Stettinius Reflects on Olympic Journey Inside by Muffy Fenwick

Maryland Horse October 2012 Official publication of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association; Vol. 77, No. 10

Stettinius reflects on Olympic journey Inside By Muffy Fenwick

Maryland-bred stakes winners..... 4

Maryland foal report...... 5 There came a moment Maryland’s leading sires...... 6 during the fencing competi- Maryland State Fair horse show..... 5 tion that pentathlete Suzanne Stettinius knew she was not Maryland’s top earners...... 6 performing her best. In a day- MHBA membership form ...... 6 long event that encompasses Olympian Suzanne Stettinius...... 1 five unique sports, each element sets up for the next. On 1 Touch of Class Award...... 4 this particular day, 24-year-old University of Maryland Maryland horsewoman Stet- broodmare program...... 2 tinius was competing against international athletes for an Maryland Horse Breeders Olympic medal. The road to Association Inc. this moment had been ardu- 30 East Padonia Road ous and her spot on the three- Timonium, MD 21093 person American team was P.O. Box 427 hard fought. Timonium, MD 21094 This summer, the Olympic 410-252-2100 Pentathlon celebrated its 100th Fax 410-560-0503 www.marylandthoroughbred.com year, dating back to the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. Cre- BOARD OF DIRECTORS ated by Baron Pierre de Cou- R. Thomas Bowman bertin, considered the father President of the modern Olympics, the Donald H. Barr event comprises five essential Vice-president sports skills he believed a sol- Milton P. Higgins III Secretary-treasurer dier would need if caught be- hind enemy lines: the ability Cricket Goodall Executive director to run, swim, or ride away and Richard F. Blue Jr., John C. to fence or shoot if engaged. Davison, James T. Dresher Jr., Today’s Pentathlon begins shoot 5 targets within 70 sec- gest. In her past competitions, Michael Harrison, JoAnn with fencing. Athletes then onds (three times). she scored close to 900 points. Hayden, R. Larry Johnson, swim the 200-meter freestyle The scope and range of the In London, she scored 688. She Ann Merryman, Suzanne Moscarelli, Tom Mullikin, and follow with a 12-fence event suggests that modern knew she was out of medal E. Allen Murray, William S. show jumping course. Each el- pentathletes are all-arounders, contention in 32nd place, but, Reightler Jr., Hamilton Smith, ement is scored separately, possessing skills that, in the like a true Olympian, Stet- Robert B. White then combined into a handi- right combination on a single tinius found motivation. The Directors Emeritus cap score to determine the day of competition, will yield comeback she made in the J. William Boniface, King T. Leatherbury, Donald P. Litz Jr., start time for the combined optimal results. pool and the combined event Robert T. Manfuso, Michael running/shooting event. Here, Stettinius considered the were one of the highlights Pons, Katharine M. Voss athletes run 1,000 meters and fencing event one of her stron- of the Olympics for her. She quickly learned her hardest that, horses are drawn at ran- he knocked down four rails, but also added to the pressure and most valuable Olympic dom while athletes wait in the penalizing his rider 80 points. to perform well. lesson – “keeping my cool.” stands for their matches. With Watching from the stands, “I put a lot of pressure on She finished 28th overall. such a short time to become Dubs recognized the challenge myself,” she said, “because I For her stretching coach, acquainted with their mount, each element posed, especially was wearing the United States Karen Dubs, the most thrilling athletes can suffer in competi- the equestrian event. singlet.” event was the show jumping. tion. “Nothing could have pre- That pressure, she said, ex- This element draws on Stettin- pared me for how intense the For a lifelong equestrian plains her low fencing score ius’ lifelong involvement with show jumping was,” Dubs like Stettinius, this obstacle and set up her overall results. horses. From age 7, when she said. “Suzanne was so grace- was surmountable. Having At the end of her combined joined the United States Pony ful and strong on her horse, it galloped horses in the back- element, when she had com- Club, Stettinius has been com- literally took my breath away. stretch of Maryland race- pleted all five events, the pres- peting in equestrian events I held my breath from the mo- tracks, she was accustomed to sure and disappointment had from show riding to amateur ment she and her horse en- unfamiliar and unpredictable vanished and Stettinius came flat races and local timber tered the arena until they trot- mounts. This, she felt, gave into the stands to hug her fam- races. These experiences were ted out.” her “a huge advantage” over ily, friends and coaches. both a springboard for her Stettinius called her Olym- other riders. She even laughed Olympic experience and an pic experience “unbelievable.” Despite having competed at past decisions to ride a tim- edge for her in competition. Although she wishes she had for over 10 hours, she signed ber horse she had barely met. The equestrian element of competed a little better, she autographs and posed for pic- the modern Pentathlon throws Stettinius felt confident that marveled at the number of tures before racing to make an obstacle at its competitors a British horse would be well spectators watching and the closing ceremonies sched- by requiring them to perform bred for the show jumping cheering for an event that uled to begin 40 minutes after on a horse they met a mere 20 event. She was warned, how- rarely garners a huge crowd. the Pentathlon ended. minutes before their event. ever, that her mount could The scheduling of the Pen- Stettinius returned from For many, this can make or be “a little spooky.” Stettinius tathlon at the end of the games London to her hometown of break their results. said her horse tried to buck allowed Stettinius to partici- Parkton a local hero. While the First-place qualifiers after her off at the start. He seemed pate in the opening and clos- realities of searching for a job the first two elements have to focus more on the screams ing ceremonies. Representing encroach, she still relishes her first pick of the horses. After of the crowd than the fences; the United States was a thrill Olympic memories. R

