April 1).
• All non-restricted maiden races will carry a 10% owner’s award for the winner.
• Lucrative stakes program restricted to PA-breds.
• 30% Breeder awards for PA-breds (PA-sired) finishing first, second or third in any race.
• 20% Breeder awards for PA-breds (non-PA-sired) finishing first, second or third in any race.
• 10% Stallion awards earned by PA-breds (PA-sired) finishing first, second or third in any race.
• Special trainer’s award for PA-breds breaking their maidens.
GARY D REIHART
President
MARK A McDERMOTT
Executive Secretary
PENNSYLVANIA HORSE BREEDERS ASSN, continually strives
to make the PA Breeding Fund program the best of its kind If
you have any questions, or suggestions as to how it may be
improved, please feel free to contact us any time.
203 North Union St.. Kennett Square. PA 19348
(215) 444-1050
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Fact: New Jersey's breeders' program is one of the best in the country.
Fact: New Jersey awarded breeders $2,079,016 in 1989, nearly $500,000 more than Maryland and over
$1,000,000 more than Pennsylvania.
Fact: Maryland breeds twice as many horses as New Jersey (2,000) while Pennsylvania breeds the same
amount as New Jersey (1,000).
Fact: The New Jersey program totaled $8,680,044 in 1989 which included state-bred races, breeder,
stallion and owner awards, while Maryland's was $4,671,720 and Pennsylvania's was $3,120,713.
Fact: 499 races were run for New Jersey-breds with purses totaling $5,971,557.
Fact: $500,000 more will be distributed in awards in New Jersey this year than in 1989.
Fact: All horses who earn money in New Jersey (1st through 5th) receive awards in both open and
closed races regardless of whether they are Grade 1 or maiden claiming races.
Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey
231 Crosswicks Road, Bordentown, New Jersey 08505
Stanley Panco, Executive Director, (609) 298-6401
June 1991
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LOOKING BACK . . .
50 Years Ago...
■ A youthful Eddie Arcaro appeared
on the cover, with black-eyed Susans
draped across his lap. The hero of the
hour, of course, was his mount
Whirlaway, the Calumet Farm
homebred who had just secured the
middle jewel for his Triple Crown,
scoring decisively in the Preakness.
■ "Other years have seen Pimlico
packed with fans but never before has
Old Hilltop been such a mass of
humanity. A steady flow of arrivals
started in the morning, swelling to a
throng of 40,000 by mid-afternoon,"
reported Maryland Horse staff
writer Priscilla Fuller. "... Shortly
before five o'clock the eight Preakness
starters danced out before the
grandstand to the tune of 'Maryland,
My Maryland.' National celebrities as
well as prominent figures in the horse
world looked down from their boxes
while Mr. General Admission peered
through the part in someone's hair in
hope of catching a glimpse.
"The center of attention was that
small red colt with a tail nearly
touching the ground. Since his win in
the Derby the preceding week he had
been the cause of much controversy.
Even now the crowd argued . . . Can
he repeat that performance? ... Is
there anything that can beat
Whirlaway? There was always the
possibility that the Calumet Farm colt
would revert to his temperamental
way of running out in spite of the fact
that trainer Ben Jones had cleverly
shielded the right eye with a blinker."
■ Boosted by a stupendous (for those
days) Preakness day handle of
$1,005,939, Pimlico's spring meeting
was the most successful in more than
a decade. It was the first time since
the "boom of 1929" that a million
dollars had been wagered in one day
at a Maryland track.
■ Trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
returned, like the trouper he was, to
serve for a tenth time as judge of the
MHBA's Annual Yearling Show. The
1941 grand champion was Holly
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Beach Farm's bay colt by *Kantar—
Monel by *Sir Greysteel.
30 Years Ago...
■ "Not since Native Dancer thrilled a
partisan crowd by avenging his
Kentucky Derby defeat in the 1953
Preakness had a renewal of the Triple
Crown's middle jewel evoked quite so
much enthusiasm and admiration
among Maryland horsemen as this
year when little (15.1, 960 pounds)
Carry Back made the experts eat
crow," wrote Joe B. Hickey Jr.
Conceived in Maryland, at the
Pons family's Country Life Farm, the
son of Saggy came from last place to
win the Preakness by three-quarters
of a length over Leonard P. Sasso's
Globemaster.
