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Diva Maria holds on in spring finale at Fair Hill And the Boys of Summer

Indy Run Riddle

Northern Bay Call You In Ten

INSIDE THIS EDITION Fair Hill, Colonial Downs, Penn National, Philadelphia Park

Summer Schedule • Pick Six Update • NSA Standings ST earns AHP Awards Steeplechase Times was once again hon- ored in the annual editorial contest run by American Horse Publications. ST won its third consecutive (and fifth overall) General Excellence Award in the tab- loid/newspaper division for 2009. The award was presented June 19 in Lexington, Ky. Steeplechase Times was also recognized Tod Marks with the award in 2008, 2007, 1999 and 1996. Flat Top and Janet Elliot (right), hard at work at Aiken last fall. The 2009 judges – an expert panel of jour- nalists, designers and educators – called the newspaper “an excellent publication with sto- Hello Flat Top ries that do a good job covering the sport.” ST intern Chelsea Vecchiarelli gets to know some horses on the circuit. In addition to the overall award, Joe Clan- cy received a first place award in the Per- Name: Flat Top (better known as “The Man” around Janet Elliot’s Woodville Stable in Kirkwood, Pa.). sonal Column category for “A Lucky Man,” Age: A spunky 17. Color: Dark shiny bay with a distinctive white snip on his nose. a retrospective on long-time steeplechase Best Known For: Eclipse Award as champion steeplechaser in 1998 and 2002. Peculiar Habit: Stall walker. enthusiast John Thigpen. The column ap- Record: Eighth-highest earner in history with $592,306. peared in the March 17, 2009 edition. Judges Pedigree: 1993 foal. Alleged–Lady Of The Light, The Minstrel. Bred by Landon Knight in Kentucky. selected Clancy’s column from 30 entries in the category with the comments: “Not sure Current Occupation: Lead pony for up-and-coming horses. when, if ever, a lead-and-kicker link is used “This one here is Flat Top,” says Janet Elliot with her subtle wouldn’t please him. He’s settled in over the years, but is still so well and doubt it was luck. This is a great Irish accent and a smile of approval on her face. Flat Top stands much happier out in the field,” says Elliot, who added that the column.” around 16 hands, is a deep bay and dons a slight hay belly, well old pro makes a good role model. “I have some horses here I Clancy’s article “History Call,” about fitting for all former champions. Curiously, he turns and greets doubt would have made it to the track if it weren’t for Flat Top.” timber horse Ben Nevis getting inducted to Thoroughbred racing’s Hall of Fame, re- his visitors. “He used to be a terrible stall walker. We used to Elliot enters the stall to give her boy a rub and his lips quiver with ceived an honorable mention in the feature try to put him up in a round pen out in the field, but even that enjoyment. “Great horse,” she says. “Yes, you are The Man.” article category. 2_Layout 1 5/24/10 2:07 PM Page 1

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Friday, July 2, 2010 www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Steeplechase Times • 3 Entries The Steeplechase What’s Happening and Where To Find It Here’s your newspaper. Where were we? Oh yeah, Fair Hill. Our June edition was delayed by a technical Time s malfunction – or an angry Mother Nature, who sent a lightning bolt through some equipment and brought all newspaper progress to a halt. The EARLY JULY edition features a recap of Fair Hill at the end of the spring season plus summer stops at Colonial Downs, Philadelphia Park and Penn National. ST Publishing, Inc. 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921 Pages 8-9 In the Heart of Fair Hill Horse Country

Phone: (410) 392-5867 Fax: (410) 392-0170 Colonial Heroes E-mail: [email protected] Mattituck Inlet and Indy Run reward the bettors on steeplechasing’s second spin On the Web: www.st-publishing.com through the turf course at Virginia’s Colonial Downs racetrack.

The Staff Pages 10-11 Editors/Publishers: Sean Clancy and Joe Clancy Jr.

Advertising: Contact the office or call Penn Station Kathy Rubin (203) 650-6815 Call You In Ten makes his case as the season’s best 4-year-old, improving to Jim McLaughlin (484) 888-0664 2-for-2 in his young career. Maiden All Together continues the trend of quality Michelle Rosenkilde (410) 692-5977 jumpers to emerge from the flat barn of Alan Goldberg. Reney Stanley (804) 449-2388

Contributors: Maggie Kimmitt, Jane Clark, Chelsea Vecchiarelli, PageS 12-13 Tod Marks, Barry Watson, Steve Graham, Sam Clancy, Anne Clancy, Joe Clancy Sr., Ruth Clancy, Ryan Clancy, Layoff Payoff Jack Clancy, Nolan Clancy, Miles Clancy. Riddle shrugs off the rust and the competition in his first start off a long break for Sue Sensor and Arch Kingsley. Mimi Voss homebred Farndale runs away with maiden claiming victory. 2010 Publication Dates March 17 May 28 October 8 April 9 July 2 October 22 Pages 14-15 April 23 July 29 November 12 May 7 September 17 December 10 Don’t Forget to Advertise! Cheesesteak Champs Philadelphia Park’s steeplechase stop showcased two winners who reversed their Member: American Horse Publications form – Northern Bay in an optional claimer and Hidden Trail in a maiden. American Horse Publications is the nation’s only as- sociation of equine periodicals. AHP’s more than 200 members are dedicated to promoting better under- standing and communication within the equine publishing industry. PageS 16-18 www.americanhorsepublications.org An AHP General Excellence Award Winner Fun at Fair Hill Diva Maria takes care of business in the Valentine Memorial to close the spring sea- On the Cover son with a win for Arcadia Stable, trainer Jack Fisher and jockey Xavier Aizpuru. Diva Maria (right) holds off a strong field in Fair Hill’s Valentine, the final stakes of the spring season. Summer racing included stops at Colo- Th e Steeplechase I PICKED UP THE TIMES AT: nial Downs, Philadelphia i m e s ______Park and Penn National. T Photos by Tod Marks, SUBSCRIBE: Eclipse Sportswire and Equi-Photo Name:______Address:______Also by ST Publishing: ______The Saratoga Special, Thoroughbred Racing Calendar; Telephone:______Email:______Writing for Daily Racing Form, Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, If gift subscription, please include your name and address. The Times will send a gift card in your name. The Blood-Horse, The Racing Post, etc.; American Steeplechasing yearbook, newsletters, Subscription Choices (Check One) Send check to: ST Publishing, Inc., 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, public relations consulting, custom brochures, ___ First Class Mail: $35 per year. Elkton, Md 2192 or call (410) 392-JUMP to use a credit card. Internet sites and graphic design for your farm or business. ___ Canada: $45 (first class). ___ Other Foreign: $65 (air-mail). Maryland residents, please add 6% sales tax. Copyright ST Publishing, Inc. 2010. All Rights Reserved.