2 Broodmares infuse new life into University of Maryland equine program

By Dr. Amy Burk

Editor’s Note: Dr. Amy Burk, I also didn’t think through good quality on- and off-cam- about proper horse pasture an associate professor and coor- that tricky little detail called pus equine educational pro- management. But to me, that dinator for the Equine Studies space. Back then the strug- grams, restoring the equine just wasn’t enough. How Program in the Department of gling program consisted of facilities at our on-campus could the University of Animal and Avian Sciences at six riding horses, a few sand farm, and producing some ex- Maryland really compete the University of Maryland, turnout paddocks, a small ceptional future leaders of the with nary programs offering contributed the following as an rusty stock trailer, a run- horse industry along the way. hands-on opportunities in update to the university’s new down barn, and eight stu- Today, our equine studies horse breeding? broodmare program. dents registered in the equine program is much stronger At the same time, I was studies track within the with a robust student popu contemplating how the strug- Eleven years ago, I made Animal Science major. lation, enhanced facilities, ex- gling Thoroughbred breed- a promise during my job in- The property occupied by panded course offerings, and ing industry would survive if terview that I would bring the horses was only an acre. a solid reputation. We even these economic times meant broodmares back to the uni- There weren’t a lot of options have a highly successful off- fewer investments. How versity. At the time, it seemed for housing broodmares. So, campus four-horse equine ro- would breeding good quality like an easy feat, but I slightly I focused my efforts on other tational grazing demon Thoroughbreds be possible underestimated the time it things like regaining a good stration site in Howard if there were no educational would take to re-build an reputation among horse en- County that draws hundreds programs for future breeders? Equine Studies Program. thusiasts in the state, offering of people each year to learn Who would fight for them in Annapolis if there were no We’re working on getting new advocates? That’s when a foaling camera that will be it hit me that it was time to streaming live on our equine partner with the Maryland studies website so students Horse Breeders Association. and anyone else can watch The pitch in front of the the foalings. MHBA’s board in December The mares and new foals 2011 and then a follow-up will have modest turnout for pitch to the MHBA Foun a few weeks on a half-acre dation a month later were a grass paddock being rees- success. Our partnership be- tablished with endophyte gan with a $5,000 sponsorship friendly fescue and Kentucky and a promise to work togeth- bluegrass this fall. From there, er to ensure the success of the mares and foals will head program. back to our rotational grazing The news spread quickly R emsburg E. site to serve as the horses on among the animal science University of Maryland’s Dr. Amy Burk (left), Rotational our rotational grazing proj- students. Some were elated Grazing Site manager Tim Shellem and Jennifer Reynolds, ect. I’m sure they will be the coordinator for Equine Extension Events, welcomed Amazin (with main attraction for our eve- because they were going Burk) and Daylight Lassie, two pregnant Thoroughbred mares to get a chance to see a foal donated to the university’s fledgling breeding program. ning pasture events during born. Others were saddened the spring and annual pasture because they were going to management seminar in the graduate before the foals ar- fall. rived. Either way, excitement In the near future, we need was brewing and questions preciation for Thoroughbred bit of a scare