■ Bliss Flaccus's Simple Samson,
trained by Sidney Watters, rallied to
an eight-length victory in the
Maryland Hunt Cup, giving rider
Crompton (Tommy) Smith his second
score in the famed timber classic.
Three years earlier. Smith piloted H.
Robertson Fenwick's victorious
Fluctuate.
■ A list of the leading breeders of
Maryland-breds so far in 1961 showed
Alfred G. Vanderbilt enjoying a wide
lead, his state-bred runners having
earned $30,555. Next on the list were
W. Taylor Leatherbury ($18,135) and
Mrs. S. M. Pistorio ($12,350).
■ "It's all there and it's worth
framing," commented editor
Snowden Carter of Joe Hickey's new
labor of love, a composite history of
all-time leading Maryland-bred
money-winners. Find ($795,651) led
the list, followed by Social Outcast
($668,300) and Vertex ($453,424).
"The editor thought Hickey should
get a little bonus for this splendid
work, but money, of course, was out
of the question," said Mr. Carter. "So
we did the next best thing. We ran his
picture on this page. As any
unmarried young lady can see, he's a
handsome fellow." (Current editor's
note: Just goes to show what happens
when you advertise in the
Maryland Horse. This year marks
the 25th wedding anniversary for Joe
and his wife Arlene.)
10 Years Ago...
■ On the post-Derby press box scene:
"It was like the Duke of Windsor on
stage first, followed by Don Rickies."
Pleasant Colony's owner/breeders,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mellon Evans,
and trainer John P. Campo were the
main characters in the Kentucky
Derby/Preakness story. Omitted from
the script was Marylander O'Donnell
Lee, who trained the winner until
eight weeks before his Churchill
Downs triumph.
■ "Maybe I should have gone with
just the bay filly in the Oaks and
saved the gray for the Derby,"
reflected trainer Woody Stephens
after Stephens-trained stablemates
Heavenly Cause and De la Rose
finished a close one-two in the
Kentucky Oaks-Gl. The "gray" was
Maryland-bred star Heavenly Cause,
owned and bred by Jim Ryan's Mt.
Airy-based Ryehill Farm.
■ Don and Judy Miller expressed
mixed emotions about the burgeoning
career of their 17-year-old son Donnie
Jr., Maryland's leading apprentice
rider. "My father used to love to go
around and tell people his son was a
jockey," said Don Sr. "Now he tells
people his son was a jockey, but his
grandson is a good jockey . . . Horse
racing is a business I wouldn't wish
on my worst enemy. Once you're in it,
nothing can drive you away."
■ Dramatic strength was evidenced at
Fasig-Tipton's Two-Year-Olds in
Training sale, with gross receipts
jumping 35 percent and average up 28
percent over 1980 figures. The sales
topper, a $50,000 yearling, was an
Olden Times colt purchased for
$100,000 by trainer Dean Gaudet. □
Maryland Horse
Fine Country Properties
Real Estate For Sale
CECIL COUNTY, MD.: 70-acre horse farm with
equine swimming pool and fine owner’s residence.
Over 50 stalls plus run-in sheds. Permanent
boarders will stay on if buyer wants. Also income
from use of equine pool, breeding shed and veteri¬
nary facilities. A going business in an excellent
location. Other horse properties available, some
waterfront and waterview. Call Jan Churchill,
Chesapeake Real Estate Exchange, (301)
885-5900.
GAITHERSBURG HORSE FACILITY: $350,000
5.2 ac. w/lighted grass ring and sand track. 4-stall
barn, board fencing, hay storage, tack rm. and
access to park & trails. 4-bdrm., front balcony
colonial w/master suite w/sitting rm. First fl. family
rm., bdrm. and Florida rm. Awninged deck gives
view of this landscaped estate. Gerrie Sims, (301)
972-3226 or (301) 916-1400.
FREDERICK COUNTY, MD.: 148-acre grain farm
w/state easements intact. Gently rolling w/long
road and river frontage. Stone home circa 1794
(updated), large bank barn, pond, 55’x110’ open
span steel bldg., inground pool w/enclosed whirl¬
pool. Truly a good farm. $640,000. Please call Al
Noblin, agent, O’Conor, Piper & Flynn (301)
876-1982.
