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Season’s Dawn. The 2011 steeplechase season awaits horses, players, fans, all.

Take A Number 175: First-place votes received by Slip Away in the 2010 Eclipse Awards balloting for champion steeplechaser to outdistance Arcadius (25) and Percussionist (six).

4: Victories jockey Matt McCarron needs to reach 200 for his career. When he gets there, he will be just the ninth to do so.

2: Victories jockey Xavier Aizpuru needs to reach 100 for his American career.

0: Jockeys to win three consecutive NSA championships since John Cushman won four (1980-83). Paddy Young goes for the three-peat this year. Since Cushman’s skein, Ricky Hendriks (198687), Jeff Teter (1990-91), Blythe Miller (1994-95), Gus Brown (2000-01), Dave Bentley (2002-03), Matt McCarron (2003-04) and Xavier Aizpuru (2007-08) all came up short.

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“General Ledger is back in training. I ride him every day now. Looks great after a lengthy break. Who knows, maybe he turns up in the U.S. this year.”

Grand National-winning owner Morten Buskop on 2009 Grand National runner-up General Ledger “Man, you block out the sun.”

Former jockey Roger Horgan when seeing a retired jump jockey (and ST editor) at Palm Meadows “That one is not going jumping. Even I can see that.”

Flat trainer Mark Hennig when seeing a short, squat 2-year-old at the Fasig-Tipton Florida Sale “I backed into it when I had the two good timber horses, Island Stream and Landing Party, they were exceedingly good horses. It looked like an easy game to me. My love has always been with the jumpers, more excitement there.”

Recently retired trainer Dr. John R. S. Fisher on why he became a trainer

“Simba in leadline trot, owned by Eric Juvonen, ridden by Teddy.

Cream in leadline trot, owned by Nancy H. Miller, ridden by Scarlet.”

Joe Davies’ response to a request for his 2011 horse roster

“Fritz gave him a B+.”

“I’m picking my spots this year.”

Jockey Jody Petty, while galloping horses for Graham Motion at Palm Meadows

“It is.”

“Somewhere in the powder.”

Trainer Jack Fisher, describing the location of his cell phone after skiing in Jackson Hole

“Right now, every frisky foxhunter is a timber horse. Come the third Saturday in April, it’s a different story.”

Owner Bruce Fenwick discussing the spring horse inventory

“I don’t know yet, I’ll see how I feel after the team chase. It’s up in the air.”

Three-time Maryland Hunt Cup winning jockey Billy Meister, when asked if he would ride this spring

“It’s a bit of a jigsaw puzzle right now. If you think you’re going to run one at Middleburg, there’s no sense being ready the second week of March.”

Trainer Jonathan Sheppard, on prepping horses for the season

“I am now Mr. F. Bruce “Chip” Miller Jr.” Veteran steeplechase jockey Chip Miller after hearing that he is considered an amateur rider (look out Hunt Cup)

“You can rush, but you’ve got all year for goodness sake.”

Trainer Janet Elliot, on prepping horses for the season

“None of them are threats to Bubbles.”

Trainer Paddy Neilson, describing his four timber horses

“You need to put a fast work into it to make sure it’s on the mark.”

Elliot, giving advice to an ST editor trying to assess the readiness of a newspaper before the season

“The only horse I ever schooled over the Hunt Cup was Happy Orphan and he fell at the third.”

Trainer Ann Stewart, after reading about the Maryland Hunt Cup course being available for schooling

“Is the traffic going to be bad?”

“What’s the weather going to be like?”

Atlanta Steeplechase’s India Watson, on the list of silly questions that come into her office this time of year

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What’s Happening and Where To Find It Here’s your newspaper. We’re back for more in 2011 – the 18th year of Steeplechase Times. The new season brings some changes in policy, planning and opportunity, while also carrying the usual plethora of renewed hope among the horses, owners, trainers and jockeys. And the fans get to watch it all. And make sure you play the Pick Six game – see entry form on page 13.

Pages 6-10 High Stakes

The top horses in the game take aim at a spring stakes calendar which includes one major goal – Iroquois Day. Slip Away, Tax Ruling, Percussionist and so on all try to get there one way or another. The novice crop includes autumn 2010 star All Together and a host of others.

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ST checked up on some of those horses convalescing and otherwise out of action to start the spring season.

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Jockey insurance, new fences (going in) at Charlotte, old fences (going away) at Camden, licensing changes, whip rules and more as the 2011 season comes to life.

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Stakes division preview Steeplechasing 2011

Back to Work

Open stakes stars gear for winning campaigns BY sean clancy Whether it’s open stakes horses, novice stakes horses or fillies and mares, the spring condition book doesn’t require or invoke much imagination. For American steeplechase trainers, mapping out a schedule is more like paint by numbers than a blank canvas and a palette of colors.

Trainers have only so many options.