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Tod Marks and American nosh, Railbirds. Some fans found a nice place to watch the timber race at Fair Hill. accompanied by an evolving selection of Family Ties Numbers Game Argentine import Wantan, a maiden hurdle winner at Fair Hill now racing beer and ale for Ted and Dabney Thompson, is out of a half-sister to Grand Turk, a NSA Spring Racing Statistics: hurdle winner for Warren Dempsey and trainer Tom Voss in the 1990s. 2010 2009 Decrease has been ranked Horses...... 348...... 354...... 6 Starters...... 678...... 715...... 37 “very good to excellent” Take A Number Races...... 98...... 100...... 2 by Zagat and voted 10 Discounted price of a “Rachel Alexandra-Zenyatta Apple Blossom” Purses...... $1,991,375...... $2,030,050...... $38,675 hat – commemorating a race that never happened – worn by steeplechase Best English Pub in fan Ernie Moulos at Fair Hill. Worth Repeating Philadelphia Magazine. “I pulled up – or whatever.” 39 Years trainer Wendy Kinnamon, who won a training flat race on the Jockey Jody Petty, to clerk of scales Mary Guessford, Join us on the patio to 2010 card, has been coming to Fair Hill. after Boojwhacked’s maiden try at Fair Hill; he ran out at the first fence on the backside. greet the mild weather 12 Starters (and finishers) in Penn National’s maiden hurdle June 18. “Souvenir tickets – half price.” and celebrate authentic Fair Hill fan, with a fistful, after the fourth race refreshment and 6 Real “old school” betting tickets – from Atlantic City, Delaware Park “I have to think about it, then I can.” and others – on the hat of Fair Hill Races chairnan Nancy Simpers. Nolan Clancy, 9, on whether he can understand breathtaking views. what jockey Paddy Young says in post-race interviews

25 Furlongs in the last race called (Fair Hill’s timber race May 29) by “Will Jack Fisher ever say anything unqualifiedly good about Bubble Econ- announcer Tony Bentley; final time: 6:17.20. omy?” Rick Abbott, co-breeder of the two-time timber champion <1 Furlong in the next race called (a Fair Grounds Quarter Horse test in “You bet, you lose twice.” Open 11:00am ~ midnight September) by Bentley; expected final time: 20 seconds – maybe. Trainer Todd Wyatt on his gambling philosophy, after Northern Bay upset an allowance race at Philadelphia Park Closed Tuesday Names of the Week 1383 North Chatham Road I Am Stable, owner of Way To Eden, winner of the sixth race at Colonial Save The Date West Marlborough, Downs June 23 (discovered by trainer Britt Graham). Don’t forget to reserve your spot at the benefit barbecue for steeple- Pennsylvania 19320 chase trainer Paul Rowland July 9 at Fair Hill. Rowland recently underwent All Together, Penn National winner. The 5-year-old is out of Unify. surgery for a tumor in his chest. 610.383.0600 The family-friendly event starts at 6 p.m. and will be at the Ed Walls thewhiptavern.com Dealer Beware, Penn National hurdle starter. The 6-year-old is by Stack Activities Hall adjacent to the race course in Fair Hill, Md. Tickets are $40 out of Beware Of The Ace. per adult in advance, $50 at the door, and include food, drinks, music, silent and live auctions and more. Money raised at the event will go toward Rowland’s medical expenses and to support his young children. License Plate of the Week For details or a way to volunteer, contact Michele Sanger at 406-360- TYYPO, on a Virginia-based car (one for Steeplechase Times maybe) 2252 or [email protected]. Best English Pub

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Friday, July 2, 2010 www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Steeplechase Times • 7 Home Team Indy Run powers to claiming win for Virginia owner/trainer Oare by sean clancy COLONIAL DOWNS Ernie Oare wants to win in his home Sunday, June 27 state of Virginia. With that goal in mind, the owner/ phy) made a run but couldn’t reel in trainer sent 22 horses to Colonial Downs Indy Run, who skipped over the last and in New Kent for the annual summer ses- held off Rubicon (Danielle Hodsdon) sion. Oare racked up his sixth win of the by a diminishing neck. Favorite Fogcut- meet when Indy Run handled eight rivals ter, running for new owner Indian Run in the open claiming hurdle June 27. Farm, failed to menace and wound up Roddy Mackenzie allowed Indy Run sixth, beaten more than 37 lengths. Indy to break sharply, thinking Most Bossest Run paid $9.60 while completing the 2 would take the lead. When Jody Petty 1/4-miles in 4:07.89. Susan M. Carter/Eclipse Sportswire opted to rate Most Bossest, Indy Run “I thought (Most Bossest) would Indy Run touches down in front in the open claimer at Colonial Downs June 27. found himself on the lead while aiming make it, I was going to sit just off him, After that effort, he tried novice stars tip-top stakes material but these open to snap a nine-race losing streak (flat I broke sharp and he was nowhere so I at Saratoga before hitting the shelf with claimers are not easy.” and jumps). just let him go on in front, he seemed to a bad knee. This year, he sparred with Indy Run picked up Oare’s sixth win The 7-year-old gelded son of leading enjoy it,” Mackenzie said. “Two weeks allowance rivals in four starts before from 21 starters at Colonial, keeping sire A. P. Indy led a tight group over the ago, when horses came to his girth, he getting class relief against claimers at the owner/trainer squarely in the top 10 first, then opened 4 lengths by the time seemed to run on which was encourag- Colonial where he finished third two in the overall standings at the Virginia the field reached the backside the first ing. He definitely enjoyed the front end. weeks earlier. meet. time. He’s stabled at Colonial, he’s not the “He ran a big race. He’s been sitting “He won at Colonial last year and With a circuit to go, Indy Run had best of shippers, so that helps as well.” on a good race. He won at Colonial we were stabled there and he won there slowed the pace, jamming up Great Indy Run began his flat career with last summer, then got hurt at Saratoga. this year and we were stabled there. If Gusto, Fogcutter and Eamonn behind Graham Motion, then went to Bret Cal- We gave him some time and got him you’ve got a jumper that doesn’t like him. Indy Run flew the first two fences houn before winding up with trainer sound, it’s not like he’s a mistake, he’s to ship, you’re in a world of trouble,” before the field was waved around the James Baker. A winner of one race on an A. P. Indy,” Oare said. “He’s been Oare said. “I like to do good in my final fence on the backside (where Most the flat, Indy Run broke his maiden fine all spring, he ran a nice third two home state. Barry Duncan has done a Bossest had fallen on the first circuit). over hurdles last summer for Oare’s weeks ago and this time he was that great job, Kevin Pallister is a good rider Turning for home, Eamonn (Jeff Mur- EMO Stable. much better. It doesn’t look like he’s See colonial page 9

