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Maryland Horse July 2014 Official publication of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association; Vol. 79, No. 7 MHBA elects new board members MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC. 30 East Padonia Road The Maryland Horse ter a sense of cooperation be- Timonium, MD 21093 Breeders Association member- tween the MHBA and MTHA P.O. Box 427 ship selected two new mem- to work for the greater good of Timonium, MD 21094 bers and three incumbents to the industry.” 410-252-2100 Fax 410-560-0503 the Board of Directors, as an- Boniface, an MHBA director www.marylandthoroughbred.com nounced at the annual general from 1999 to 2001, is a licensed membership meeting at his- trainer and partner in the own- BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joseph P. Pons Jr. toric Belair Mansion in Bowie ership of the family’s Bonita President May 21. Farm in Darlington (Harford Donald H. Barr Dictated by MHBA bylaws, County), where he grew up, 1 Vice-president the annual election fills five has lived and worked his en- John C. Davison open seats on the board. Those tire career. The Boniface family Secretary-treasurer elected this year will serve for owns more than a dozen Cricket Goodall the next three years. Lawrence broodmares and has 20 horses Executive director “Larry” Murray and John W. of racing age, and stands two Richard F. Blue Jr., John W. Boniface Jr. join incumbents stallions at Bonita, including Boniface Jr., R. Thomas Donald H. Barr, Michael J. multiple graded stakes winner Bowman*, Rebecca B. Davis, Harrison DVM and R. Larry Etched, whose first foals are David DiPietro, Michael J. Johnson. Murray was elected yearlings this year. Harrison, R. Larry Johnson, for the first time. Boniface, a previous chair- Edwin W. Merryman, Wayne L. Morris*, Suzanne Longtime general manag- man of the MHBA Yearling Moscarelli, Tom Mullikin, er of Glade Valley Farms in Show committee, would like Lawrence Murray, William S. Walkersville (Frederick Coun- to “help make Maryland the Reightler Jr., Robert B. White ty), Murray has been the pri- leader in the Mid-Atlantic area *president appointed vate trainer for Howard Bend- again. It was once before, and I er and his late wife Sondra for think it can be again.” Directors Emeritus Larry Murray (top) and John (served 18 years) more than 25 years. The MHBA vice-president Boniface have been newly- J. William Boniface, R. Among the dozens of Bend- for the past two years, Barr Thomas Bowman, King er homebreds born and raised has been a member of the elected to the MHBA board. T. Leatherbury, Donald P. at Glade Valley and trained board since 2009, noting “I Litz Jr., Robert T. Manfuso, by Murray are 11-time stakes am very proud of serving on and Merengue. He also sits Ann Merryman, Michael winner and Maryland-bred the MHBA board, and of the on the board of the Maryland Pons, Katharine M. Voss champion La Reine’s Terms, accomplishments we have Horsemen’s Assistance Fund Advisory Council who stands at stud at the made,” with a goal “to contin- and is an MTHA member. (past MHBA presidents) farm, and graded stakes win- ue making improvements to Harrison, a practicing J. William Boniface, William K. ners Promenade Girl, London the Maryland-bred program.” equine veterinarian for more Boniface, Frank A. Bonsal, Lane, Foufa’s Warrior and A resident of New Market than 30 years, owns and oper- R. Thomas Bowman, William Green Darlin. (Frederick County), Barr has ates Willowdale Farm in But- G. Christmas, Hal C.B. Clagett Murray has had a presence had a long career as a trainer at ler (Baltimore County), which III, Kimball C. Firestone, King on the Maryland Thorough- Maryland tracks, conditioning has been in his family since T. Leatherbury, Dr. Robert bred Horsemen’s Association the likes of graded stakes win- 1962. Leonard, J.W.Y. Martin Jr., Michael Pons, James B. Steele board of directors since 2002, ners Ravala, Who Wouldn’t, A presidential appointee to Jr., Katharine M. Voss and among his goals is “to fos- Purple Passion, G. O’Keefe the MHBA board of directors Following the meeting at Belair Mansion in Bowie, attendees enjoyed a tour of the historic Belair Stable Museum, learning its history from Pam Williams (above, center). in 2009 and 2010, he was first First elected to the MHBA elected to the board in 2011 board in 2011, Johnson is set and is an MTHA member. to start his second three-year Crediting the upswing in the term. The Virginia resident racing and breeding industry has had a long history of in the state “to our legislators, breeding horses in Maryland, the hard work of many, and and stands Street Magician an enlightened, proactive rac- and