with Amazin to start tackling critical issues about the horses poured in. breeding, but more impor- shortly after her arrival when to ensure the long-term suc- In my mind, there was tantly, I became a life-long ad- she had a mild infection, cess: establish a mare wean- never really a question about vocate. but after a positive preg- ing pasture this fall with the breed. It had to be the Before even sounding the nancy check, antibiotics and plans to harvest hay when Thoroughbred. My own horn that we needed brood- a caslicks, she’s doing just it’s not being grazed; create experiences with breed- mares, I heard from breed- fine. Veterinarian Dr. Michael a plan for training, prepara- ing Thoroughbreds came ers Katy Voss and Marilyn Tanner was wonderful with tion, and sales of the wean- Doetsch. A student and I our undergraduate students, from when I was a M.S. lings; prepare to accept two 3 and Ph.D. student studying quickly headed out to look often stopping to explain the additional broodmares with equine nutrition at Virginia at three of Doetsch’s brood- procedures and answering good pedigrees, conformation Tech’s 420-acre Middleburg mares. Two were selected, questions. and dispositions; securing Agricultural Research and Daylight Lassie, a big, beau- Most of the students work- donated stallion seasons for Extension Center. The gradu- tiful 2005 mare by Seeking ing at the equine rotational our next crop; and develop a ate students fed and cared Daylight, and She Loves Me grazing site are pursuing their funding plan that details how for about 100 registered Not, a solid 1997 mare by Not dreams of becoming equine the program will be sustain- Thoroughbred breeding For Love. Voss and Doetsch veterinarians or farm manag- able for years to come. stock, including 35 brood- orchestrated two donated ers. Seeing how day-to-day stallion covers to Friesan Fire health issues are managed Former Pepsi and Apple mares, three stallions, and executive John Sculley once their offspring. and Great Notion. and/or treated on our farm Unfortunately, She Loves is essential to providing com- said that, “The future belongs We lived there year-round Me Not was not able to carry prehensive learning experi- to those who see possibilities and assisted with everything a foal this time around and re- ences. Therefore, I’m thank- before they become obvious.” from holding mares for estrus mains open at Doetsch’s farm. ful to have seasoned equine I hope so because it’s not en- detection, prepping mares That only left us with one breeding professionals invest- tirely obvious to me how we for live cover, foal watch, pregnant broodmare for the ing in our budding program are going to secure the fund- foalings, post-foaling care of program as of May 2012. with donations of horses and ing to sustain this important mares and foals, weaning, Good fortune struck again time. These and future invest- program. But one thing’s for and yearling sales prep. We when I was introduced to ments into our program will sure, I will pursue all oppor- also assisted other students Allen and Audrey Murray of ensure its success. tunities, including continuing with broodmare and foal nu- Murmur Farm. I headed to Our next move is for my this great partnership with trition studies that included Darlington to look at a 1996 fall student intern to work the MHBA. blood draws from foals and mare by Conquistador Cielo with me on how the March/ Initiating the Thorough milk and blood samples from named Amazin, recently April on-campus foalings bred breeding program at the mares. bred to Cherokee’s Boy. She will be coordinated. The ba- University of Maryland has Working on that farm not was accepted into the pro- sic plan is for the mares to been an exciting project for the only taught me about horse gram and made her to way get