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8 • Steeplechase Times www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Friday, July 2, 2010 Colonial Downs 3rd. $20,000 Open Claiming Hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles. Colonial – June 27. New Kent, Va. Turf: Firm. $20,000-$15,000 claiming price. 1. Indy Run L 141 Mackenzie 9.60 5.60 4.20 Continued from page 8 1st. $15,000 Maiden Claiming Hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles. 2. Rubicon L 140 Hodsdon 5.00 4.60 3. Eamonn L 140 Murphy 5.20 and has been doing a great job and I’ve $25,000-$20,000 claiming price. 1. Mattituck Inlet L 148 Hodsdon 4.60 4.20 2.20 Exacta (4-9) $51.40 got some grooms out of Camden, guys 2. Coupe De Ville L 148 Nagle 4.00 2.20 Trifecta (4-9-7) $723.40. Superfecta (4-9-7-2) $4,124.80 who worked for (Frank) Whiteley, you 3. Manassa Mauler L 148 Geraghty 2.20 4. Great Gusto L 140 Young can’t find guys like that any more. We’re Exacta (7-2) $18.20. 5. Sword Of Dubai L 140 Rafter having some fun.” Trifecta (7-2-5) $37.80. Superfecta (7-2-5-1) $83.40 6. Fogcutter L 152 Geraghty 4 Baylor Dude 147 Crowley 7. Humdinger L 150 Cooney • Jonathan Sheppard continued his 5. Houghton Regrets L 148 Young F. Most Bossest L 140 Petty march to 1,000 steeplechase victories PU. Cooper L 151 Roberts PU. One Sea L 130 Hinchion by producing Timber Bay Farm’s Mat- Mgn: 3 3/4 Time: 4:14 1/5. Mgn: Neck. Time: 4:07 4/5. O: Timber Bay Farm. T: Jonathan Sheppard. O: EMO Stable. T: Ernie Oare. tituck Inlet – number 990 – to win the B. g. 7, A.P. Indy-Shell Ginger (Ire), Woodman. maiden claimer. Gr. g. 5, Monarchos-She Belongs, Belong To Me. Bred by Timber Bay Farm (Ky.). Bred by TAC Holdings (Ky.). Danielle Hodsdon placed the 5-year- old son of Monarchos in a comfortable spot on the inside, altering between third and first depending on the jump- ing ability of Baylor Dude and Cooper. Don’t just sit there! Advertise! Mattituck Inlet popped the first fence Steeplechase Times delivers customers. Call (410) 392-5867 or see st-publishing. in third, flew the second to get the lead, dropped back to third, returned to vie for the front with a circuit to go, then slipped to third as the field headed down the backside the final time. Absolute/Reserve Auction Mattituck Inlet dropped to the inside as the field straightened in the stretch, met the last going the best in a line of A Horse Lover’s Dream! four and drew clear to an easy win over Coupe De Ville (Darren Nagle) and Ma- nassa Mauler (Ross Geraghty). When: Saturday July 24 Mattituck Inlet paid $4.60 as the fa- vorite. Equipment and Furniture: 10 A.M. • Real Estate: 12 Noon. “He’s grown up a lot, he’s very pro- Where: 372 Littlestown Rd, Littlestown, Pa 17340 fessional, he jumps well, he relaxed, he rated and was a lot of fun today,” Hods- don said. “He’s a naughty little pony at home, but he’s a good little jumper and Auctioned by Martin Auctioneers, Inc he tries hard.” Bred in New York by the owners, For more information visit: www.martinauctioneers.com Mattituck Inlet made his career debut in 2008, finishing eighth against turf sprinters at Delaware Park. He wasn’t seen again until this spring when finish- ing fourth against maiden hurdlers at Stoneybrook. Sheppard tried him again against open maidens when he was fifth at Great Meadow. Against maiden claimers for the first time at Radnor, he finished third. This time, he got the job done in his fifth career start. Concerned about how he pulled up, Hodsdon dismounted Mattituck Inlet before exiting the turf course.

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Friday, July 2, 2010 www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Steeplechase Times • 9 Perfect Ten Piper’s promising 4-year-old adds allowance score to rookie season by sean clancy PENN NATIONAL James Piper would like what he sees Friday, June 18 – if he could only see it. The longtime assistant – and rookie from rapid front-runner Moving Viola- owner – puts his hands over his eyes tion who opened a short-lived 10-length as Call You In Ten comes to the last. lead on the peloton, led by Sparkled and So far, in two starts, Piper has missed Easy Red. Call You In Ten crept into bold jumps and resolute stamina as Call fourth on the inside, just two lengths off You In Ten has stamped himself as the Sparkled, Easy Red and Moon Dolly. best first-year jumper in the sport. The Forced to wait while stymied on the in- Nashville maiden winner improved his side, Call You In Ten shot between Easy record to a 2-for-2 with a polished score Red and Sparkled approaching the last, over eight allowance foes at Penn Na- flew the final hurdle when he needed it, tional in Grantville, Pa. June 18. and held off Miss Crown for a nearly Tod Marks “He gets so nervous, I have to send 2-length victory. Easy Red stayed on for All Together graduated the maiden ranks at Penn National for trainer Jack Fisher. somebody up there just to hold his third after 3:39.53 for the 2 1/16 miles. hand,” trainer Doug Fout joked. “He’s Piper stepped out of his comfort thing I know the van comes into the finish second in a flat prep at Virginia such a worrier, he’s worrying about zone two years ago and bought three barn with three horses.” Fall last year. For a day trip, they sent about this, worrying about that. He horses from the Fasig-Tipton 2-year- Piper and Fout put all three on the him to Laurel where he split a field of does everything the same, but he comes old in training sale at Timonium, Md. slow road, trying to develop jump- 11 in a maiden turf. Put away for the to the paddock and we get somebody Call You In Ten was hardly cut to be a er prospects rather than flat horses. winter, the $25,000 purchase prepped else to run him. He can’t watch the last 2-year-old in training but the big-boned, They’ve experienced the range of suc- with a training flat race at Stoneybrook fence, I have to tell him, ‘Your horse long-striding son of Ten Most Wanted cess; one died, Two Ticks finished third and a jump spin at the Fairfax Point-to- won the race.’ He loves his horses. This was born to be a jumper. in his sanctioned debut at Colonial Point, finishing second both times. All horse is doing it the right way; that’s the “James told me what he wanted to Downs this summer and Call You In those tutoring sessions set him up for best thing about him.” do,” Fout said. “I said, ‘hell if you can Ten, well, he’s the most dynamic 4-year- a 3-length victory in the coveted Nash- Jeff Murphy settled the tractable afford it, go have some fun.’ I didn’t go old in steeplechasing. ville maiden. 4-year-old in a relaxed spot, seventh, with him, he took Sam Maloney and a Piper and Fout educated Call You between horses, nearly a dozen lengths couple of his other buddies, the next In Ten at home before unveiling him to See penn national page 11 Paint the Pony . . . Paint the Town i Decorate a model horse to auction at the National Steeplechase Foundation Gala i Event Information Saturday, September 11 at 6:30 P.M. Winterthur Museum and Gardens Wilmington, Delaware Dinner, dancing, live and silent auctions. All donors to Foundation’s 2010 capital campaign now underway receive invitation for two. Thank you to Breyer for the model horses