CARROLL COUNTY, MD.: Excellent working farm,
104 gently rolling acres, half tillable, half fenced
pasture, good outbuildings. Stone home in good
condition with much potential. Streams on proper¬
ty. Off conveyance and state easement rights in¬
tact. A farm priced for farmers—not developers!
Call Al Noblin, Agent, O’Conor, Piper & Flynn (301)
876-1982.
CARROLL COUNTY, MD.: 15V2-acre equestrian
facility being sold to settle estate. Recently ap¬
proved perc test for building new home. 20-stall
barn w/indoor and outdoor arena, only 2 years old.
Now priced at $205,000 (below replacement
cost). Large stone/brick historic home on V 2 acre
adjoining, zoned BL, available separately or with
farm at added cost. Available immediately. Call Al
Noblin, agent, O’Conor, Piper & Flynn (301)
876-1982.
Real Estate Rentals
HORSE FACILITY FOR RENT: Near Church Hill,
Queen Annes County, MD. 20+ stalls, 3 small & 3
large paddocks. Housing available if required. Call
(202) 965-0615 or (301) 556-6400 (weekends).
FOR SALE
PRISTINE
HORSE FARM
* Two Houses:
1. 4-bedroom, living room, dining
room, kitchen/family room, glass
porch.
2. 3-bedroom cottage, living room,
kitchen/family room.
* Four Stables:
35 box stalls total (some broodmare).
*138 +/- acres.
* Implement/storage buildings.
* $690,000. May be sold in 2 parcels.
Beautiful established horse operation.
Ideal for professional or enthusiast.
Call for further details.
PROPERTIES
301/820-8000
realtor. - off ering you the Best -
Thoroughbred Nursery/
Breeding Farm For Sale
33 large box stalls; stallion bam;
broodmare and yearling barns. 42
acres board-fenced; 26 acres under
cultivation and rented.
Sophisticated high-tech operation
in Harford County. 4-BR Colonial
dating back 110 years. Call for
details. $385,000
Thomas Close (301) 836-2270
Joan Ryder (301) 893-1792
The Prudential Preferred Properties
312 S. Main SL, Bel Air, MD 21014
(301) 879-3880
FARM FOR SALE
m
Kingsville, Maryland
29 acres. Beautiful 2,800 sq. ft.
rancher w/club basement. 2-car
att. garage, 1-car detached.
Renovated tenant house.
Heated pool, pond w/island,
bank bam, 80% pasture
w/board fencing. Many
amenities. (SF12410BE)
Call Steve Feazell,
The Prudential Preferred
Properties, (301) 879-3880.
Independently owned and operated.
Gentleman’s Estate
Howard County
woodbine, Maryland
75 ± acres adjoining
Thoroughbred horse
farm with possibility of
shared facilities. Portion
abuts state park with
riding trails. Air strip for
your transportation
needs. Conv. to major
roads including 97,1-70
and 40. Easily accessible
to Washington, Baltimore
and Frederick. Close to
new golf and country
club. Truly a remarkable
offering worthy of your
inspection.
For a private showing
call Bobbie Judge,
(501) 730-7373 Or
(301) 995-1920.
June 1991
67
FOUR GREAT BUYS
Near Baltimore & DC
11+ ac. Possible 1-ac. zoning 6
nearly new 3-DR contemporary
home in rhe high $200,000s.
Near DC & 1-270
Your own park in rhe country.
Sitting on almost 2 ac. w/1+ ac
fenced w/srable. Lg. workshop/
garage combo. King-sized all
brick rancher for only $169,900.
Near DC
230-ac. form & 5 homes for
$695,000. Development potential.
Carroll County
Bring your horses, dogs & kids to
this 4.3-ac. formette. Enjoy rhe
view from this 3-DR, 4-level split
w/walkour basement & FP Only
$195,000.
Call BOB ZIRKLE,
(301) 795-2941 or 831 -7500.
FOR SALE
4102 Valley View Road, Middletown
Frederick County, Maryland
80-ACRE HORSE FARM. Circa 1880 farm
house, bank bam, 96’xl20’ horse barn with 18 stalls
and 60’xl20’ indoor riding ring. Call Charlotte
Warrenfeltz, Video Realty, (301) 371-7789.
