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Complimentary The Steeplechase A Publication of Vol. 17, No. 4 ST Publishing, Inc. Times Friday, May 7, 2010 Rally Bubble Economy charges home in Virginia Gold Cup WHAT’S INSIDE THIS EDITION Twill Do wins Md. Hunt Cup u Nationbuilder rules Queen’s Cup Racing reports from Atlanta, Foxfield, Winterthur Photo by Tod Marks ErinStarts GoWins SecondsBraghThirds Earnings 53 10 9 11 $287,692 Thanks118 3/8 from for 2003 the to 2010Miles & the Memories – From the Royal Chase to the Virginia Gold Cup, Colonial Cup, Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, Temple Gwathmey and New Jersey Hunt Cup... – Doug Fout and the Team And Now off to a Happy Retirement! 2 • Steeplechase Times www.st-publishing.com • [email protected] Friday, May 7, 2010 All Done Champion Good Night Shirt retired BY SEAN CLANCY Smithwick before missing the fall season. One step from becoming a Good night, Shirt. timber horse in 2007, Good Night Two-time Eclipse Award winner Good Night Shirt Shirt showed he was for real when has been retired. The 9-year-old injured his ankle after rallying to just miss in the Royal finishing second in the Iroquois last spring and was Chase. At 21-1, in his first open unable to heal properly to return to the races. Grade I stakes start, he missed Dr. Dean Richardson performed surgery on the nailing Mixed Up by a diminish- injury last year and after an extensive rehabilitation, ing neck. the horse’s return to racing was deemed impossible. That’s when things changed. Owned by Sonny and Ann Via, Good Night Shirt re- He won the Iroquois in his next tires as the second leading money earner in the sport’s start and went 9-for-11 over the history and one of just two horses to earn more than next two years. Finally able to ra- $1 million in American steeplechasing. tion his pace and polish his jump- Good Night Shirt will live out his days with another ing, Good Night Shirt knocked Fisher champion, six-time Virginia Gold Cup winner McDynamo from the Eclipse po- Tod Marks Saluter, at Fisher’s Maryland farm. dium with wins in the Lonesome Good Night Shirt won 12 jump races and more than $1 million. “He’s sound in the field and that’s important,” Glory and Colonial Cup in 2007. Fisher said. “I was worried we might have to put him And, well, 2008 was one of the best seasons in his- injury. Surgery helped stabilize the joint, as did months down. We were worried about his quality of life but it tory for any horse in any sport. Perfection is hard to of exercise on an underwater treadmill, but the scant looks like he’ll be able to have a good retirement.” top. Under Willie Dowling, Good Night Shirt started hopes of a return to racing were snuffed out. Bred by Dr. Tom and Chris Bowman, Good Night five times and won five times, picking off the Georgia “He was just a pleasure to train, just a pleasure to Shirt won twice on the flat in 2004 before being sold Cup, Iroquois, Lonesome Glory, Grand National and have in the field,” Fisher said. “Even the landscaping to Via and Fisher. The infield sport proved a perfect Colonial Cup (each a Grade I). Employing a punish- people, they show up, a guy who knows nothing about niche for the stamina-laden, long-galloping chestnut. ing resolve on or near the lead, Good Night Shirt had horses looks out in the field and says, ‘I like that one.’ He broke his maiden in the demanding Nashville no peers. In 2009, he returned to win the Carolina It’s Shirt, standing there, turning his lip up. Just a cool maiden race as a 4-year-old in 2005. Unpolished and Cup before being caught late by Pierrot Lunaire in the a horse. People say go find me another Good Night raw, he won on talent alone. That summer, he won a Iroquois while trying to become the first horse to win Shirt or find me another Saluter and I tell them, ‘They Saratoga allowance before losing five consecutive nov- three consecutive runnings of the 3-mile classic. don’t make them.’ ” ice stakes through the fall and the following spring. Rested for the summer as usual, Good Night Shirt In all, Good Night Shirt won 14 races from 33 starts Later in 2006, he won a weak edition of the Fergu- returned to training in the fall but was soon on the and earned $1,041,083. Over jumps, he won 12 races son and finished second to Hirapour in Saratoga’s A.P. sidelines – and at New Bolton Center – with the ankle and earned $1,006,493 from 23 starts. He never fell. “The Eagles Nest” Recently completed by B&D Builders For McDonogh School, a 120' x 240' indoor riding arena, Donated by Irvin Naylor in Honor of his Granddaughter Sarah R Naylor, McDonogh class of 2007. 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ST Publishing, Inc. 364 Fair Hill Drive, Suite F, Elkton, MD 21921 PAGE 6-9 In the Heart of Fair Hill Horse Country Phone: (410) 392-5867 Fax: (410) 392-0170 Double Bubble E-mail: [email protected] He may be quirky, he may be difficult to ride and he may show up only when he On the Web: www.st-publishing.com wants; but Bubble Economy is none of the above at Great Meadow. The timber star added another rung to an already legendary resume when he took his second Virginia Gold Cup in a thrilling stretch run. The Staff Editors/Publishers: Sean Clancy and Joe Clancy Jr. PAGES 12-15 Staff Writer: Brian Nadeau Advertising: Contact the office or call Walking Wounded Kathy Rubin (203) 650-6815 Billy Meister was too hobbled and bruised to ride in the Maryland Hunt Cup but that Jim McLaughlin (484) 888-0664 didn’t stop Twill Do from adding another victory to the family mantle. Lucy Goelet’s Michelle Rosenkilde (410) 692-5977 underrated runner picked up win number four for Meister, who was forced to watch Reney Stanley (804) 449-2388 from the sidelines with a broken pelvis. Contributors: Maggie Kimmitt, Jane Clark, PAGES 16-18 Tod Marks, Barry Watson, Sam Clancy, Anne Clancy, Joe Clancy Sr., Ruth Clancy, Ryan Clancy, R-E-S-P-E-C-T Jack Clancy, Nolan Clancy, Miles Clancy. There may be more accomplished horses in the barn with bigger trophy cases and more money in the bank but the hard-knocking Nationbuilder finally got his due – and jockey Danielle Hodsdon’s 100th career win – at the Queen’s Cup. 2010 Publication Dates March 17 May 21 October 8 April 9 June 11 October 22 PAGES 20-22 April 23 July 9 November 12 May 7 September 17 December 10 Don’t Forget to Advertise! Old Hat Veteran turf performer Prince Rahy took to hurdles instantly, winning his career Member: American Horse Publications debut in a laugher at Atlanta and Sunshine Numbers beat a compact field in the American Horse Publications is the nation’s only as- feature. 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 24-26 www.americanhorsepublications.org An AHP General Excellence Award Winner Much Better Months after an inauspcious debut riding for Tom Voss, Paddy Young righted the On the Cover ship in a big way at Foxfield with a double while Ptarmigan announced her presence Like the stock market, in the distaff division. Bubble Economy can be a bit up and down. 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