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10 • Steeplechase Times www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Friday, July 2, 2010 Penn National Penn National – Grantville, Pa. Friday, June 18. Turf Firm. Continued from page 10 1st. $25,000. SOK Maiden Hurdle. 2-1/16 Miles. 2nd. $30,000. Optional Claiming Hurdle. 2-1/16 Miles. 1. All Together L 154 Aizpuru 17.20 6.20 8.20 NW1X or $25,000 claiming price “He’s a serious 2. Grantor L 149 Roberts 34.60 16.00 horse, every month 3. Boyhood Dream L 147 Geraghty 11.60 1. Call You In Ten L 149 Murphy 15.80 10.20 6.40 the horse has done $2 Exacta (5-3) $600.20; $2 Trifecta (5-3-6) $9,388.00 2. Miss Crown L 136 Petty 13.60 5.80 better and better, he’s 4. Parker’s Project L 147 Hodsdon 3. Easy Red L 152 Geraghty 3.80 a serious horse,” Fout 5. Sharps Island L 154 Young $2 Exacta (1-3) $228.00. $2 Trifecta (1-3-6) $1,322.20 said. “Now we have 6. Jack Twist (NZ) L 154 Nagle 4. Moon Dolly (GB) L 140 Young to be careful, make 7. Lion’s Double L 147 Dowling 5. Hope For Us All L 145 Aizpuru sure we keep him hap- 8. Salinja L 154 Petty 6. So Amazing (IRE) L 144 McVicar py and sound. We’ll 9. Mask And Wig L 154 Mcvicar 7. Sparkled L 144 Hodsdon 10. Dealer Beware L 154 Murphy PU. Saluda Sam L 144 Rafter give him a little time 11. Bag Of Hammers L 154 Slater PU. Moving Violation L 137 Nagle now, then give him a Tod Marks 12. Sir Ivor’s Sword L 149 Mackenzie Mgn: 1 3/4. Time: 3:39 2/5. flat race and go for Call You In Ten Mgn: 3 1/2. Time: 3:42 3/5. O: James Piper. T: Doug Fout. that last novice race O: Arcadia Stable and Sheila Williams. T: Jack Fisher. B. g. 4, Ten Most Wanted-Georgiana Lake, Regal Classic. at Saratoga. I don’t want to run him too B. g. 5, Danzig-Unify, Farma Way. Bred by Franklin Kling Jr. and Taylor Asbury (Ky.) hard, he’s still growing, he’s a big horse. Bred By Jayeff B Stables (Ky.) We’ve always believed he’s going to be a good horse so we want to take our time.”

• Jack Fisher continued to reap dividends from his connection to Alan Goldberg’s potent flat stable when All Together broke his maiden in his third start for Sheila Williams and Arcadia Stable. Xavier Aizpuru settled All Together in seventh, well off the pace of first-time starter Salinja who took over from Li- on’s Double after three fences. With a circuit to go, All Together kept his posi- tion as horses ganged up to his outside. Leaving the backside the long-strid- ing 5-year-old lagged in 10th. Aizpuru peeled him out as the field hit the turn and the light was lit. Once clear, All Together circled horses, collared Sal- inja, Boyhood Dream and Sharps Is- land coming to the last and drew off to win easily by 3 1/2 lengths over a late- running Grantor (Jacob Roberts) and first-time starter Boyhood Dream (Ross Geraghty). Second choice Parker’s Proj- ect matched All Together early, failed to find a clear line along the inside and wound up fourth. All Together finished in 3:42.71. A half-brother to stakes-placed jump- er Arcadius, All Together took eight tries to break his maiden on the flat but The essentials for living in the country. then won three in a row for Goldberg last summer. By fall, the son of world- renowned stallion Danzig had hit the cull list. New Grand L40 Series • RTV900 • BX50 Series That’s when Fisher made his annual The Grand L40 Series compact tractor, with its high-performance diesel engine trek to Goldberg’s New Jersey train- and innovative HST Plus transmission, can handle any chore with ease. ing center and picked up Straight To It (third at Philadelphia Park) and All The RTV900 utility vehicle is a powerful workhorse featuring a 21.6 HP diesel Together. The duo joined novice stakes engine, 4-WD and a 3-range variable hydrostatic transmission (VHT) to get winners Seer and Tricky Me as Gold- you where you need to go. berg reclamation projects for Fisher. “I loved him. He’s just a good-looking If you’re looking for versatility, the multi-purpose BX50 Series sub-compact horse. I told Alan Goldberg, ‘I don’t need tractor is the ideal choice. to see your horses, they’re all good-look- ing horses, you don’t have any rats,’ ” You have the land. You have the dream. All you need is a Kubota. Fisher said. “He was pissed off because I didn’t tell him to bet but he’s excited because the deal is they get some more money if they win a novice stakes, it’s a good deal for both the new owners and Stoltzfus Farm Service, Inc. the old owners.” 1043 Gap Newport Pike Fisher prepped All Together with two runs this spring, finishing sixth at Iroquois Cochranville, PA 19330 and a hard-luck fourth at Fair Hill. (610) 593-2407 “I wasn’t disappointed in the first one, I just wanted to school around. The second one, a little bit, but not that much,” said Fisher who replaced Wil- lie Dowling with Aizpuru. “I was confi- dent but after watching the first half of www.kubota.com the race, I thought we were screwed, he was having a horrible trip. Luckily he was good enough to pull back and go around.” ©Kubota Tractor Corporation, 2007