The open stakes division offers essentially three choices: the Carolina Cup April 2, the Temple Gwathmey April 23 and the Iroquois May 21. For horses such as Slip Away and Tax Ruling, that’s the route and the only decision comes down to choosing one, two or three entrees from the buffet line. Aiken offers a restricted stakes which could prove beneficial to Mixed Up, champion in 2009, winless in 2010. The 2-mile Marcellus Frost at Nashville gives an option for horses who might not suit the Iroquois’ 3-mile distance. If a trainer wants to be creative, he could ship a horse to

Seven Tom Voss trainees go through their paces at his Maryland farm this winter.

Block House for its $25,000 allowance, open to Red Letter Day and others who didn’t win anything significant in the first four weekends of 2011 or in 2010.

Last year, Tom Voss unveiled Slip Away at Middleburg, where the veteran front-runner overcame a speed duel and some erratic jumping to kick off his Eclipse Award-winning season. Slip Away nearly stretched his speed 3 miles in the Iroquois but wound up second to Tax Ruling. The successful spring campaign began a three-season rampage by Slip Away, one of the few who handled spring, summer and fall racing.

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Voss doesn’t plan on altering Slip Away’s approach this year, though the trainer hasn’t written anything with a Sharpie. Carolina Cup, Gwathmey, Iroquois, Saratoga, a fall campaign? They’re all on the table.

“He might make the Carolina Cup, we’ll see,” Voss said March 14. “I’m not in any big rush, he’s doing great. He’s got plenty of dirt on him. I think it’s time to get out the brushes. If I had my druthers, we wouldn’t go to Saratoga at all but he won’t be too far See stakes page 8

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Complete Dispersal of Arthur Arundel’s Steeplechase Stable. No Reserve.

Monday, April 4

Locust Hill Farm in Glyndon, MD Horses will work and school at 2 p.m. and sell at 3 p.m.

Buyers can view horses April 3, after 1 p.m.

These three will school and work on day of sale:

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Multiple timber stakes winner. 10-year-old gelding, two-time winner of International Gold Cup. In training, ready for My Lady’s Manor and Virginia Gold Cup.

Mr. Hot Stuff

Maiden hurdle prospect. 5-year-old son of Tiznow, full-brother to Travers winner Colonel John, graded-stakes placed on flat. In training, schooled, ready to run over hurdles.

Union Army

4-year-old son of Dixie Union. Winner on turf at Belmont Park, winner of training flat at Shawan Downs in 2010, third in 3-year-old stakes at Far Hills. Looked like a winner at International Gold Cup before going off course. In training, ready to run.

Foxhunter Prospects: Monte Bianco: 10-year-old timber stakes winner.

Fifty Five: 7-year-old son of Dynaformer, third over hurdles and won twice on flat.

Payment can be made by wire transfer or certified check within 24 hours of sale.

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out of training.”

Voss could bolster his attack with the returning pair of Your Sum Man and Left Unsaid. The Fields Stable runners played starring roles at Far Hills in 2009 but have been largely off the radar since – though Left Unsaid did place a tight second at Radnor last spring.

Desmond Fogarty changed tactics this winter by relocating to Camden with about a dozen of Irv Naylor’s horses including Tax Ruling. Last year, Tax Ruling shipped south for the Carolina Cup weekend after spending the winter in Maryland, but wound up sixth behind Spy In The Sky. That race served as a perfect prep for the Iroquois which Tax Ruling dominated for his first Grade I stakes score. Put away for the summer, the son of Dynaformer entered the fall as a legitimate contender for year-end honors but failed to recapture his Iroquois form; lagging in sixth at Monmouth, pulling up in the Grand National at Far Hills and staying on for a distant third in the Colonial Cup. “He’s going to the Carolina Cup, from there to the Iroquois, those will be his two races,” Fogarty said. “I’m very, very happy with the way he’s going, I’m hoping he’ll run a little better than last fall, we’ve done a little bit of work on him, we injected his back which seems to have helped. He just wasn’t traveling and jumping as well as he should have last fall. He’s schooled and worked well down here, I honestly think he’s as good as he’s ever been.”

Novice star All Together powers up the hill for trainer Jack Fisher.

Naylor purchased veteran Decoy Daddy late last year to bolster his leading-owner aspirations and the Irish-bred duly obliged, winning the Noel Laing impressively (the $24,000 helped Naylor win his first title). Fogarty expects good things from Tax Ruling’s deputy.

“He’ll go to Aiken, then probably Middleburg, then the Iroquois, we’ll see if it’s the 2-mile or the 3-mile at Nashville, we’ll see what happens at Aiken,” Fogarty said. “He’s a tough little horse

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who should be able to do those three.

He’s training well, I couldn’t be happier with him.”

Naylor isn’t finished. The ambitious owner purchased Percussionist after the Irish-bred son of Sadler’s Wells won the Grand National for Denmark-based Morten Buskop and Hanne Bechmann.

