Maryland's First Foal of 2021

Maryland Horse© WEEKLY MARCH 10, 2021

Maryland’s first foal of 2021

Sara Gordon 2 A Maryland Horse tradition: Celebrating the state’s first foal of the year

ven when there’s no Maryland-bred news to cover or features to present, Ethere’s never a lack of content when you have access to the entirety of the Maryland Horse/Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred magazine archives. Inspired by the first reported Maryland-bred foal of 2021 (cover), the Mary- land Horse Weekly team dug through the archives to showcase a Maryland Horse tradition: magazine covers celebrating the first foal of the year. The four we pulled were covers of magazines published between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s. Maryland’s first foal of 2021: The bay Golden Lad colt out of the No Armistice mare Onearmedbandit was born Jan. 3 in Woodbine, Md. Bred and owned by No Guts No Glory Farm, he is the seventh foal from his multiple stakes winning dam, who has produced two winners from three starters, including nine-time stakes First Maryland-bred foal of 1976 arrived winner Anna’s Bandit (Great Notion) and Gracies Bandit (During). at Stymie Manor Farm in early morning of January 5, shown here with farm manager Do you have a particular person, horse or story that you remember from the Bill Albright. Owned by Mrs. Mary Maryland Horse magazine that you’d like us to highlight? Just email Sara at sgor- Clayson, the filly was a daughter of [email protected] with the subject “Maryland Horse Weekly” and Elephant Walk. Skip Ball photo we’ll start digging!

First foal of the 1980 season to arrive at Sagamore Farm was this bay filly by Nostrum out of Ring o’Bells. Owned by Jacques Wimpfheimer, Ring o’Bells was booked to Cold Reception. Skip Ball photo Maryland’s first 1978 foal arrived at Foal crop of 1984 began to arrive in Green Willow Farms in Westminster on Maryland on January 2 with the birth of a The filly, later named Ting a Ling, started as January 2. Sired by Frontage, the filly at Bonita Farm, but the cover a 2-year-old and raced until she was 5, handsome little colt was out of *Tejuela, photograph was a file picture taken the retiring with a record of 6-8-9 from 43 who was the winner of over $44,000. previous year. career starts, including a victory in the 1982 Skip Ball photo Neena Ewing photo Frolic Stakes and a third-place finish in the 1984 Really Mean Stakes. 3

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Distances adjusted for “Managing Horse Camps Thoroughbred Owner during COVID” webinar, Conference series begins with first two turf stakes of presented by the Maryland discussion on the business of Laurel’s 2021 season Horse Industry Board and the racehorse ownership University of Maryland equired maintenance of Laurel Extension: March 19 Entries open for Keeneland’s RPark’s turf course has necessitated 2021 Digital March sale, April adjusting the distances for the first two MTHA March 2021 Newsletter Horses of Racing Age sale scheduled grass stakes of the season. The $100,000 Henry S. Clark, for National Sporting Library & 3-year-olds and up, and the $100,000 Museum Panel Discussion: Dahlia, for fillies and mares 3 and old- Maryland-bred Thoughts on Steeplechase er, will each be contested at 1 1/16 Yesterday, Today and miles. Both were originally scheduled Headlines tomorrow - March 25 for one mile. Lucky 7 Stables’ Street Lute set 2021 AHP Equine Industry to take on Fraudulent Charge in Survey Laurel Park reopens $100,000 Beyond the Wire to limited number Stakes of patrons, owners now allowed backstretch access eginning March 5, Laurel Park re- Bopened for a limited number of patrons on live race days and for simul- cast-only days, with the limit remaining 250 people per order from the state of Maryland and Anne Arundel County. Maryland Racing Commission licens-

Foals wanted! Send your foal reports and photos of 2021 foals for inclusion on MarylandThoroughbred.com and The Maryland Horse newsletter. Submissions can be made via email or online. 4

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Harpers First Ride in the $500,000 Essex Handicap at Oaklawn Park. Buckey’s Charm, Street Lute in the $100,000 Beyond the Wire at Laurel Park. Abuelo Paps, Carey Times, Day the Music Died, Karan’s Notion, Odds On, Stroll Smokin, Tom Terrific, Whereshetoldmetogo in the $75,000 Not For Love (MD-Bred/ MD-Sired) at Laurel. Cordmaker, Galerio, Plot the Dots, Tattooed in the $100,000 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial at Laurel. Artful Splatter, Coconut Cake, Deep Red, Kiss the Girl, Lookin Dynamic, Paisley Singing, S W Briar Rose, Whispering Pines in the $75,000 Conniver (MD-Bred/ MD-Sired) at Laurel. Excellorator, Royal Number, Shackled Love in the $100,000 Private Terms at Laurel. 5

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