Friday, July 2, 2010 www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Steeplechase Times • 11 No Question Riddle shakes off 3 years of rust, takes claimer for Sensor, Kingsley by sean clancy COLONIAL DOWNS Sue Sensor exhaled. Sunday, June 13 “That was a long three years,” the owner said while standing on the edge falling at Camden that fall. He broke of the Colonial Downs winner’s circle his knee that day and didn’t return to June 13. the races until the spring of 2007 when Sensor’s Riddle had just dusted off he won the Founders Cup at Little Ev- three years of inactivity to dominate the erglades. A month later, he lost his rider open claiming hurdle, shaking off all at the fourth fence in the Georgia Cup, challengers, the last coming from Clos- then returned six days later to finish ertoyourheart who fell at the final fence. fourth in the Royal Chase to the likes of Susan M. Carter/Eclipse Sportswire Riddle (Danielle Hudsdon) jumped ac- Mixed Up, Good Night Shirt and Para- Riddle (right) flies the last while Closertoyourheart blunders at Colonial Downs June 13. curately, galloped resolutely and drew dise’s Boss. That day, Kingsley leapt out was a great horse, I thought he was a A training flat race cleared a few off to win by 10 lengths over Fogcutter of retirement to ride him in Keeneland’s useful horse. Then he was a year older, a cobwebs last fall and another one this (Ross Geraghty) and Indy Run (Roddy Grade I steeplechase. year stronger, a year more mature, now spring helped ready him for his first Mackenzie). Riddle finished 2 1/4 miles “If we had run at Keeneland not off I’m looking at him thinking how did jump race in 1,151 days. in 4:02.60. a six-day layoff and 20 hours of ship- that sneak up on me?” Like he never left. Yes, it had been a long three years. ping, I think we would have been right Then injuries snuck up and snatched Riddle jogged to the start like he was Plagued by a bum ankle, a question- there with those guys, he’s definitely the him away for three years. trying out for the Rockettes, flicking able tendon and a broken knee over his best hurdle horse I’ve had my hands “Ankle, tendon, broken knee,” said his hooves and gliding along the turf nine-race, five-year steeplechase career, on, nothing comes close,” Kingsley Kingsley. “The tendon has dogged us course. Always near the pace, he con- Riddle showed why trainer Arch Kings- said. “You wouldn’t say that the way since before I ever ran him the first time trolled the tempo from the outset, with- ley says he’s the best he’s ever trained. he trains at home, it’s not like he set- over hurdles, an ankle, you know, all stood a menacing Great Gusto, who lost A two-time winner on the flat for ting anything on fire in the morning but I have to say when I walk in the barn his jockey at the second hurdle, then ap- trainer Graham Motion, Riddle made he always shows up like that. I was a is ‘how’s Riddle look today?’ and they peared to be handling the only real chal- his debut for Sensor and Kingsley at Co- little slow to figure it out, I ran him for know I’m talking about the ankle. I lenger, Closertoyourheart, when that lonial Downs in 2005, finishing second 25 (thousand) the first couple of times, was standing there looking at it today, one fell at the last. Kingsley felt relief. against maiden claimers. The son of thinking he was a cute little horse who you’re talking about a baseball and a “I know how much heart he’s got, I Wagon Limit won three in a row before could run a little bit. I didn’t think he softball.” See colonial page 13 No matter what the going, we’ve got your ride.

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• Maiden claimers usually collect a dichotomy of thoughts from involved horsemen. Some wondering, ‘he can’t be this bad?’ and others admitting ‘he is this bad.’ That’s before the race. After the race, it’s usually obvious on both fronts. For trainer Tom Voss, he entered his wife Mimi’s homebred Farndale at Colonial, thinking the former. But after two starts over hurdles (third and sixth) last fall and two starts on the flat (eighth and ninth) this spring, the 4-year-old son of Petionville needed to step up and convince Voss. Farndale (Xavier Aizpuru), con- firmed Voss’ appraisal, reeling in stable- mate Manassa Mauler, dispatching third choice Century Gold and trouncing the rest on the way to a 9 1/4-length victory over Century Gold (Jeff Murphy) and favorite Treasure Map (Matt McCar- ron). Farndale finished in 4:06.48. “Pleasantly surprised. I couldn’t be- lieve he was that bad, he can’t break on the flat, he comes out but he waits. He’s been immature all the time but he’s all right,” Voss said. “I put blinkers on him at Camden, I don’t know why, they said he jumped better in them, I messed him up there. He ran all right at Far Hills, it wasn’t that bad, never comfortable on the ground and I thought he would run well at Camden but he was real rank and got tired. Today, he was halfway impressive in a bad race, he ran from the clubhouse turn all the way to the wire.”

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Friday, July 2, 2010 www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Steeplechase Times • 13 On Track Away from deep novice division, Northern Bay dominates in return by sean clancy PHILADELPHIA PARK On the flat, they call it class relief. Friday, June 4 Over jumps, they call it shaking the novice curse. tionbuilder, Terpsichorean, Dynaski, Ar- Call it what you will, Cary Jack- cadius, Tax Ruling, The Price Of Love son’s Northern Bay needed it – and got and Dictina’s Boy in his next four starts. it – with an impressive allowance win All won or were placed in stakes. North- at Philadelphia Park in Bensalem, Pa. ern Bay could only muster a non-threat- June 4. Under Jody Petty, Northern Bay ening third in the restricted Georgia Cup Christiana Scavuzzo/EQUI-PHOTO settled off the pace set by recent maiden last spring. Hidden Trail powers toward the wire ahead of Class Century. winner Quiet Approval before splitting “It sounded like the nature of the horses late to easily handle Easy Red beast,” Wyatt said. “Horses win a race know he would finish up like that. I The Fields Stable’s maiden, added reign- (Ross Geraghty) and favorite Best Alibi in this game and they don’t have any thought about running him on the flat ing champion jockey Paddy Young and (Darren Nagle). options and get stuck running where but since his form tailed off so much I aimed at the simplicity of the racetrack. After getting roughed up by novice they don’t want to run, it sounded like just thought, he would do too much and Two turns per circuit, two fences per stars last year, Northern Bay needed a he got off track, he went home and Mr. we’d be sitting behind the eight ball, so circuit, two circuits and finish. break. He came back from an extended Jackson decided to keep him in Mary- I thought we’d just run him over jumps Hidden Trail found his way, jumping vacation – he last ran at Monmouth in land. He fell into our program, we try and build on that.” and galloping straight and true to finish September – and with a new trainer, to do different things and he seemed to 2 1/6 miles race in 3:46.39. Todd Wyatt. like that.” • Tom Voss was disappointed with Young confidently put Hidden Trail Making up for lost time, Northern Wyatt took over the training of the Hidden Trail. Well, more disappointed on the lead and the Juddmonte Farm- Bay won for the second time in his jump son of Sligo Bay in February and aimed with the results of his first two starts bred gelding drew off to win by 2 3/4 career, scoring by 2 lengths in 3:43.85 for a summer campaign. Without a flat than the horse. Highly thought of since lengths over favorite Class Century (Carl for 2 1/16 miles. prep or any recent form, Northern Bay exiting Bobby Frankel’s deep barn, the Rafter) who rebounded from his refusal The 5-year-old won his third career made bettors look elsewhere – but had son of Empire Maker had run twice to start at Fair Hill to finish second for start, a maiden at Camden last spring, his trainer cautiously optimistic. and failed twice. The 5-year-old did too the sixth time. Straight To It (Xavier for trainer Doug Fout. That’s when the “I thought he’d be in the shake,” Wy- much too early in his debut at Great Aizpuru) rallied coming to the last but water got deeper. Northern Bay hooked att said. “He’s a typy horse, I knew he Meadow and flopped again at Radnor, the likes of Tricky Me, Left Unsaid, Na- was about three quarters fit but I didn’t two weeks later. Voss regrouped with See philadelphia page 15

