Complimentary The Steeplechase A Publication of ST Publishing, Inc. imes Vol. 18, No. 2 • Friday, April 15, 2011T Shiner Sunshine Numbers romps in Carolina Cup INSIDE: Country Cousin wins at Aiken • Tizsilk stays perfect at Stoneybrook 2 • Steeplechase Times www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Friday, April 15, 2011 here&there... in Steeplechasing WEWEDDNESNESDDAAYY ISIS RRAACECE NNIIGHTGHT ATAT Post Time is Before & After 5 o’clock Class Century showed with replays both sides of the Thoroughbred at the Carolina Cup – acting up on the through way out of the paddock (right) and rolling home in the $25,000 the evening maiden hurdle for jockey Xavier Aizpuru, trainer Todd McKenna and owner Nina Gardner. April 20 Atlanta Tod Marks (2) My Lady’s Manor Worth Repeating Music to His Mouth April 27 “That horse ran at a point-to-point, went foxhunting, broke the trainer’s leg, Timber horse Mu- Block House came down here and won – what am I doing wrong?” sic To My Ears walked Trainer Tom Voss, about Class Century into the Springdale Race Grand National (who defeated Voss’ Artic Cry in the Camden maiden) Course paddock looking like Trigger, Silver or some Middleburg “He’s the most intimidating horse I’ve ever sat on.” other cowboy’s horse. Plumstead Trainer Todd McKenna, about Class Century The timber veteran ran and jumped like anything Point to Point “I knew last year I was somewhere close but the uncertainty was fine. I but, however, winning the don’t want to know, I just want you to come up to me one day and say ‘Well $20,000 allowance by a Join us Tuesday, 4/26 done, you’ve just gotten to a hundred.’ ” nose over Wazee Moto. Jockey Xavier Aizpuru, who reached 99 American Richard Valentine went from 6 to 9:30pm for victories with a win aboard Class Century at Camden deep into the trainer’s Greatness and Goodness: closet and pulled out a Barbaro and his Legacy “I like to rock and roll, but I’m older and I prefer a little slower beat.” hackamore bridle as a way Jockey Jody Petty, about blazing away on the front end to help Music To My Ears’ by Alex Brown. aboard Sunshine Numbers in the Carolina Cup mouth. Event is limited, “He’s always been very “The most, the best. They’ve been my biggest supporters, they’re great sensitive about his mouth, call for reservations. friends, a constant in the development of my business here. It feels very but I hadn’t really thought Tickets, $150 per person, right to win it for them of all people.” of this until we were in Ai- include open bar from 6-7pm, Trainer Arch Kingsley, about winning ken this winter,” said Val- the Carolina Cup for clients Sue and George Sensor entine. “He was miserable dinner, lecture, Q&A, book down here, training like a and signing. All proceeds to Kingsley: “Any one of us could have ridden him the way he ran out there pig and just not fun to be Tod Marks today.” around.” benefit www.pdjf.org. ST: “Even cameraman Richard Bortz (who’s 6-foot-4 easy)?” Event rider Dornin North, who was galloping for Valentine at Aiken, sug- Kingsley: “It wouldn’t have been pretty, but he would have gotten it done.” gested the hackamore and happened to have one. Music To My Ears has Open 11:00am ~ midnight not had a bit in his mouth since January, and is all the better for it. Closed Tuesday Take A Number “I noticed a change right away,” said Valentine. “He works better, he’s happier, he’s a different horse. I still wasn’t sure we should run him in it 1383 North Chatham Road 1234: Hip Number of Pensy at the Keeneland January sale. though and was very nervous about it.” The move caught the attention of the stewards, who asked to be notified West Marlborough, 2: Winners bred by Mede Cahaba Stable and Stud in the season’s first next time, but the hackamore isn’t all that unique in jump racing. Trainer Pennsylvania 19320 two weeks. Class Mark and Class Century got the job done for Mignon C. Rusty Carrier utilized one on timber stakes winner Jamaica Bay and won Smith’s breeding program. the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup in 1994. The bridle works without a bit in the 610.383.0600 horse’s mouth, instead using pressure points on the horse’s face and chin thewhiptavern.com What’s In A Name? for control. “I don’t like to touch him in the mouth anyway so it’s not that different Silence (a conditioned claimer owned by Bill Pape) is a 7-year-old son of for me,” said Walsh. “He would jump very hollow and his head would come Quiet American. Silenced (a maiden owned by Irv Naylor) is a 4-year-old up as soon as you touched him before. With this, he’s not panicking and son of Quiet American. Lord help Tony Bentley if they end up in the same worrying about it so much. I schooled him with it (a week before Camden) Best English Pub race. Solar Panel (owned and bred by Edition Farm) is by Mr. Light out of and he’d jumped the best I’d ever schooled him.” Rent Free. – Joe Clancy Friday, April 15, 2011 www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Steeplechase Times • 3 The Steeplechase Entries What’s Happening and Where To Find It imes Here’s your newspaper. Edition 2 of the new year and after three meets the season has reached full speed. T Trainer Tom Voss is off to a quick start (three wins) as is two-time jockey champion Paddy Young (four). Country Cousin and Sunshine Numbers struck the first stakes blows, with One Giant Step, Good Request and ST Publishing, Inc. Tizsilk looking like a rising talents in the novice division. 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921 PAGES 6-8 In the Heart of Fair Hill Horse Country Phone: (410) 392-5867 Fax: (410) 392-0170 Sailing Along E-mail: [email protected] Tizsilk improved to 2-for-2 over jumps for Lexington-based owner Roger O’Byrne, On the Web: www.st-publishing.com proprietor of McCarthy’s Irish Pub and brother to Coolmore bloodstock agent Demi. Slaney Rock, Mischief and Eamonn came through as well. The Staff Editors/Publishers/Staff Writers: PAGES 10-15 Sean Clancy and Joe Clancy Advertising: Contact the office or call Knockout Number Kathy Rubin (203) 650-6815 The referee would have stopped this one early as Sunshine Numbers destroyed Jim McLaughlin (484) 888-0664 a quality field in the Carolina Cup for Sue and George Sensor, Arch Kingsley and Michelle Rosenkilde (410) 692-5977 Jody Petty. Reney Stanley (804) 449-2388 Contributors: PAGES 16-22 Maggie Kimmitt, Jane Clark, Tod Marks, Barry Watson, Steve Graham, Sam Clancy, Anne Clancy, Joe Clancy Sr., Ruth Clancy, Ryan Clancy, Imperial Kin Jack Clancy, Nolan Clancy, Miles Clancy. Country Cousin, who spent the winter in Aiken, rolled home in the season’s first stakes – Aiken’s Imperial Cup – for Oakwood Stable, Julie Gomena and Carl Rafter. 2011 Publication Dates March 18 May 27 October 7 April 15 June 17 October 21 April 29 July 8 November 11 PAGES 24-28 May 13 September 16 December 9 *Subject to change Catching Up Don’t Forget to Advertise! Jockey Jorge Torres improves, Jake Chalfin gets a boost from the Jack Fisher sta- ble, buyers claim prospects from the Nick Arundel Estate dispersal sale and more. Member: American Horse Publications American Horse Publications is the nation’s only as- sociation of equine periodicals. 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