FREE HHoorrssee RReevviieeww VOL. 26 • NO. 10 The Mid-South Equine Newsmagazine Since 1992 JUNE 2016 2. June, 2016 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview.com ON THE C OvER : Over the last fence before the finish of the 2016 Iro - quois Steeplechase, it’s a 3-way battle among (right to HHoorrssee RReevviieeww June 2016 left): #3 Rawnaq, #5 Shaneshill, #1 Nichols Canyon. Equus Charta, LLC The winner was Rawnaq, second was Shaneshill, and Copyright 2016 contents • v ol . 26 • n o. 10 third was Nichols Canyon. TRENDING NOW: HORSES 6220 Greenlee #4 (photo by Nancy Brannon ) p.o. Box 594 arlington, tn 38002-0594 901-867-1755 PuBlISHER & E DITOR : Tom & Dr. Nancy Brannon STAFF : Andrea Gilbert WEBSITE : www.midsouthhorsereview.com E- MAIlS : midsouthhorsereview@ yahoo.com [email protected] FACEBOOk : Cute Cowgirl and Cowboys enjoy the Franklin Rodeo. ( photos by Brenda Black ) See p. 28. 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June, 2016 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview. com Book & art nook Iroquois Steeplechase Featured Artist: Hollie Berry the featured artist for this artist for 2016. her featured year’s Iroquois was chat - painting, Endurance , was tanooga-based hollie Berry, used on marketing materi - who created a special paint - als, the race day program, ing for the event. dwight and race posters. hollie hall, chairman of the volun - continued to create over a teer state horsemen’s Foun - dozen more steeplechase in - dation, the non-profit spired works, which were organization behind the on display in Franklin, tn steeplechase, said the com - prior to the race. mittee selected Berry for her hollie Berry was born Endurance particular passion for equine and raised in texas, where painting and for her attention she developed an early fas - to detail in bringing the sport cination with horses. From to life on canvas. the time she had the motor “I’ve been fascinated with skills to hold a pencil, she horses ever since I can re - drew and painted horses al - member, and I look forward to the races most exclusively. later on, she seized each year,” Berry said. “For me, it’s all every opportunity she could to ride, some - about the action of the horse, the excite - times cleaning tack in exchange for les - ment of the race and the thundering sound sons. as an adult, she continued pursuing of hooves as the horses run past you on the her craft and graduated in 2009 with a green.” BFa in studio art from the university of she attended the Iroquois in 2014 and texas at austin. a few years after gradua - 2015, collecting her own photographic ref - tion, Berry moved to chattanooga, ten - erences for her paintings. she then created nessee, where she continues to paint the several original steeplechase themed horses she loves. pieces, submitted them in her application to see more of her work, visit her web - portfolio, and was selected as the featured site: www.hollieBerryart.com Spectating Recycle Re-sale Repurpose Second Chances ©MSHR 253 H WY 57 | Grand Junction, TN | 731-732-4232 OpEN Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. facebook.com/SecondChancesLlc www.midsouthhorsereview.com June, 2016 • Mid-South Horse Review 5. 6. June, 2016 • Mid-South Horse Review www.midsouthhorsereview. com racing/steeplechasing really special to do it here for Jonathan, and the owners are just amazing people. I’m so appreciative because he’s a really nice horse!” In the third race, the marcellus Frost, robert a. kinsley’s tempt me alex, trained by elizabeth voss, claimed a 1½ length victory over Ice It, who barely held off the late-charging african oil by a nose for second. hardrock eleven closed from the back of the field for fourth. In the fourth race, the margaret currey henley stakes for fillies and mares, the lucky lady of the day was one lucky lady. Irvin s. naylor’s mare, under jockey ross Geraghty, held off a late challenge lune De Caro (grey, left) on his way to winning race 2, The Bright Hour Stakes, from the Grange to win by half a length. with keri Brion riding to her first steeplechase win here at the Iroquois. Andi’Amu michael moran’s Ivy mills, under jockey sean mcdermott, finished third, and Bev - Brenda Black photo (center with shadow roll) finished second and Tubal (jockey in green & yellow silks, yellow cap) finished third. ( Nancy Brannon photo ) erly steinman’s secret reward was ridden By Nancy Brannon by kieran norris to fourth. the 75th anniversary Iroquois steeple - chase on may 14, 2016 had absolutely per - fect weather for racing, with cool temperatures (60s), a good breeze, and sunny skies. the second saturday in may at percy warner park in nashville, ten - nessee is known for its derby-like atmos - phere – with stylishly dressed women wearing the most elaborate hats, nattily dressed men, plenty of picnicking and par - tying in the infield, and, of course, beauti - ful horses competing on an exciting day of Elaborate hats, some by Christine A. Moore Millinery, were sported for the tra - steeplechase racing. the race is run by the ditional hat contest. ( left, Brenda Black photo; right, Tommy Brannon photo ) The fifth race mishap. nonprofit 501c3 organization, the volun - (Nancy Brannon photo ) teer state horsemen's Foundation, to ben - andrea, they were regarded as the race fa - by tamara mcsorley. keri received the efit the monroe carell Jr. children’s vorites, with rawnaq the third choice,” traditional ice-water dousing from her fel - hospital at vanderbilt. hundreds of vol - wrote don clippinger in nsa, Go Jump low riders after her win in the 3-mile race the fifth race, the George sloan & John unteers work hard every year to make the racing! over national Fences. sloan sr. sport of kings maiden hurdle race day go smoothly. But it was Irvin s. naylor’s Irish-bred keri was the only lady jockey at the was the only race of the day with a fall. christine a. moore millinery was the rawnaq who won the day. the wylies’ 75th annual Iroquois steeplechase. In an coming to the last hurdle, #4 Bishop’s official sponsor of this year’s hat contest, nichols canyon (GB) and his stablemate interview with eqI-tv after the race she castle caught his left foreleg on the fence which attracted a lot of creative hat de - shaneshill (Ire) were among the top three told about her career becoming a steeple - and took a nose-dive, then a somersault. signs. elizabeth holtz won best overall in horses throughout most of the race. com - chase rider. “I started riding when I was 5 help From heaven jumped right after him the hat contest. carolyn and thaddeus ing to the finish, it was rawnaq winning years old and a horse-crazy little girl. and jumped well, but couldn’t avoid the Bryan won the prize for the most outra - by only a neck over shaneshill, with when I was 10, I went to work for ronnie accident. Bishop’s castle jockey ross geous hat for their prince tribute. nichols canyon three lengths behind. and Betsy houghton of sylmar Farm in Geraghty landed well away from the the tradition before the fourth race is to the victory qualified rawnaq for the kirkwood, pa. they taught me how to horses, but was down for a short period of bring the children onto the race course to $500,000 Brown advisory cheltenham- gallop when I was 13, so I started with the time.