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Sign/Date Important: You Must Sign & Date Community Publications PO Box 549 Hockessin DE, 19707 FAIR HILL RACES Saturday, May 29 Ups and Downs Game Diva Maria prevails in Valentine by joe clancy FAIR HIll, Md. – Xavier Aizpuru flicked the tab on the waist of his jockey pants over and over again while searching for a reason and wrestling with a ca- reer that puts horses and people in difficult situations. Tod Marks “It’s the hardest thing in the world and I don’t think Diva Maria (right) holds on to defeat Farah T Salute in the Valentine Memorial at Fair Hill. people will ever understand,” he said. “When you ride “It stinks. It’s the worst part about this job. I’ve just for fillies and mares that drew 10 runners including six nice horses like her, you’re asking them to do so much won the stakes and I feel terrible. I should be elated from the Nashville race. more than they should ever have to do, so much more. and I don’t even want to do an interview, I don’t want Jellyberry set the early pace and took the field for Even just to get over the fence showed tremendous to be in the pictures, I don’t want to be there at all. I’m most of the 2 1/4 miles. As she did at Nashville, Diva courage and then to hold off the others with what she just worrying about her.” Maria pulled to the front ahead of schedule – match- had left . . .” Though it didn’t help Aizpuru or anyone else at the ing strides with Jellyberry on the final turn as the oth- Arcadia Stable’s Diva Maria carried Aizpuru to vic- time, Diva Maria should be fine in the long run. After ers gave chase. At the top of the stretch, about a length tory in the $30,000 Valentine Memorial at the Fair winning at Camden in March, she missed the rest of separated Diva Maria, Farah T Salute, Moon Dolly Hill Races May 29. She also injured a tendon for the 2009 with her first tendon injury. She returned this and Sweet Shani. Diva Maria led over the second-last second time in 14 months and probably won’t run year at Foxfield in late April – finishing fifth behind as a fifth contender, Ptarmigan, rallied on the out- again this year. Ptarmigan and then placed second to Sweet Shani at side. The 4-year-old filly fell at the last fence to end Aizpuru took it hard, searching for answers and a Nashville. Trained by Jack Fisher, the gray 5-year-old stronger voice. looked to right those wrongs in the Valentine, a stakes See fair hill page 17

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16 • Steeplechase Times www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Friday, July 2, 2010 with trainer Mike Pino last summer. He won that race, at Colonial Downs, and Fair Hill – was purchased by Richard and Lilith Continued from page 16 Boucher. The rangy son of Pure Prize learned to jump with the Bouchers be- her bid, as Diva Maria held on by a fore being purchased by Thompson. The half-length over Farah T Salute (Willie 5-year-old placed third while racing for Dowling) with Sweet Shani (Danielle a $30,000 claiming tag at Atlanta, then Hodsdon) third. The winner got home added another third against tougher at in 4:19.40. Nashville. “I’m not saying I’d have beaten (Ptar- Thompson liked those efforts, and migan), but I felt like I had a chance aimed for Fair Hill – an 810-mile ship. especially on who was going to jump “Winning should make the trip home the last the best,” said Aizpuru. “Then a lot shorter,” Thompson said. “We about five strides away from the fence, thought he’d like this track, it’s kind of the power went. She was still running, similar to Nashville with an uphill pull but she wasn’t pulling me to the fence the last part of it and we thought the the way she was. I felt it.” little bit more jumping would help him Even with the injury, Diva Ma- here too.” ria jumped the last fence and hung on for her second win in six career jump Tod Marks • Fogcutter – finally. Wantan flies the last on the way to a maiden hurdle score at Fair Hill. starts. Since winning his second career jump Aizpuru let the 5-year-old mare walk start way back in June 2008, the Fox to the winner’s circle photo. Ridge Farm runner has found a way to lose 16 times. He finished second. He • Bernie Dalton got off Wantan after finished third. He finished sixth. He fell. the Iroquois maiden hurdle May 8 and He pulled up. He even wiped out on the apologized. turn while in command at Montpelier “Sorry, I should have won,” he told last fall. trainer Ted Thompson. He entered Fair Hill’s $10,000 con- Find Your Next Dressage Horse HERE No apology was needed at Fair Hill as ditioned claiming hurdle off a third and MidAtlantic Horse Rescue Dalton engineered a near-perfect effort two seconds this year. Reunited with Div. of Paws for Life, Inc., aBe 501c3 part non of profit the organization from the 5-year-old Argentine import Young, aboard for the Montpelier fall, Get “On the owned by Gone Away Farm. Third in the 7-year-old cashed a ticket with his Healthy sound young thoroughbredssolution... availableRight Track!” at all We times. will the Nashville race, Wantan got stuck on second lifetime win in 26 starts (19 over No hassle adoptions andAdopt we do a transfer ownership!pay up to $200 for the lead late and watched a loose horse lessons or training for your jumps). ______enter – and leave – the course at the top Trained by Tom Voss, Fogcutter rescued new MAHR horse with a of the stretch before getting passed by raced up close early, took over from Be a part of the solution-racehorse! Find yourprofessional next star of your here! choice. Call You In Ten and Parker’s Project. Most Bossest in the stretch and held on Program made possible by a At Fair Hill, Wantan dropped way by a diminishing head over Blue Rider MidAtlanticHorseRescue.orggrant from the ASPCA® Rescuing Racers Initiative off the early pace of Embarrassed and (Matt McCarron) in 4:14.40 for 2 1/4 www.MidAtlanticHorseRescue.org Chesapeake City, MD 21915 • 302-376-7297 went after Pynaformer in the stretch to miles. Eamonn (Murphy) finished third. Div. of Paws for Life, Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit organization score by 2 3/4 lengths in 4:16.40 for The winner survived a rough final yards Chesapeake City, MD 21915 • 302-376-7297 2 1/4 miles. The winner paid $38.40 as horses brushed after the last fence. while keying a $386.60 trifecta with “I wasn’t sure if I bumped into the Pynaformer (Ross Geraghty) and Deal- other horse or he bumped into me,” said er Beware (Jeff Murphy). Favorite Class Young. “I was relieved when Roddy Century refused to start. (Mackenzie, aboard Most Bossest) said “He’s one of the nicest maidens I’ve ‘sorry for bumping into you.’ My horse sat on in a while,” said Dalton. “He’s was lugging a bit and looking around – got a high cruising speed, he jumps well, another 50 yards would have been 50 everything seems to be effortless to him. yards too far.” That felt like a good race to ride. We A 7-year-old Fox Ridge homebred by went a good honest gallop and he won Woodman, Fogcutter has finished be- with a little bit in hand.” hind stakes performers Rare Bush, Dy- Wantan started three times in his na- nantonia, Dynaski, Arcadius, Dalucci, tive Argentina, and made two tries with Terpsichorean, Seer and others since flat trainer Kiaran McLaughlin before dropping to a $7,500 claiming race See fair hill page 18