SUNSET HILL FARM
This renowned working Thoroughbred horse farm is
located in the pristine rolling hills of conservation oriented
Howard County, Maryland. Consisting of 120 protected
acres. Sunset Hill is a fully operational facility featuring 54
broodmare stalls, a modern 4 stall stallion complex with
breeding shed, office, run-in sheds, numerous ancillary
buildings, and a pond. The five conveniently located
residential dwellings are highlighted by a totally updated, well appointed two-story stone home,
featuring expansive rooms with cathedral ceilings and magnificent views of Sunset Hill Farm.
For additional information contact:
The availability of this strategically located property
allows one the opportunity of gracious country living in
a convenient, yet rural, atmosphere.
Si
tterson
hwartz
REAL ESTATE
LAND & FARM DIVISION
A. John Price or Clinton H. Rosenberger
Land & Farm Division
680 South College Avenue
Newark, DE 19713
1-800-336-LAND or 302-733-7050
Horse Farms for Sale
Wonderful 33-acre training farm
in Southern Chester County, Pa.,
very near the Fair Hill Training
Center. 50-plus stalls, well-con¬
structed and maintained barns,
lovely duplex home in very good
condition, 3-car garage, well-
maintained '/ 2 -mile training track
with gate, covered 4-horse hot
walker. Ideal small training farm.
Convenient to Maryland, Dela¬
ware, Pennsylvania and New Jer¬
sey tracks. Asking $640,000.
40-stall training bam at Fair Hill
Training Center, outstanding op¬
portunity to be in the best of facili¬
ties. “Like training on the farm.”
One-mile training track, 7 /s-mile
wood chip track, grass fields,
hills, wooded trails. The perfect
training environment convenient
to Maryland, Delaware, Pennsyl¬
vania and New Jersey tracks. Real¬
istically offered at $140,000.
Lovely 100-acre broodmare opera¬
tion in the vicinity of the North-
view Stallion Station in Chesa¬
peake City, Maryland. Featuring
two 24-stall (asphalt center aisle)
block bams with foaling stalls, of¬
fices and tack rooms, large fields,
small wooded area, two 3-bed¬
room brick homes. Asking
$775,000.
Magnificent 93 ± acre training
operation (formerly the Wind-
fields Farm Training Division).
Two outstanding barns com¬
prising 50 stalls, 3 attractive
well-constructed homes, main¬
tenance buildings, asphalt
roads, 5 /s-mile track with
7-furlong turf gallop, in the
middle of beautiful Chesapeake
City, Maryland horse country.
Restricted property.
Reduced to $1.2 million.
Patterson
Schwartz
REAL ESTATE
LAND & FARM DIVISION
For additional information please contact:
A. John Price
PATTERSON-SCHWARTZ REAL ESTATE
Land & Farm Division
1-800-336-LAND
40-acre farm in horse country.
Lovely renovated brick home, new
6-stall frame bam (tack and feed
rooms), wash area, attached run-
in shed, pond, gently rolling
fields, stream, protected land.
Asking $295,000.
Adorable 51-acre horse farm.
Gently rolling fields, modem 17-
stall block barn, 10-stall bank
bam, 3-bay garage and workshop,
renovated 10-room, 2-story home
in very good condition. Asking
$749,000.
Wonderful 120 ± acre farm. Roll¬
ing fields, tree-lined asphalt drive,
pond, 58 stalls in 5 bams, 2 tenant
homes and a lovely stone and
frame owner’s residence. Mature
trees throughout, great privacy,
breed or train from this lovely
property. Asking $1.8 million.
Outstanding 98-acre farm. Great
privacy, 36 stalls in two bams, 4
run-in sheds. Asking $475,000.
(Restricted land).
66-acre operating training farm,
70 stalls, '/ 2 -mile training track,
lovely small office building, large
Victorian-style farmhouse, pond,
mature shade. Asking $750,000.
June 1991
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BUCKS COUNTY, PA. HORSE FARM
REAL ESTATE AUCTION
A magnificent 86 acre showplace facility in picturesque Bucks County, Pa. Located
only 1 hour from NYC and Philadelphia near scenic New Hope, PA and Flemington,
NJ. 7 handsomely appointed barns with 25 stalls, impressive office complex, 4
charming residences. Easy access to race tracks in PA, NJ, NY, MD, and Del.
