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Morning in Annapolis Maryland Horse February 2014 Official publication of the Maryland Horse Breeders Association; Vol. 79, No. 2 — NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT — Morning in Annapolis By Josh Pons MARYLAND HORSE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION INC. Legislators sleep in boarding houses front of the State House, he looked like he had 30 East Padonia Road during “The Session.” They walk across the just guided a team to victory. Timonium, MD 21093 grounds to and from the State House like pro- What were the odds that the President of the P.O. Box 427 fessors at a courtly red-brick college, living Senate would also emerge on the empty lawn Timonium, MD 21094 410-252-2100 amid columned Colonial-era buildings of great in the rain minutes later? Under an umbrella, Fax 410-560-0503 authority. Mike Miller clutched a soda can and a Pennsyl- www.marylandthoroughbred.com On the Monday morning before the 2014 vania-published horse newspaper with head- BOARD OF DIRECTORS session opened, a soft rain fell on the cobble- lines that read: “Raids on breeding fund take 1 Joseph P. Pons Jr. stones of Annapolis. Until about 9:30, politi- toll on Pennsylvania stallions” and “Maryland President cians hurried to “breakfasts” where lobbyists poised to regain breeding primacy.” Donald H. Barr pitched causes. Mere hours away, a weather When Miller speaks of the horse business, Vice-president front loomed, a plunge to near zero imminent. it’s as though he knew it from Colonial days Milton P. Higgins III It seemed a metaphor for fortunes in Annapo- in Annapolis. Who there doesn’t know that Secretary-treasurer lis, the change, the suddenness. George Washington kept a diary of his visits? Cricket Goodall Oct. 5, 1772 Executive director The rain drove everyone inside, except for “Reached Annapolis. Dined at the Coffee Richard F. Blue Jr., Rebecca B. two of the most powerful men in Annapolis, who appeared, absent entourage, a half-hour House with the Jockey Club and lodged at the Davis, John C. Davison, David Govrs. .” DiPietro, James T. Dresher Jr., apart, solitary figures at the top of their political Michael J. Harrison, R. Larry careers, at the top of the legislative hierarchy. Washington’s ledger records his wagers. Johnson, Edwin W. Merryman, Horse racing goes back a ways in Maryland. First to appear, alone in the rain on the grass Miller knows how precious the game is to Suzanne Moscarelli, below the State House, walked Speaker of the Tom Mullikin, William S. the state, that the farms are vital, to grow local House Michael Busch, an unlikely hero to the Reightler Jr., Robert B. White horses to race at local tracks. He knows that the horse business after years of being painted as Maryland Jockey Club just increased the Preak- Directors Emeritus an impediment to the implementation of slots. ness purse by 50 percent for 2014. He knows (served 18 years) Unbeknownst to many Marylanders, Busch J. William Boniface, R. that a dozen new stallions have arrived in the was the mediator of talks between industry state. He loves the slogan “The Colts Are Back.” Thomas Bowman, King stakeholders in the summer of 2013 that re- T. Leatherbury, Donald P. He understands that fillies are following the sulted in an agreement on the distribution of Litz Jr., Robert T. Manfuso, colts, and the mare population is on the rise. Ann Merryman, Michael Maryland-bred awards, fueling a rebirth of He is excited that farms are being preserved, Pons, Katharine M. Voss Maryland’s horse business. that another generation is coming of age into Twice, in the out-of-session quiet in the Advisory Council a renaissance of racing and breeding. He could (past MHBA presidents) chambers of the State House, Busch presided teach History but is most interested in Current J. William Boniface, William K. over a stalemate of how to program slots rev- Events. Boniface, Frank A. Bonsal, enue for the greatest impact. The formula had “We’ve got it going now,” he says with a R. Thomas Bowman, William to be comparable to that of surrounding states, smile to anyone who asks about the horse busi- G. Christmas, Hal C.B. Clagett in order for Maryland to compete for horses. A ness. “Let’s keep it going.” III, Kimball C. Firestone, King democratic distribution resulted. There’s a romance to Annapolis in the T. Leatherbury, Dr. Robert Busch fulfilled the role of a coach. This rain, so cinematic, so collegial, so redolent Leonard, J.W.Y. Martin Jr., Michael Pons, James B. Steele morning, he wore a baseball hat against the of