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• Bumping and a foul claim decided the $10,000 maiden claiming hurdle as stewards disqualified Isabel Harp for in- terfering with Sword Of Dubai in the fi- nal stages. Isabel Harp (Dalton) roared from well off the pace to pass five hors- es in the stretch and win by 2 lengths, but drifted across the path of Sword Of Dubai (Carl Rafter) after the last fence. Sword Of Dubai wound up with the victory, and $6,000 payday, for Hamil- ton Farm and trainer Kathy McKenna as Isabel Harp was placed second. Sky Count (McCarron) finished third. In his first start since April 2009, the winner halted a nine-race losing streak since Tod Marks switching to jumps in April 2008. Fogcutter (second from right) fights off Blue Rider (right), Eamonn (third from right) and Most Bossest in the conditioned claimer. “I thought to claim foul right away because there was contact,” said Rafter. “I jumped the last pretty much on the Fair Hill Spring Races 5th. $25,000 Maiden hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles rail, he jumped it wider and within five Fair Hill, Md. Saturday, May 29. Turf firm. 1. Wantan (Arg) L 154 Dalton 38.40 12.40 7.00 or six strides he was right across me. He 2. Pynaformer L 142 Geraghty 9.40 6.80 bounced back and by the time he got to 1st. Training Flat. 7 Furlongs. 3. Dealer Beware L 154 Murphy 9.40 Exacta (6-4) $1083.00. Trifecta (6-4-All) $545.40 the wire he was still drifting.” 1. Wheels Up L 150 Trimble 7.20 2.60 2.40 2. Salinja L 155 Petty 2.20 2.40 4. All Together L 154 Dowling 5. Old Timer L 142 McCarron • Rafter and McKenna teamed up to 3. Fou Cheval L 150 Garner 3.00 Exacta (1-6) $11.40. Trifecta (1-6-4) $57.00 6. Mask And Wig L 154 McVicar take the finale, a $10,000 novice tim- 4. Dr. Wheat 146 Doran PU. Sgt. Bart 154 Slater ber, with Irv Naylor’s Fieldview. The 5. Headlands Please 150 McVicar PU. Embarrassed L 154 Petty massive 7-year-old gradually worked 6. Saracat L 145 Monroe PU. Jack Twist (NZ) L 154 Nagle PU. Grantor L 151 Roberts into contention and won a multi-horse Mgn: 1 1/2. Time: 1:25 1/5. O: Travis Kinnamon. T: Wendy Kinnamon. PU. Coupe De Ville L 154 Young scrap to the finish by three-quarters of a B. f. 4, Wheelaway-Dos Arriba, Maria’s Mon. *R. Class Century L 142 Rafter Bred by TSP Enterprises (NY). length over Hold Your Fire (Geraghty) *-Refused to start. with Brands Hatch (Liam McVicar) Mgn: 2 3/4. Time: 4:16 4/5. O: Gone Away Farm. T: Ted Thompson. 2nd. Training Flat. 1-1/4 Miles. third. The winner stopped the clock in Dk. B./Br. g. 5, Pure Prize-Water Proof, Turkoman. Bred by Carampangue (Arg). 6:17.20 for 3 1/8 miles and won for the 1. Twister Crossing L 155 Petty 4.60 3.40 3.00 second time in four starts this year after 2. Treasure Map L 155 McCarron 3.20 3.20 6th. $30,000 F&M Hurdle stakes. 2-1/4 Miles. Valentine Memorial. 3. Three Stepper L 155 Young 3.60 being advertised for sale as an amateur 1. Diva Maria L 143 Aizpuru 9.00 5.60 3.60 Exacta (3-7) $8.80. Trifecta (3-7-6) $42.60 Daily Double (1-3) $29.60 2. Farah T Salute L 155 Dowling 13.60 8.00 mount. 4. Desert Catillac L 155 Rafter “Kathy said to arrive at the second- 3. Sweet Shani (NZ) L 147 Hodsdon 5.00 5. Dr. Bloomer L 155 Nagle Exacta (9-2) $214.40. Trifecta (9-2-6) $1021.00 last hurdle, then reminded me not to 6. Music Tune L 150 Arianna 4. Moon Dolly (GB) L 143 Geraghty jump it,” Rafter joked afterward. “It’s 7. St Of Circumstance 143 Murphy 5. Dynaskill L 143 Petty a long stretch here, about 2 furlongs, so 8. Polish Shedevil 140 Brion 6. Miss Crown L 143 Dalton you’ve got time after the last fence. You Mgn: 9. Time: 2:18 3/5. O: Stewart Strawbridge. T: Sanna Hendriks. 7. Jellyberry L 143 Young run down next to the hurdles and I was B. g. 7, Twining-Sister’s Image, Vanlandingham. 8. The Manner Born L 139 Rafter very close to the end of that hedge, but Bred by Greycross Stable LLC (Ky). F. Ptarmigan L 143 Murphy he was great. This isn’t a brilliant tim- OC. Daylight Fire L 143 McVicar 3rd. Training Flat. 7 Furlongs. ber race, it’s a decent timber race. He’s Mgn: 1/2. Time: 4:19 4/5. O: Arcadia Stable. T: Jack Fisher. 1. Cryptogram L 155 Young 4.60 3.80 2.60 Gr./Ro. m. 5, Maria’s Mon-Dust Bucket, Spend a Buck. won two, he’s got a bit of scope, he’s 2. Thynnus L 150 McCarron 12.20 5.40 Bred by Grace Ritzenberg (Va). improved so he deserves a go at better 3. Irish Blarney L 150 Madden 3.40 races in the fall.” Exacta (5-8) $93.20. Trifecta (5-8-2) $198.00 7th. $10,000 Conditioned claiming hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles. 4. Pie Town 154 Chubb NW 2 for $15,000-$10,000 clm. price 5. Pishogue L 140 Petty 1. Fogcutter L 146 Young 4.80 4.00 3.00 6. Lion’s Double L 150 Dowling 2. Blue Rider L 150 McCarron 5.60 3.40 7. Innocent L 145 Murphy 3. Eamonn L 148 Murphy 4.20 8. Forever Diva L 145 Aizpuru Exacta (1-5) $34.60. Trifecta (1-5-8) $329.80 9. Run Darlin 150 Watts 4. Most Bossest L 139 Mackenzie Mgn: 2. Time: 1:31. O: Equivine Farm. T: Andrea McNeely. 5. Rubicon L 150 Geraghty Dk. B./Br. h. 6, Expelled-Uncanny Ability, Cryptoclearance. PU. Determind Stand L 152 Petty Bred by Lady Olivia at North Cliff LLC (Va). PU. It’s My Choice (NZ) L 150 Dowling PU. With Bells On L 135 McVicar 4th. $10,000 Maiden claiming hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles. Mgn: Hd. Time: 4:14 3/5. O: Fox Ridge Farm. T: Tom Voss. $15,000-$10,000 clm. price B. g. 7, Woodman-Upper Noosh, Red Ransom. Bred by Fox Ridge Farm (Ky). 1. Sword Of Dubai L 148 Rafter 18.20 7.20 6.00 *2. Isabel Harp L 144 Dalton 5.80 4.40 8th. $10,000 Novice timber. 3 1/8 Miles. NW prior to 2010. 3. Sky Count L 144 McCarron 4.60 1. Fieldview L 165 Rafter 10.20 4.40 2.80 Exacta (6-2) $98.00. Trifecta (6-2-3) $386.60 2. Hold Your Fire L 160 Geraghty 5.40 3.20 4. Joshua G. L 144 Watts 3. Brands Hatch L 165 McVicar 4.40 5. More To The Point L 144 Young Exacta (1-7) $30.40. Trifecta (1-7-11) $270.40 6. Lenape Jim L 148 Aizpuru 4. G’day G’day L 160 Murphy 7. Dancing Sky (Ire) L 142 Nagle 5. Hey Doctor L 155 Roberts 8. Meshwaar L 152 Murphy 6. News Flash L 165 Young 9. Not For Love’s Boy L 143 Mackenzie 7. Bow Strada (GB) L 160 Nagle OC. Boojwhacked L 156 Petty 8. Eye Said Scat Cat L 155 Mackenzie PU. Rosemont Runner L 151 Roberts 9. Pleasant Top L 156 Boniface *-DQ from first for interference. 10. Mr. Pike L 160 Petty Mgn: 2. Time: 4:25 2/5. O: Hamilton Farm. T: Kathy McKenna. PU. Monarch Lane 160 Slater B. g. 7, Worldly Manner-Alexis Nicole, Hazaam. Mgn: 3/4. Time: 6:17 1/5. O: Irv Naylor. T: Kathy McKenna. B. g. 7, Charismatic-Good Opportunity, Cox’s Ridge. Tod Marks Bred by R J’s Racing Stables Inc. (Ky). Bred by Gene Weymouth (Pa). Timber winner Fieldview