Currently serving as a Thoroughbred breeding and yearling operation. To be sold at
auction on July 10, 1991. For detailed brochure or appointment, call (800) 272-1171.
PA NO AU-001117-L
A SANFORD A
Alderfer Auction Company
P.O. Box 1, Harleysville, PA 19438
MY LADY'S MANOR
NORTHERN BALTIMORE COUNTY
A comfortable contemporary
hillside home recently updated
with 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, a total
of 13 rooms featuring a 46'
"great room."
Located on 13.4 rolling acres in
two fenced pastures with Little
Gunpowder stream running
through middle of property.
Large Pennsylvania Dutch bank
barn, circa 1930, with 5 stalls,
tack room, loft and water.
20' X 40' heated pool.
Greenhouse. Separate garage
building houses offices easily
convertible to caretaker quarters.
40 minutes to trains, 55
minutes to BWI airport, 20
minutes to private plane airport.
$549,000.
Call Peg Castle, Coldwell
Banker 1-301-252-8666 for
information or brochure. EHO
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Maryland Horse
BLINKERS
Classified Advertisements
Horses, Ponies
PRETTY AQHA-REGISTERED MARE: 6 years By
Boons Star out of Sandy Bar Gill. $1,800. (301)
876-2640 after 5 or weekends (301) 326-1240.
Stallions
MR. WILFORD: 17-hand son of PASS CATCHER,
out of multiple stakes producer CLAROOLA (Mool¬
ah Bux). New York wins include 6 V 2 fur. in
1:1 6 V 5 and 4th in Remsen S-G2. Earned over
$142,000. $750 l.f. Standing at Rainbow Valley in
Linwood, MD. WATAUGA LAKE: Sire of 70% win¬
ners from foals of racing age to date. Son of graded
SW LONDON COMPANY ($478,910), out of Placid
Lake, dam of SW WHAT LAKE, Baltic Shore (win¬
ner in GB) and $500,000 Keeneland sales yearling.
From family of KOOTENAI, SANS ARC, BATTLE¬
FIELD, etc. $500 l.f. Standing at Rainbow Valley in
Linwood, MD. Inquiries to Martha C. Green (301)
875-2284 or J.C. Ankeney (301) 777-9129.
FOR SALE: Season or share in NORTH POLE
(Northern Dancer—Canalu). No reasonable offer
refused. Respond to: A.J.M., 652 Biddle St.,
Chesapeake City, MD 21915.
DOUBLE IMAGE: By Spring Double. Winner of
over $21,000 before injury. Free stud fee to ap-
proved mares. Call (301) 821-6844 or 255-4200.
Boarding, Training, Layups
S7/DAY BROODMARES: SlO/day layups. Cus-
tomized boarding. 20 acres and 5 fields. Lighted
riding ring. Center-aisle barn, 35 stalls. Ample
safe turn-out. ECHO VALLEY FARM (301)
836-2666 or 836-2034.
STONEWORTH FARM: Boarding broodmares and
weanlings. New barn and fencing. Excellent pas¬
tures. Quiet environment. Foaling services by
manager with over 25 years experience. Call Skee-
ter Figgins at (301) 833-6549.
BROODMARE CARE: $7 a day. MARES & FOALS
$10 a day. Have room for 2 mares. Springwater
Farm, Shrewsbury, PA. (717) 235-6663.
Broodmares , Yearlings Weanlings
Large box stalls available in our new, well-equipped,
modern barn. Ample turnout in well-maintained
pastures. Excellent care—owners on premises.
Reasonable rates. Exit 33 off 1-83 in Northern Md.
Barn CIRCADIAN FARMS Rcs , dtn(x .
(301)357-8380 (301)343-0817
Horse Transportation
WILSON HORSE TRANSPORTATION: Middleburg,
Va. Horse transportation at its best. (703)
253-5262; (800) 325-0119. _
Trailers, Vans
CLASSIC ALUMINUM TRAILERS: NOW AVAILABLE
FROM OCTOBER FARM * CLASSIC, Box 209A, RR 2,
Titusville, NJ 08560. (609) 737-9645.