shipped down to cam- faculty, staff and students in science and management, but to the farm in July along with pus when they bag up. The the Equine Studies program. it also opened my eyes to the Daylight Lassie. instructor of the Equine We eagerly await the spring tough, but rewarding life in The mares bonded quick- Reproduction course and the with hopes for two cute, the Thoroughbred breeding ly and settled in well at the students in class will monitor healthy and valuable foals, industry. I not only developed 5.5-acre equine rotational their progress and initiate foal along with two healthy mares a deep admiration and ap- grazing site. We did have a watches. bred back for next year. R down style, 6-year-old Ben’s Paces), the richest runner Cat, under Julian Pimentel, trained by Leatherbury, has nailed the victory on the wire, won 17 of his 26 lifetime starts finishing a head better than in a career that began in May Chamberlain Bridge, who was 2010. A dozen of his wins have a nose in front of Great Mills. been in stakes. The final time of 1:00.62 was With the Turf Monster win, well off the winner’s course Leatherbury faced a similar record of :54.96 set on June 17 scenario with his 2011 Mary- in his previous score, the Parx land-bred Horse of the Year as Maryland-bred Stakes Winners Dash Handicap. he did last year. The race is a “In the past, he’s liked the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Win soft turf, so I thought that was and You’re In event for the $1 in my favor,” said Leather- million Breeders’ Cup Turf bury. And the trainer worked Sprint-G2, but Ben’s Cat isn’t to get Ben’s Cat more relaxed Breeders’ Cup nominated, in the early stages after the ex- and Leatherbury has been re- periment to sharpen him up luctant to put up the large late for his breaks backfired in his nomination payment to make prior outing, a fourth-place ef- his gelding eligible. And with fort in the Pennsylvania Gov- the Breeders’ Cup at Santa ernor’s Cup Handicap at Penn Anita this year, the prospects National on July 28. Rank were extremely dim that he’d early and pressing a quick go. “It’s so logical and practi- pace, he weakened late in that cal to come back in the Mary- race, losing by three-quarters land Million, it’s almost ri- of a length. “I don’t know if diculous to pass it up,” said the training procedure did it, Laurel-based Leatherbury. or if it was the way the soft Ben’s Cat would be aimed turf was, or what, but we got for a third consecutive Mary- the trip that we wanted,” said land Million Turf Sprint EQUI-PHOTO, INC. EQUI-PHOTO, Leatherbury. Handicap, at five and a half 4 With the victory, worth furlongs on Oct. 6 at Laurel Ben’s Cat repeats Sprint-G2 and two-time Turf $210,000 to the winner, Ben’s Park. Also on the gelding’s in Grade 3 Monster winner Chamber- Cat became a millionaire. His agenda is the $150,000 Laurel Turf Monster lain Bridge, took dead aim on earnings of $1,161,090 pro- Dash Stakes, run at the same Perfectly-placed in mid- frontrunner Great Mills. “I pelled him to 16th place on the distance at the end of October, pack in Parx Racing’s $350,000 thought I’d get second mon- all-time list of Maryland-bred a race he won last year. “There Turf Monster Handicap-G3 ey,” said breeder/owner/ money winners, one ahead are two right here where all I at 5 furlongs over a boggy trainer King T. Leatherbury. of famed Maryland-bred do is walk out of the stall door course on Sept. 3, Ben’s Cat “I didn’t think he’d make it all speedster Dave’s Friend (with and go to the paddock. It’s so ranged up four-wide on the the way.” $1,079,915 from 76 starts). convenient,” said Leather- turn for home and, lapped Returning to his patented, Ben’s Cat (Parker’s Storm bury. R on 2010 Breeders’ Cup Turf late-running, mow-them- Cat—Twofox, by Thirty Eight