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Times Editorial Be Prepared It was a typical week at Steeplechase Times. Owners calling. Jockeys stopping by. Trainers texting. Race meet directors calling. Members e- mailing. Some griping. Some wondering. Some com- plaining. Some critiquing. “We need to entice flat owners into our game.” “We need pari-mutuel wagering, that’s the only way to grow the sport.” “I want to get back on that board and try to make some changes.” “I went to Philadelphia Park, there weren’t any jump people there. Remember going to Delaware Park for a jump race, the place was packed with people. Where are the jump people?” “There aren’t any jockeys. When I came up, you could count 10 kids who wanted to be jock- eys and another 10 a couple of years behind them, ready to take over.” “The purse structure is flawed and we’re try- ing to fix it.” “We need exposure.” Exhale. Yes, we need to entice flat owners into our game. Yes, pari-mutuel wagering would help. Yes, anybody who cares needs to get on the board and work for change. Yes, those were the good old days, when a couple of jump races attracted a well-dressed, passionate, educated fan base to places like Dela- ware Park and Pimlico. Jack Clancy Yes, the American jump jockey has vanished. Men In Black. Chesapeake Publishing pressmen (from left) Willy Willis, Mike Brown, Jerry Ross and Tom Hitch- Yes, the purse structure needs tweaking, if not cock stand behind Steeplechase Times. an overhaul. Exposure? Hmmmm. Be careful what you wish for . . . Twinspires.com showed two jump races from Colonial Downs May 27. The betting service provides thorough video coverage, complete with paddock views, warm- up, race footage and even after-race footage. Viewers see more on twinspires.com than on Stop The Presses TVG or HRTV or on the NSA streaming video. It wasn’t pretty. Steeplechase Times finishes last race in Elkton The first was a maiden claimer with nine en- Mike Brown reached across the row of newspapers tries before three late scratches. Forgotten papers, and shook my hand. I didn’t mind the splotches of bumps and bruises from a jump race two weeks ink. Jerry Ross picked up a newspaper and signed his earlier – lots of reasons and lots of explaining. The Outside Rail name on the cover, feeling awkward but doing it any- Six met starter Barry Watson’s flag, five finished By Joe Clancy way. Willy Willis admired the color on the front page, with the favorite obliging. The camera followed handed the paper to me and shook his head. Mattituck Inlet as he pulled up. Jockey Danielle And with that, an era ended. reasons. The move probably changes little for custom- Hodsdon, sensing something wrong, hopped off Since 1994, Chesapeake Publishing’s Elkton, Md. ers like ST – the papers will still print – but the atmo- and the horse was led back to the barn instead of printing division has produced Steeplechase Times. sphere sure won’t be the same. Steeplechase Times used the winner’s circle. Printing, mailing, shipping, it all happened at the Bridge to print a few miles down the road in a place that felt Track television host Maggie Wolfendale found Street plant, a massive block of a building centered on like home to me. a steeplechase jockey for her pre-game segment a Goss Community Press. The machine is longer than Chesapeake gave me my second job out of college, before the second jump race. Gone are coats and a semi, makes more noise than a vuvuzela and makes at the Cecil Whig newspaper, way back in 1989. I cov- ties, even collared shirts for the jockeys, replaced newspapers through a dizzying combination of rollers, ered local sports mainly, learned layout and design, by baseball hats and soccer jerseys. metal plates, levers, wheels, tanks of ink, steps, ladders soaked up the wisdom of then editor-in-chief Don Her- The second attracted nine claimers with the and more. You need to be an expert to operate such a ring. I also met the hard-working people in the back. second choice, Indy Run, leading every step to beast. Brown was a semi-pro baseball pitcher then. Ross lived win. Seven finished, one pulled up and, sadly, Brown, Ross, Willis and Tom Hitchcock – the four in Easton and commuted to Elkton (now he will do the Most Bossest fell at the fourth fence. He lay prone men running the press May 26 – are experts with de- reverse) for the night shift. Willis and I greeted each on the track as the field bypassed the fence on cades of experience coaxing precision out of a machine other with a “How about those Phillies?” shout out the second circuit and was later euthanized. On that looks like a science project. almost every day – especially on deadline. I was talk- video, there was Most Bossest lying on the track, And now, some of them are out of work. ing baseball, Willie was looking for the last page of the without a screen to shield him from the action or Chesapeake recently consolidated its operations, section. give him the dignity he deserved. shuttering the Elkton plant and moving the press (and Others – Gene Proctor, Lit Powell, Patty Hutton, Bill Now, that’s exposure. just a few jobs) 73 miles south to Easton. Economic See outside page 23

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