Percussionist failed to menace any threat in the Colonial Cup, winding up sixth. The 10-year-old would be considered the wild card of the stakes division;

if he duplicates his Grand National effort, then he’s at the top. Now in the care of Kristin Close and Tom Foley, Percussionist stayed north this winter, aiming at the Frost at Nashville for his first start of the year with his sights on Saratoga.

“He’s doing roadwork and Aquatred, just trying to keep as much pressure off his legs as possible. I think the 2-mile race at Nashville will be a nice spot for him and that should put us right for Saratoga, he’s a horse if you get lucky with the ground, Saratoga could be a really nice spot,” Foley said. “His legs are what they are, they’re not pretty to look at, I think they’re better than they were when he came to America, we did a lot of work on them over the winter, the old-fashioned blisters, and he’s responded well.”

Percussionist lacks nothing in talent, he finished fourth in the Epsom Derby as a 3-year-old, but he has more miles on him than a Winnebago. If he gets to the races sound and fresh, his ability makes him a legitimate contender.

“It’s just a case of looking over his legs the best way you can,” Foley said.

“He’s an absolute dude, he loves being around people, he has a chicken that goes in his stall and sits on his back, he likes that, and he knows when a camera is around, I guess he’s used to it at this stage.”

Foley and Close considered a flat prep but have decided to aim directly at Nashville.

“We’re thinking go straight to Nashville,” Foley said. “Irv has a nice, 6-furlong uphill, we’ll work him there, I See Stakes page 10

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think if we get him 90 percent, he’ll be fine. I don’t want to tax those legs for a plate.”

As always, Jonathan Sheppard will make his presence felt in all divisions, especially the open stakes; collecting and cajoling an eclectic mix of veterans and novices. Former champion Mixed Up took advantage of conditions when he put together his championship season in 2009; swiping the Imperial Cup at Aiken and using it as a springboard that culminated in an upset win in the Colonial Cup. Last year, Bill Pape’s homebred failed to win a race. That’s the bad news. The good news is the 12-year-old is eligible for the Imperial Cup and other conditions races again.

Sheppard plans to make full use of it.

“I’m planning on running him early and often,” Sheppard said. “I kept him in training all winter in Camden with the view of running him in the early spring meets, having not won a race last year, he’s back eligible for those restricted allowance races, similar to what we did with him two years ago, then we’ll let him tell us how he’s doing.”

Sheppard will have backup. The Hall of Famer readies an arsenal of veterans including Arcadius, Sermon Of Love, Lead Us Not, Divine Fortune, The Price Of Love and two-time novice stakes winner Nationbuilder who will step out of the confines of the restricted series.

“He’s in training and should be ready to go, he’s going to be in a tough spot because he’s gone through all his conditions and he’s not a novice anymore,” Sheppard said. “The fact that he belongs to Mrs. Houghland would make me feel like we should point him for the Iroquois, he stays all day, he might not be quite a top horse but there’s no reason not to go there.”

Nationbuilder’s graduation from the novice division leaves 2010 novice champion All Together at the top of that division. Owned by Sheila Williams and Andre Brewster, All Together broke his maiden in June at Penn National, failed to show up in two Saratoga starts and then came back to life in the fall – finishing a nose shy of Nationbuilder at Far Hills and avenging that defeat with a dominant win over Nationbuilder in the AFLAC Supreme at Callaway Gardens. Similar to open stakes horses, the novices don’t have many options. Atlanta, Queen’s Cup and Radnor provide the spring menu while Belmont Park has planned a summer stakes.

“He’s going to Atlanta, he’s doing well,” Fisher said of All Together. “He’s still a novice for the spring and fall because he won after June 1, which helps a lot, I hope he hasn’t changed from the fall, I think he’s as good as he was last year.”

Last year’s 3-year-old champion, Demonstrative, could wind up in the novice division after winning two of three (he unseated Matt McCarron at the start of the other) last year. Owned

by Jacqueline Ohrstrom and trained by Richard Valentine, Demonstrative has trained in Aiken all winter and will take advantage of the local offering.

“He’s doing well, he should run in the allowance at Aiken,” Valentine said.

“He’s filled out a bit, he’s working a little bit lazily, but that’s OK, I hope he’s as good as last year. He’s been to Camden twice to school, I’m happy with him.”

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Percussionist (left) and Dylan hit the road with Tom Foley.

The Doug Fout-trained Call You In Ten ranks near the top of the novice division. Sold by Fout’s assistant James Piper to Peggy Steinman in the off-season, Call You In Ten burst on the scene with wins at Nashville and Penn National and contended in novice stakes in the fall. He finished second to Easy Red in a roughly run novice at Monmouth and finished third behind Nationbuilder and All Together at Far Hills. Fout plans to step outside the novice route.