history and tradition. It doesn’t run on ro- Jr., Katharine M. Voss rain. From a distance, on the field of grass in mance, though. It runs on money. That’s why politicians were hurrying to breakfasts. They had one day left before the session started. Last day for campaign contri- butions, political donations, before the stream would be turned off for 90 days. That’s plenty of time for ev- ery horseperson who receives a bonus check to appreciate where the money comes from: Annapolis. Owners of Maryland- breds, as of the first day of 2014, are being rewarded for finishing second and third, in addition to the customary first-place award, all factored MHBA President Josh Pons (front row, red vest) and Maryland-bred Thoroughbreds at 17.5 percent. In 2015, Own- Alden’s Malibu and Mosby’s Raider help kick off “The Colts Are Back” campaign with a press event at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore in late December. ers’ Awards rise to 30 percent, same as breeders, as new slot revenue fuels the Purse Dedi- Weather changes in An- unheard of. The impression is: mission is: We need to keep it cation Account. napolis. A cold front is not We’ve got it going now. The going. R Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda been Maryland-bred Horse of the Year 2 Little Bold John The task isn’t always 2(1987-’89) easy when voting for year- end awards, including Mary- A horse wins 25 stakes over land-bred champions. Often the course of his career and re- a deserving candidate is left tires as the third-richest Mary- high and dry, especially when land-bred in history, earning choosing the top honor of $1,956,405 (he now ranks Horse of the Year. seventh) – it would appear Over the past 50 years of he’d be a lock to be award- Maryland-bred champions, ed the state’s highest honor. many a top-notch horse has But Little Bold John failed to missed the preeminent award. earn a divisional title in 1987 A few weren’t even honored in for a year with eight stakes their divisions. Associate edi- wins, and lost out as Horse tor Cindy Deubler looked over of the Year during his Mary- land-bred championship sea- the list of top Maryland-bred Awad runners since the champion- sons as older male in 1988 and ships were first handed out NYRA/Coglianese 1989. Horse of the year: Broad in 1963, and picked her top 10 Brush (1987), Deputy Governor omissions – runners deserving (1988), Safely Kept (1989) of the title of Horse of the Year, still holds course records at and 1996) and Smoke Glacken Deputed but left empty handed. 1 Saratoga (1 ⁄2 miles in 2:23.20, (1997). When a horse wins $1 3Testamony (1983) Awad set Aug. 9, 1997, in the Sword million in a season (1995) and Dancer Invitational Handi- is not named Horse of the Year, Taking the Preakness 1(1993, 1995-97) cap-G1) and Arlington Park it’s unprecedented. In 1993, Stakes-G1 put Deputed Tes- 1 The son of Caveat is the sec- (1 ⁄4 miles in 1:58.69, set Aug. his 3-year-old season in which tamony on a higher level, as ond-richest Maryland-bred in 27, 1995, in the Arlington Mil- he won the Grade 1 Secretar- he was voted state-bred cham- history with $3,270,818, a four- lion Stakes-G1). Awad’s tim- iat Stakes, Awad wasn’t up pion 3-year-old male over two time Maryland-bred champi- ing was perhaps the worst of against Eclipse Award win- other classic winners, but he on turf horse (1993, 1995-97), any Maryland-bred in history, ners, but still couldn’t pass couldn’t overtake the Eclipse an 11-time stakes winner who as his best years came against Valley Crossing for Horse of Award-winning 2-year-old. won four Grade 1 races, and the campaigns of Cigar (1995 the Year. Horse of the year: Devil’s Bag Shareef Dancer 4(1983) He won the Irish Sweeps Derby-G1 and was named champion 3-year-old in En- gland and Ireland in 1983, but as a member of one of Mary- land’s best 3-year-old crops in history, Shareef Dancer didn’t win the divisional title, although he did take home the trophy as Maryland-bred champion turf runner. Horse of the year: Devil’s Bag Smart Angle and 5Smarten (1979) The half-siblings had stellar seasons in 1979, with Smart Angle earning the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old filly, as well as the divisional title among Mary- Little Bold John Deputed Testamony land-breds, and Smarten tak- Scott Serio Skip Ball ing the Maryland-bred trophy for his 3-year-old campaign. Smart Angle won four Grade 1 stakes, while Smarten cap- tured six stakes, including four derbies. Combined they earned $998,150 and won a dozen stakes that year.
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