1989 SOONER: All aluminum, 6-horse slant, with
self-contained 12’ living quarters. Generator, gas
furnace, A/C, full bath, fully equipped kitchen,
sleeps 3-4, walk-in tack rm., awning, roof rack.
Cost $53,000. Must sell, make offer. (301)
876-1982.
Help Wanted, Available
AVAILABLE: Experienced part-time office manag¬
er/secretary for Thoroughbred operation. At my
home or your farm. Reply to Drawer 239, MH, PO.
Box 427, Timonium, MD 21093.
Miscellaneous
HORSE MANURE REMOVAL: Prompt, regular
pickup. Year-round service. Frezzo Bros., Box44,
Avondale, PA 19311. (215) 268-8258.
EQUINE DENTISTRY: Michael J. Dougherty, West
Chester, PA (215) 431-3184 or Centreville, MD
(301) 758-2749.
WILL DESIGN & BUILD: Custom horse barns to
your needs at competitive costs. (301) 833-1840.
FENCES: Built and painted. Barns repaired and
painted. Trees trimmed, hedgerows cleared. (301)
848-0637.
FARRIER: Professional services for farms.
M.R.C. license. Bobby Burns (717) 382-4906.
FENCE SPRAYING: DISTINCTIVE DECORATORS
Interior & exterior painting, wall coverings. All
home & business services, farm repairs. (301)
592-7433 or 592-9598.
BLACKTOP, TAR & CHIP: Driveways, parking lots,
barns. STREAKER CONSTRUCTION AND AS¬
PHALT. (301) 442-2409.
PAINTING & CONSTRUCTION: Andy R Sadler—
fence and barn. (301) 857-4391.
RACE HORSE TRAINERS TEST: Over 30 pages
Questions/Answers . . . Covers Vet Test. . Barn
Test. . . Stewards Test. $16 postpaid. MR. TEST,
Box 1185, Chino Valley, AZ 86323.
FREE MEDI-T0TE TRAY: ($10.00 value) with your
first order of $50.00 + . Call Toll-Free (800)
321-0235 for your FREE Horse Health USA prod¬
ucts catalog. Big savings on hundreds of name
brand items. Same day shipments from Des
Moines, IA or Canton, OH. Call or write: 5200 Park
Ave., Des Moines, IA 50321 or 2800 Leemont
Ave., N.W., Canton, OH 44709. Get your FREE
Medi-Tote Tray today! MDC 91
RWK CONTRACTING CO.: Custom Equestrian Fa-
cilities and Pole Buildings to accommodate your
equine needs. Guaranteed to beat any written esti¬
mate by 15%. (301) 836-1794.
RESTORES/PRESERVES: Fine leathers, saddles,
bridles, shoes, purses. $3/lb. Send postage paid
envelope: A-1 Auction, 4606 Tammy, Wichita Falls,
TX 76306.
R & L HAY AND STRAW: (301) 526-6892
TRADITIONAL AND FORM-FITTING
SILKS AND CAPS
CUSTOM SADDLE CLOTHS
RACEWEAR
Janet Turcotte and Linda Logan
(301) 262-7589
Index to Advertisers
STALLIONS
Allen's Prospect.Inside front cover
Camivalay.Inside front cover
Citidancer.Inside front cover
Corridor Key.Inside front cover
Deputed Testamony.Back cover
OTHER ADVERTISERS
Anderson Feed Co. 72
Bloodstock Research. 9
R.D. Bowman & Sons. 57
Circadian Farms. 71
DeGarmo Constructors & Assoc. 8
DiBella Vans. 58
DR™ Trimmer/Mower. 30
Equine Dentistry. 31
Equivest Sales. 5
Farm Credit Bureau. 28
Fasig-Tipton Midlantic. 1
Horse transportation:
C. Mills. 30
R.F. Kohl. 58
Porter. 4
Tamberino. 6
Winner's Choice. 6
Hunt Cup Productions. 29
Insurance:
Hoffberger Insurance Group. 53
Paoli Insurance. 58
Maryland Fund. 2
Maryland Saddlery. 31
MHBA Yearling Show. 7
Myotherapy. 30
New Jersey Breeders' Association. 65
North Glade Feed & Supply. 57
North view Stallion Station.Inside back cover
Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association .... 65
Race wear. 71
Real estate:
Alderfer Auction Company. 70
Cold well Banker. 70
LaMotte Properties. 67
Long & Foster. 68
O'Conor, Piper & Flynn. 67
Patterson Schwartz.68, 69
The Prudential Preferred Properties. 67
Video Realty. 68
Reece Construction, Inc. 42
RWK Contracting Co. 58
Steppin' Stone Farm. 64
Stitches by Chloe. 65
Schwatka Farm Services. 6
Upperville Barns. 4
Virginia Thoroughbred Association. 61
West Virginia TBA. 64
White Hall Feed Co.54, 72
June 1991
Editorial
White Hall
Feed Co.