“He’ll probably run on the flat at Loudoun (Point-to-Point) and I’ll run him in the Temple Gwathmey and then Belmont for that novice stakes,” Fout said. “He’s doing well, he’s filled out, stronger, grown. I’m so glad I waited with him, he’s matured dramatically, he looks like a million dollars. I’m trying to have as many horses for Saratoga as I can.”

Fout wields one of the biggest hammers in the filly and mare division with Maggie Bryant’s Ptarmigan. The champion in 2010 fractured a splint bone in an uncharacteristically bad performance at Far Hills but seems to have recovered. The distaff docket consists of spring stakes at Nashville and Fair Hill and two stakes (added this year) at Saratoga.

“The splint is all healed, she’s in full training and doing well. We shockwaved it four times and she had two months off; knock on wood everything is fine,” Fout said. “The plan is to do the filly and mare races at Iroquois and Fair Hill, then give her a little time and go to Saratoga. She’s happy and strong, she’s actually coming around a little quicker than I wanted her to, but she’s pretty opinionated so you’ve got to play with her. She’s probably grown half a hand and looks great, she’s a big mare now.”

Ptarmigan could rumble with a couple of Sheppard veterans, Confined and Sweet Shani as well as a tough pair, Farah T Salute and Green Velvet, from Jazz Napravnik’s barn.

“Velvet and Farah T are pointed at the Iroquois. They may make an appearance beforehand to prep and then on to Fair Hill,” Napravnik said. “A short break and if the gods are shining upon us, off to Saratoga. They have opposite running styles that complement each other so they will probably stay on the same schedule.”

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Leading Owner 1. EMO Stable.

2. Magalen Bryant 3. Kinross Farm

Leading HurdLe HOrse 1. One Sea (Randy Rouse) 2. Fogcutter (Indian Run Farm) 3. Expel (Northfield Farm)

Leading Trainer 1. Neil Morris 2. Teddy Mulligan 3. Doug Fout

Leading HOrse On THe FLaT 1. Lear Heights (Indian Run Farm) 2. Mariah’s Promise (Frances Dulaney)

Leading JOckey 1. Matt McCarron 2. Jeff Murphy 3. Liam McVicar

Virginia HOrse OF THe year He’s A Conniver (EMO Stable)

Leading Timber HOrse 1. He’s A Conniver (EMO Stable) 2. I’m Telling (Bay Cockburn)

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Bull Run Point-to-Point Brandywine Park, Culpeper

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Orange County Point-to-Point Locust Hill Farm, Middleburg

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Old Dominion Point-to-Point Ben Venue Farm, Ben Venue

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Loudoun Hunt Point-to-Point Oatlands, Leesburg

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Middleburg Spring Races Glenwood Park, Middleburg

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Where are they now? by sean clancy

injured reserve

ST checked in with most of the Top 50 horses from 2010. In a very rudimentary survey, it looks like 14 horses from the top 50 will miss part or all of 2011 with injuries (according to trainers. . .) Here’s an update on some of the ones who hit the exit ramp last year.

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Bubble Economy (No. 7): A standard on the circuit, the veteran earned his third timber title by winning two rich stakes in a week last spring. Owned by Arcadia Stable, he was forced to skip the fall season with an injury. Trainer Jack Fisher: “He bowed last year, first time he ever did that. We’ll start jogging him in the summer and aim for the International Gold Cup, maybe Far Hills in the fall. Not sure he can make enough money for his fourth title but we’ll try.”

Virginia Minstrel (19): Top novice from the spring earned $42,600 in four starts before hurting a suspensory in the New York Turf Writers Cup at Saratoga. Trainer Julie Gomena: “He’s cur-

rently turned out at the owner’s farm, Oakwood, and enjoying life. We are waiting to see what his future will bring.

He’s a beautiful mover and jumper and I have challenged trainer Richard Valentine in the Thoroughbred division at the Upperville Horse Show, maybe not until next year. I don’t know if he will be racing again or not, we certainly shall see.”

Dynantonia (24): Owned by Gregg Ryan, son of Dynaformer won the Frost at Nashville but injured a hind suspensory and was retired. Gomena: “He’s turned out and happy at our farm.

Gregg is looking forward to hunting him next year. I hope I’m not the one who has to ride him first time out with hounds. Or the second time.”

Preemptive Strike (34): Flamboyant front-runner retired with another splendid jumping performance in the Colonial Cup, one of the most charismatic

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Multiple winner Riddle (with trainer Arch Kingsley) has been retired. horses the sport has seen in years, the Diva Maria (38): Resolute mare won overachiever will be missed. Owner Gail the Valentine at Fair Hill but Arcadia Thayer: “He’s retired, happy as a clam, Stable’s two-time winner injured a leg eating everything in sight, he’s embrac- for the second time. Trainer Jack Fisher ing his retirement. He’s such a true hur- gave her to owner Gill Johnston to be dler that we didn’t think he should tim- a broodmare. Johnston: “This year I’m ber race. Right now, he’s a spoiled brat, breeding Diva and Perked In The Sand eating a lot of cookies, and relaxing. to our resident stallion, Truman C, he’s The plan is to give him the summer off a son of Capote, it’s the first time I’ve and we’ll let him tell us what he wants bred anything on the farm in many to do, he might foxhunt, he might hack years. We had him in Wyoming and or he might be the most beautiful lawn See injured reserve page 14 ornament known to God and man.”