Touch of Class Award Winners

Dori Johnson (#2, right) and Caroline Gardiner (#3), Maryland-born polocrosse players who compete at the national and international level, were named “Touch of Class” award winners in August by the Maryland Horse Industry Board (MHIB), a program of the Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA). “The fact that two of the top woman players in the United States were introduced and became accomplished in the sport of polocrosse while growing up in Maryland once again underscores the great diversity of our state,” said Jim Steele, chairman of the MHIB. Polocrosse is played worldwide in about 20 countries and is described as “playing lacrosse on horseback.” Maryland has two polocrosse clubs: Bay Area Polocrosse in Calvert County, and the Sugarloaf Mountain Polocrosse Club in Montgomery County. Maryland State Fair champions

Left to right: Harrison Morris exhibited his mare Ragtime Brass to title of Grand Champion Thoroughbred at the Maryland State Fair on Aug. 29. The 12-year-old is by Swear by Dixie out of Bella Marine, by Marine Brass. Selected as Grand Champion Non-Thoroughbred was Magdalene Carolan’s yearling filly Ironrose, bred and shown by her owner. Ironrose is by the Oldenburg stallion Ironman out of the Thoroughbred mare Mal’s Mystery (by Pioneering). The Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s Anne Pennington presented the awards.

5 Maryland Foal Report

DEARIE BE GOOD, by Scrim- Dark Hollow Farm. Mare to shaw, dk.b./br.f., February 1, Trappe Shot. by Jump Start. Hillwood Sta- PROMENADE LANE, by Wood- bles LLC. Mare to Silver Train. man, b.f., April 21, by Temple City. John Foster. Mare to Tem- (2) H ayden J oann HE LOVES ME, by Not For Love, Jump Start filly is the first foal Memories of Mystic’s colt by ch.f., March 30, by More Than ple City. RESPLENDENCY, by Tale of the out of Hillwood Stable’s Dearie Tiz Wonderful, a May foal, was Ready. Dark Hollow Farm. Be Good (by Scrimshaw). bred by Dark Hollow Farm. Mare to Pure Prize. Cat, b.f., February 24, by Elu- sive Quality. Dark Hollow MEMORIES OF MYSTIC, by Di- Farm & Arnold Davidov. Mare xie Union, b.c., May 17, by to Congrats. TIDING OVER, by Unbridled, grass Cat. Dark Hollow Farm, Tiz Wonderful. Dark Hollow SAFE JOURNEY, by Flatter, ch.c., b.c., April 12, by E Dubai. Hill- Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Brown Farm. Mare to Not For Love. February 29, by Line of David. wood Stable LLC. and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Davi- POPEYE’S LADY, by Forest Wild- Dark Hollow Farm. Mare to TOUCHNOW, by Pleasant Tap, dov. Mare to Include. cat, b.f., February 6, by Flatter. Archarcharch. dk.b./br.c., April 19, by Blue- (2) S teele C hristy (2) H ayden J oann Stakes-placed My Little Josie (by David DiPietro also bred the Safe Journey, from the family Popeye’s Lady, a half-sister Outflanker) with her E Dubai filly by Discreetly Mine out of of Safely Kept, produced a to Grade 1 winner Poseidon’s filly, bred by David DiPietro. Thedamewantstowin (by Gulch). flashy colt by Line of David. Warrior, with her filly by Flatter. Maryland’s top 20 earners in 2012 Maryland’s leading sires (through September 12) Supplied by Bloodstock Research Information Services (BRIS), 1. Richard’s Kid . . . .$389,990 11. Action Andy. . . . $134,800 these statistics were compiled on September 12. Lifetime earnings for stallions with at least one starter in 2012. † denotes freshman sire. 2. Ben’s Cat...... 360,860 12. Change of Command.117,940 3. Poseidon’s Warrior . .241,000 13. Night Officer. . . . .116,500 Earnings in 2012 Strs Starts Wnrs Wins Earnings 4. Jazzy Idea ...... 239,000 14. Not Abroad. . . . . 115,250 Not For Love. . . . . 139 735 62 104 $2,804,570 5. Madame Giry. . . . 