Despite the Odds at Her- Anne Litz (3) ing commission,” Harrison’s itage Stallions in Chesapeake goals are to continue “to work City. A CPA and forensic ac- Dresher Jr. were ineligible to Davis, John C. Davison, David with fellow board members countant, Johnson is also on stand for reelection because DiPietro, Edwin W. Merry- and existing related organi- the board of directors of the of having served six consecu- man, Suzanne Moscarelli, zations to revitalize public MTHA and Maryland Million. tive years as members of the Tom Mullikin, Joseph P. Pons 2 interest, support and involve- Of the five directors whose MHBA Board. Those whose Jr., William S. Reightler Jr. and ment in Maryland racing and terms expired in 2014, Milton terms have not expired are Robert B. White. R breeding.” P. Higgins III and James T. Richard F. Blue Jr., Rebecca B. Maryland-bred Stakes Winners lifetime earnings to $985,491. Delaunay gets back Delaunay’s breeder, Robert to winning ways Meyerhoff (Fitzhugh Farm), in Grade 3 Aristides is represented by five Mary- Maggi Moss’ 7-year-old land-bred millionaires – Con- gelding Delaunay took the cern, Broad Brush, Richard’s lead on the far turn and wid- Kid, Include and Valley ened the margin in the stretch Crossing – all ranked among to win the 26th running of the the top-10 state-bred earners $112,900 Aristides Stakes-G3 of all-time. Downs/Reed Palmer Photography Churchill 1 at Churchill Downs by 3 ⁄2 Delaunay recorded his lengths over 2013 race win- second stakes win of the year, on Kentucky Derby day. He Trained by Tom Amoss, ner Scatman. but came into the Aristides looked to rebound in the the son of Eclipse Award-win- It was Delaunay’s ninth off a subpar fifth while at- Aristides, and with Rosie ning sprinter Smoke Glacken career stakes win, and 16th tempting a repeat in the Napravnik up, bettors made covered 6 furlongs on a fast win overall, and pushed his Churchill Downs Stakes-G2 him the 7-10 favorite. main track in 1:09.59. R — Notes from the President — The Old Woodward Farm By Josh Pons Four days after the 139th resided in a small red brick Preakness Stakes, the Mary- barn, a solitary structure still land Horse Breeders Associa- extant on the path from the tion hosted its annual general mansion to the main redstone membership meeting. Found- courtyard barn at Belair. Rac- ed in 1929, the MHBA is 85 ing for Woodward’s son, Wil- years old. Its bylaws require liam Jr., Nashua could not such an open meeting, which best Swaps in the Derby, but has, on occasion, been a dully won the Preakness and Bel- attended auditorium affair. mont. Two-thirds of the Triple This year, however, the Crown earned him 1955 Horse magnetic history of the Be- of the Year honors. lair Mansion and Stable in Under cloudy circum- Bowie – the “old Woodward stances, the younger Wood- farm” – attracted an overflow ward was shot and killed by crowd of MHBA members. his wife in October 1955. Heartened by progress among Nashua, the pride of Belair industry factions, the mem- Stable, was sold to a syndicate bers listened appreciatively headed by Leslie Combs II, of to guest speaker Senate Presi- Spendthrift Farm in Kentucky, dent Mike Miller. Belair Mansion and Stable Museum sit for $1,251,250, the highest “It took a long time to get in the midst of a huge development. price ever paid for a horse at this business rolling again,” he (2) Rohrer 3 auction, by public or by sealed stressed. “We all need to keep bid. working together. And what thereafter, Belair was man- Woodward launched an inter- better place than Belair to re- aged by Benjamin’s uncle, national racing and breeding Belair’s days were num- call Maryland’s great history Colonel Benjamin Tasker Jr., dynasty from the tiny town of bered: 2,226 acres so close of breeding and racing.” famous for importing Selima, Bowie. to the nation’s capital lured Sen. Miller holds in high undefeated on the racecourse, It was Woodward’s prac- speculators. The estate, the regard the book Blooded Horses incomparable as a broodmare, tice to ship his weanlings by mansion, 22 residences, 20 of Colonial Days, published by known as the Queen of the train from Claiborne Farm in barns, a five-acre pond, and 30 author Frances Barnum Cul- Turf in Colonial America. Kentucky to the sidings of the wells, were sold for $1,750,000 ver in Baltimore in 1922. Be- The Civil War spelled the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot to William Levitt in 1957. Lo- lair Stud is well-chronicled in end of many a plantation. in Bowie, from where they cal preservationists prevented the book. Yet Belair’s fall from Without slave labor, Belair famously paraded through the demolition of the mansion, famous farm to Levit town was unworkable.