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most of (daighter) Gillian’s good gray polo ponies are by him. I have Perked In The Sand’s sister in Lexington, she has just had a colt by Don’t Get Mad, this will be the fifth generation of the Perk line, which I want to keep going, the only reason I’m breeding, and I got Diva as a companion. If Diva gets in foal this year, I will send her to Kentucky to foal and breed to a Kentucky stallion next year, so my steeplechase string will hopefully keep going, adding my flat horses to the mix.”

Torlundy (42): Novice took the first stakes of the year at Aiken but bowed in the process. Silverton Hill’s gray gelding has won two out of three starts over jumps. Trainer Leslie Young: “He’s still on his break. We’re going to try and give him every chance to return. Won’t be any time this spring or summer.

Maybe fall. He’s looking good but we don’t want to rush him at all.”

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Downs, then went on the road to Saratoga and finished with a second at Camden. It would be his last race. Trainer Arch Kingsley: “Riddle is retired. Living out on the Sensor ranch. Tendon number three, knee, ankle, etc. Wish I had a couple more like that. Enough heart for five horses twice his size.”

Wantan (49): Argentine-bred upset maiden at Fair Hill before finishing second to Quiet Approval at Saratoga Open House. Trainer Ted Thompson: “It’s the same old story. He got a bit of a leg/tendon last September. We scanned him in the beginning of February and got the go ahead to start back with him.

He has been back in light training for the last couple of weeks. I think we’ll aim to come back sometime in the fall, maybe Gold Cup in the allowance/optional claimer then have a look at Callaway if he seems that type. He’s pretty happy with himself right now. He’s not a horse who takes convalescence very well, so he’s happy to be back at work. I think he could try timber at some point, if he needs to, but that’s not the plan right now.”

And by the way, Class Bopper (38) is out for the year, Parker’s Project (34) is at the farm, The Whacker (36) had to be put down last summer, Moon Dolly is retired and living at Poppett Pitts’ farm in Maryland, Birthday Beau is out for the year, Westbound Road is concentrating on point-to-points and an old Grade I stakes winner might be making a comeback over timber (and it’s not Good Night Shirt, who’s rolling in the mud, or McDynamo who’s probably doing the same) . . .

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NSA Standings final top 10 for 2010 Jockeys (Races Won)

Sts Paddy Young . ...................... 104 Danielle Hodsdon.................... 57 Carl Rafter............................... 55 Darren Nagle........................... 74 Richard Boucher..................... 36 Bernie Dalton.......................... 57 Matt McCarron........................ 56 Jeff Murphy............................. 61 Brian Crowley.......................... 45 Jody Petty............................... 66

1st 20 16 13 10 10 9 9 9 9 9

2nd 21 7 6 9 3 13 11 9 9 8

3rd 16 7 5 10 8 5 5 11 6 7

Trainers (Races Won)

Sts Jonathan Sheppard................. 96 Tom Voss................................ 97 Jack Fisher.............................. 85 Kathy McKenna....................... 64 Richard Valentine.................... 44 Desmond Fogarty.................... 34 Doug Fout............................... 41 Sanna Hendriks....................... 20 Teddy Mulligan........................ 33 Lilith Boucher.......................... 20

1st 26 18 12 8 7 7 6 6 5 5

2nd 11 26 15 4 7 1 4 3 2 2

3rd 20 10 12 6 5 6 8 3 6 3

Owners (Money Won)

Sts Irv Naylor................................ 84 Bill Pape.................................. 38 Ken and Sarah Ramsey........... 14 Arcadia Stable......................... 24 Hudson River Farm................. 13 Morten Buskop......................... 1 Mary Ann Houghland.............. 13 Maggie Bryant......................... 37 Dumbarton Farm..................... 12 EMO Stable............................. 33

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Here we go New season full of developments for horses, humans on the course by joe clancy

NEWs ROUNDUP

Aiken, Camden, Stoneybrook and so on.

Each National Steeplechase Association season seems to roll into the next and the 2011 version is no different – at first glance anyway. Things start at Aiken, as usual, head to the Carolina Cup in Camden, as usual, and then move on to Stoneybrook, as usual. The other stops are all familiar as well so fans should feel comfortable.

But the year is not without its new twists and developments.

On the calendar, Atlanta moves back to its spot on the season’s fourth weekend – April 16 – after a year of sharing the last Saturday in April with a crowd.

The move eases the schedule burden and makes Atlanta the only meet with hurdle races on that date, which should help the horse inventory. Atlanta’s move makes the April 30 racing day of Foxfield, Queen’s Cup and Maryland Hunt Cup a little bit simpler for all concerned.