206,280 15. Universal Language . 104,950 Dance With Ravens. . 116 701 54 93 2,442,400 6. Barbecue Eddie. . . .199,000 16. Take Down Two. . . 104,350 Lion Hearted. . . . . 102 556 57 87 1,760,250 Outflanker...... 58 360 29 49 1,206,730 7. Bold Affair...... 192,060 17. Baileys Beach . . . . .96,320 Two Punch . . . . . 62 330 32 44 1,171,440 8. Midnite Silver. . . . 179,800 18. Havelock...... 94,975 Great Notion. . . . . 49 251 25 38 1,148,160 Louis Quatorze. . . . 82 419 26 39 959,234 9. Hello Lover. . . . . 168,020 19. Catch a Thief. . . . . 93,235 Rock Slide...... 68 376 25 30 877,188 10. Delaunay...... 151,700 20. Ainsley...... 93,150 Gators N Bears. . . . 51 234 21 36 823,079 Cherokee’s Boy. . . . 24 124 13 18 470,101 Go for Gin...... 40 232 20 27 439,337 Scipion...... 28 142 10 13 412,869 Seeking Daylight. . . 21 130 11 16 316,088 Join the MHBA today! Deputy Storm. . . . 18 88 10 14 262,182 o Breeder/Owner membership $200 2-year-old earnings in 2012 Includes all regular benefits and Strs Starts Wnrs Wins Earnings breeder/owner only benefits Not For Love. . . . . 13 25 5 7 $242,599 Scipion...... 6 14 3 4 165,824 o Associate - Supporter membership $50 Cherokee’s Boy. . . . 5 15 3 3 115,816 Includes all regular benefits except Two Punch . . . . . 7 22 2 2 89,893 Gators N Bears. . . . 6 12 1 1 54,785 breeder/owner only benefits Deputy Storm. . . . 3 13 2 2 52,540 o Associate - Business membership $200 Dance With Ravens. . 10 16 2 2 50,700 Includes all regular benefits except Outflanker...... 7 12 2 2 45,247 Great Notion. . . . . 6 12 1 1 30,016 breeder/owner only benefits Earnings lifetime please COMPLETE THIS FORM 6 Strs Starts Wnrs Wins Earnings IN ITS ENTIRETY or apply online at www.marylandthoroughbred.com Not For Love. . . . . 674 14,250 537 2,188 $60,110,800 Allen’s Prospect. . . 927 23,233 768 3,362 54,444,300 Two Punch . . . . . 877 16,674 677 2,511 50,929,100 Polish Numbers. . . 439 9,191 362 1,356 32,981,500 Membership name______Carnivalay...... 494 13,307 405 1,818 30,447,000 Louis Quatorze. . . . 543 10,172 396 1,312 28,880,100 o o o o Individual Partnership Farm Corporation Waquoit...... 470 11,149 358 1,492 26,331,000 SS/Tin #______Citidancer...... 296 7,031 254 1,217 25,348,400 Eastern Echo. . . . . 416 8,543 290 1,112 22,515,100 Authorized individual ______Outflanker...... 341 7,220 263 1,058 22,180,900 Norquestor. . . . . 293 8,733 252 1,242 20,945,400 Address______Lion Hearted. . . . . 375 6,375 289 921 20,848,500 ______Deputed Testamony . 352 10,209 267 1,403 18,499,600 Go for Gin...... 300 5,431 201 664 17,315,600 Telephone ______Hail Emperor. . . . 201 5,688 133 718 7,389,500 Dance With Ravens. . 179 2,354 113 293 7,144,760 E-mail address______Wayne County (Ire). . 154 3,025 99 343 6,004,250 Breeding farm______2-year-old earnings lifetime o farm owned o mares boarded Strs Starts Wnrs Wins Earnings Allen’s Prospect. . . 458 1,558 175 240 $5,629,410 County ______Number of acres______Not For Love. . . . . 301 941 113 152 5,452,800 Two Punch . . . . . 430 1,373 161 200 5,381,630 Signature______Polish Numbers. . . 229 700 84 122 3,672,570 Citidancer...... 153 575 82 124 3,220,990 Date______Louis Quatorze. . . . 256 793 78 99 3,118,280 o Payment enclosed Please charge my o Visa o MC Eastern Echo. . . . . 220 812 73 100 3,032,700 Outflanker...... 190 769 80 108 2,739,060 Acct. No. ______Lion Hearted. . . . . 179 582 68 95 2,555,860 Carnivalay...... 249 1,010 88 122 2,480,130 Expiration date ____ / ____ Waquoit...... 198 681 56 81 1,920,960 Norquestor. . . . . 136 508 47 64 1,316,410 Return to: Maryland Horse Breeders Association Go for Gin...... 155 500 31 38 943,194 P.O. Box 427, Timonium, MD 21094 Dance With Ravens. . 99 352 26 32 933,242 410-252-2100 • Fax 410-560-0503 Deputed Testamony . 174 695 38 51 761,008