17106 York Road
Hereford, MD S (301) 329-2171
Anderson
Feed Co.
423-425 South Main St.
Shrewsbury, PA S (717) 235-4485
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Feeding Consultations
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Hay, Straw and Shavings
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Delivery Available
The Nature of Good Luck
Although nearly every breeder has a pet theory or two about
how to produce winners, it's well accepted in the Thoroughbred
business that there are no sure-fire formulas. Every new racing sea¬
son serves as a reminder that the most important ingredient of cham¬
pionship success, far surpassing money invested, is luck.
Believe it or not, there are serious scholars who have written
learned articles, and even whole volumes, on the nature of chance,
good fortune, or, as some prefer to call it, luckiness. There are two
conclusions which are widely shared:
1) In the long run, virtually everyone seems to have some
instances or periods of good luck. The notion that some people
never have any good luck is almost never found to be true.
2) For reasons not understood, good luck very often seems to
occur in streaks. Casino gamblers intuitively know to make big bets
when on a winning streak, but small ones when losing.
According to the experts, the "luckiest" people are usually
those who are adept at maximizing their good luck and minimizing
their bad. Conversely, those who seem most "snake bit" usually fail
to cash in on their occasional good luck, but have a habit of exag¬
gerating and wallowing in their bad.
For Thoroughbred breeders, whether promoting stallions or
raising runners, the lesson in this is to strive constantly to be pre¬
pared to take the fullest possible advantage of any good luck, or
good-luck streak, when it occurs. Sooner or later, fortune smiles on
everyone. Be ready to seize it.
/Richard W. Wilcke
72
Maryland Horse
ri'Time>Turf
BAEDERWOOD
1975 Tentam -
Royal Statute, by'Northern Dancer
1991 Fee: $3,500
CAVEAT
1980 Cannonade -
Cold Hearted, by The Axe II
1991 Book Full
INCA CHIEF
1986 Mr Prospector -
Katonka, by Minnesota Mac
1991 Fee: $2,500
PRIVATE TERMS SMARTEN TWO PUNCH
198 5 Private Account - 1976 Cyane - 1983 Mr Inspector -
laughter, by Hold Ruler Smartaire, by *Quibu Heavenly Cause, by "Grey Dawn II
1991 B(x)k Full 1991 B(x>k Full 1991 B<x>k Full
All Northview stallions nominated to the Breeders' Cup and The Maryland Million
WAQUOIT
1983 Relaunch-
Grey Parlo, by *Grey Dawn ll
1991 Book Full
55 Northern Dancer Drive ♦ Chesapeake City, MD 21915 ♦ Inquiries to: Linda Bench (301) 885-2855 ♦ Fax:(301)885-5985 ♦ Tom Bowman, DVM (301) 778-0439
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stakes winners
are graded runners.
Grade 3 Honey Bee H winner UNDER OATH ($354,373; SSI 12.13)
1991 Grade 3 John B. Campbell H-placed REPUTED TESTAMONY ($221,989; SSI 9.46)
1991 Grade 3 Betsy Ross H-placed McKILTS ($193,608; SSI 10.99)
Classic winner DEPUTED TESTAMONY is a nationally-ranked F87 stallion and a leading Mid-
Atlantic sire. His four crops to run have earned $2,474,325 with 71% winners from starters.
$5,000 live Foal; Traffic Cop—Proof Requested by Prove It
Nominated to Maryland Million and Breeders’ Cup
J. William Boniface, William K. Boniface (301) 879-5324 or 734-6906