High Hope returns to the schedule after a one-year break due to the World Equestrian Games. The circuit’s only Kentucky stop (May 22) will feel the

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pinch of competition from Strawberry Hill (which moved to that weekend last season) and Radnor, however. Tanglewood, which returned to the schedule last season, is gone again for this year but does plan to return in 2012.

Major races are largely unchanged from 2010 in terms of value and structure, with all eyes turning toward Nashville’s Iroquois meet May 14 for the Grade I Iroquois and a host of other rich stakes.

New Fence at Charlotte: The Queen’s

Cup will run its hurdle races over a new fence developed by race chairman Bill Price. The SafTFence system looks and acts much like a National Fence, but brings several changes including different plastic in the branches, longer branches and a lightweight plastic “box” to which the branches are attached. In general, the fence creates a lighter and more portable fence – doing away with the steel frame of the National Fence. The fences were tested at

Courtesy of Bill Price

A SafTFence racing fence looks much like a National Fence, though the frame and plastic branches are different. two point-to-points last fall, have been ter memory and a longer life. In addiused in schooling at Springdale Train- tion, the fence’s front takeoff roll coving Center in Camden and get their first ers more of the frame than the National NSA action at the Queen’s Cup April Fence roll does – with the goal being 30. horse safety.

Price first worked with English racThe Queen’s Cup cards three hurdle ing company Fornell’s to create a new races – a maiden, a conditioned claimer fence, but has now landed on a new and a novice stakes. plastic compound which resulted in a fence that looks much like a National Last call for Springdale brush: This Fence (in use since the 1970s). year’s Carolina Cup will be the final Price pointed to the plastic in the race run over the natural pine jumps at branch as the key. It’s longer, it’s made Springdale Race Course, ending an era from different plastic to produce betSee news page 18

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which dates to the inaugural Colonial Cup in 1970.

The unique course features 17 fences that are jumped once each for the 2 3/4-mile Colonial Cup (the 2 1/4mile Carolina Cup uses 14).

The fences feature wooden frames stuffed with pine branches, along with the same takeoff roll used with the National Fence.

Despite the tradition, the fences have long been a financial and labor drain on the Carolina Cup Racing Association – costing some $30,000 each year.

The process involves finding suitable pine (from trees roughly 10-15 years old) within easy hauling distance of the course, harvesting the trees, packing the fences and painting the fences green. In all, it’s a nine-week process for three races each year – the Carolina Cup in the spring and the Colonial Cup and Hobkirk Hill in the fall.

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As part of the new policy, all NSA jockeys are required to have personal health insurance and will have to provide proof of such as a condition of license. The development adds a layer of protection for jockeys, owners, trainers, race meets and others involved in the sport and came to be via work by a committee including Bill Price, Frank Petramalo and Jeff Teter.

The policy, through Zurich Insurance Company, is “excess” insurance, which means it does not provide reimbursement or payment of medical expenses payable under any other insurance. Limits include a $1 million accident medical benefit and a weekly disability benefit of up to $200 for a maximum of 104 weeks.

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“It’s harder and harder to find suitable pine that we can have access to, and it’s very labor intensive,” said race director Jeff Teter. “We’ve also had a hard time creating consistent jumps from year to year because the pine can be so different depending on how much rain we’ve had and where we get it. I’m disappointed that the tradition might be going away, and so is our board, but I don’t see many other alternatives.”

The fences will be replaced with National Fences, bringing the Colonial Cup into line with the other Grade I stakes on the calendar. Teter expects to do substantial planning on his course, but welcomes the additional freedom – which may include running all hurdle races over the expanded Colonial Cup layout.

“We’re going to have to buy 10 to 12 jumps, but it does give us a chance to do something a little bit different and take away some of the tight spots we have with the three jump courses (timber, hurdle, brush) now,” said Teter. “We will be able to move fences to new ground if we want to and we’ll have a lot more flexibility.”

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The insurance will be funded by an increase in the jockeys’ license fee from $100 to $200, plus a $5 per mount charge to jockeys and a $10 per start charge to owners.

“Yes, we ask owners and jockeys to pay for it but it closes some exposure and they were being asked to make donations to funds and foundations and assist injured jockeys in other ways so we feel it’s worth it because of the progress,” said NSA president Guy Torsilieri. “It’s insurance against a catastrophic injury. This took a lot of work and was not an easy thing to achieve but I’m proud that we’ve gotten it done.”

Whip rules get a look: The NSA will consider a change to the whip rule in training flat races, restricting whip use in those races (which do not count on a horse’s official past performance record). Jockeys will be allowed to carry a whip but will not be allowed to use the whip to encourage more effort from the horse. The rule has a 45-day study and feedback period this spring. In addition, jockeys have been notified that the NSA’s whip rule will be “vigorously enforced” in all races this year.

Licensing/Eligibility Changes: The

NSA, through its Stewards Advisory Committee, has also tightened the licensing and eligibility process for horses and humans. Starting this year, all firsttime trainers and jockeys will serve a probationary period before receiving a

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full license. Rookies and their license endorsers will also be interviewed by a member of the committee (Dwight Hall, Franny Abbott, Duncan Patterson) prior to the license being accepted.

“There’s an additional layering in place now that includes and enhances the role of the committee,” said NSA director of racing Bill Gallo. “We now have another set of eyes examining the applications and the performance of new applicants.”

Under the old rules, a license application received only a basic review and new licensees served no probationary period. Now, applicants will face a review and observation process.

In addition, any race entries deemed questionable – horses on the stewards’ or starters’ list, first-time starters in stakes races, etc. – will be reviewed by the committee.

“It’s all done with horse and jockey safety in mind,” said Gallo. “Nothing is completely fool-proof, but we have some things in place to make racing safer. It’s going to take more effort, it’s going to take longer and it may ruffle feathers from time to time but it needs to happen.”

The NSA also changed its phenylbutazone (Bute) rule to a limit of 2.0 micrograms per milliliter of plasma. The slight change brings the NSA to accepted Thoroughbred industry standards in use at most racetracks and came to be on the advice of veterinarians.

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with nine races (up from six) slated for Saratoga in the summer and a single race carded for Belmont Park (which offered no jump races in 2010) in July.

The Saratoga program (in which just five races filled last year) will include one or two races every Thursday during the meet. Two filly/mare hurdle stakes, one named for Lillian Phipps and one for Kay Jeffords, join the usual fare of novice, optional claiming and open races on the card.

The first Saratoga jump race will be July 28 and the final two will be Sept. 1.

The A.P. Smithwick (Aug. 4) and New York Turf Writers Cup (Aug. 25) again provide the main headlines.

Belmont will card a novice stakes, run in memory of Bill Entenmann, July 3.

The additions are the result of discussions between the NSA and NYRA management during the off-season. Torsilieri cautioned that the races are opportunities and it’s up to the NSA and its horsemen to make the most of the chances.

“They’ve given us an opportunity, and we are of the mind that we need a critical mass of races to get horsemen to consider running at Saratoga,” he said. “We want support from everyone, we need to get the small guy back in the game up there and we need enough horse inventory through the summer to make it work.”

An advanced look at the summer schedule also includes racing at Philadelphia Park (June 5), Penn National

one years since upsetting the Grand National with 40-1 invader Ben Nevis, America’s Charlie Fenwick will return to Aintree Racecourse to ride in the Bob Champion Cancer Trust fundraiser. The flat race will be carded as the first race on the John Smith’s Grand National card April 9.

Fenwick, who retired in 1994 with 105 American steeplechase wins, reports that he’s not as fit as he was in 1980 but he’s getting there.

“I’m honored to be asked and excited for the new adventure. Bob Champion has had these sort of races before but never one for Aintree winners. I’m told that at 63 I’m the oldest rider in the race. The race is on April 9 and on April 9 I will be fitter than I am now,” Fenwick said in February. “Having said that, my weight and level of fitness is far better than when this was announced four weeks ago. We all have to carry 12 stone (168), and this morning I would have had a half-pound to spare if I rode naked with no tack. So I have more work to do. I’m riding regularly and will be riding more in March. I also plan to ride in, at least, one flat race before going to England. I have none of my gear, but a valet in England assures me that will be no problem.”

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2011 NSA Spring Schedule Saturday, March 26 Aiken, S.C. www.aikensteeplechase.com

Aiken Spring

Saturday, April 23 Middleburg, Va. www.middleburgspringraces.com

Middleburg Spring

Sunday, May 15 Kennett Square, Pa. www.willowdale.org

Willowdale

Saturday, April 2 Camden, S.C. www.carolina-cup.org

Carolina Cup

Saturday, April 30 Charlottesville, Va. www.foxfieldraces.com

Foxfield Spring

Saturday, May 21 Malvern, Pa. www.radnorraces.org

Radnor Hunt Races

Saturday, April 9 Raeford, N.C. www.carolinahorsepark.com

Stoneybrook

Saturday, April 30 Glyndon, Md. www.marylandsteeplechasing.com

Maryland Hunt Cup

Saturday, May 21 New Kent, Va. www.strawberryhillraces.com

Strawberry Hill

Saturday, April 16 Kingston, Ga. www.atlantasteeplechase.org

Atlanta

Saturday, April 30 Mineral Springs, N.C. www.queenscup.org

Queen’s Cup

Sunday, May 22 Lexington, KY. www.highhopesteeplechase.com

High Hope

Saturday, April 16 Monkton, Md. www.marylandsteeplechasing.com

My Lady’s Manor

Saturday, May 7 The Plains, Va. www.vagoldcup.com

Virginia Gold Cup

Saturday, May 28 Fair Hill, Md. www.fairhillraces.org

Fair Hill

Saturday, April 23 Tryon, N.C. www.trhcevents.com

Block House

Sunday, May 8 Winterthur, Del. www.winterthur.org

Winterthur

Saturday, April 23 Butler, Md. www.marylandsteeplechasing.com

Grand National

Saturday, May 14 Nashville, Tenn. www.iroquoissteeplechase.org

Iroquois

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Thorner (1972, Well To Do), Ben De Haan (1983, Corbiere), Hywel Davies (1985, Last Suspect), Brendan Powell (1988, Rhyme N Reason), Jimmy Frost (1989, Little Polveir), Marcus Armytage (1990, Mr Frisk), Carl Llewellyn (1992, Party Politics, 1998, Earth Summit), Tony Dobbin (1997, Lord Gyllene), Jim Culloty (2002, Bindaree). Non Grand National winners, Peter Scudamore (eight-time champion jockey) and Charlie Swan (10-time Irish champion jockey) will also ride.

The Bob Champion Cancer Trust was founded in 1983, it has raised over 12 million pounds.

Atlanta gets new charity: Atlanta Steeplechase has a new charity in Camp Southern Ground, country star Zac Brown’s facility to assist children with DD/ADHD, Dyslexia, Tourette’s Syndrome, Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders. The change not only brings a worthy cause on board but helped Atlanta with its promotional efforts and recognition in the Atlanta area. Atlanta also created a junior board of young professionals that has added energy to the meet.

NOTES: Radnor will turn the porch of the hunt clubhouse into a 60-seat Chairman’s Club, which features lunch, drinks and table service all day for tables of four ($1,200) or six ($1,500).

The area overlooks the race course finish line, winner’s circle and box seat areas. Pennsylvania meet is also sharing resources and knowledge with neighbors Willowdale and Winterthur when it comes to advertising, service providers and other areas . . . Strawberry Hill’s 2011 theme will be Secretariat and the Super 70s, highlighting Virginia’s connection to the great Secretariat. The meet, at Colonial Downs racetrack, will be run on Preakness Day . . . The Iroquois celebrates its 70th running in 2011 with a host of events including a pre-race fashion show April 14, an expanded vendor area on raceday and new ways to support the cause. Total purses at the spring’s richest meet will be $395,000 (headlined by the $150,000 Iroquois and the $75,000 Marcellus Frost) . . . Winterthur also gets into the fashion theme with a party April 13 at BBC Tavern and Grill in Greenville, Del.

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Hospitality to Set the Heart Racing!

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• 2-nights at the Queen’s Arms Hotel in the heart of the Lambourn Valley famed for its horse training heritage and fly-fishing.

• Evening racing with champagne and dinner at Windsor Racecourse, a unique venue with its stunning riverside location.

• Dine at The Pheasant Inn famed for its historic racing reputation and bon vivant landlord.

• Enjoy traditional English Sunday lunch at Marco Pierre White’s Yew Tree Inn. • Lunch at The Outside Chance, owned by Guy Sangster.

• Dinner at legendary Boisdale for exceptional malt whiskies and jazz.

• Enjoy private tours to: the town of Newmarket, Ed Dunlop’s 1870 La Grange Stables, The National Stud, British Racing School, Manton Estate and The Household Cavalry Museum.

• Meet after dinner speaker Major Richard Waygood MBE, Chief d’Equipe for the British Eventing and Dressage Team.

• 3 nights, Hotel Indigo, Chicago downtown Gold Coast, minutes from fabulous Rush Street — Chicago’s prime nightlife entertainment area.

• Reserved club seating, dining and open bar on Arlington Million Day (5 Gr. 1 races) at beautiful Arlington Park.

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Thanks to their dedication, enthusiasm and lifetime support of steeplechasing . . . the sport is better because of it.

In The Tack Riding helps jump trainers learn their horses, enjoy the game

Trainer Tom Voss and champion Slip Away train for 2011.

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es, that’s Tom Voss and Slip Away on the cover. Yes, the trainer was riding the reigning Eclipse Award winner. Yes, they galloped earlier in the morning.

And, no, it’s not a really big deal.

Voss probably rides every day. He foxhunts, he rides the lead pony (actually an ex-racehorse) to accompany his racehorses all over Saratoga Race Course in the summer. He used to ride races. He even, and now we’ve got photos to prove it, rides Slip Away.

“He ran off with somebody the other day, that’s probably why I was on him,” Voss said. “I don’t do it as much as I used to, I’m the substitute rider in the winter and get on ones they need me to. It’s an advantage, if you see a horse coming off the bridle or something it helps to get on them. Is it a horse problem or a rider problem? If you learn something, you can train them a little bit differently the next time.”

Many steeplechase trainers semi-routinely ride their horses in the mornings. Janet Elliot rides many of hers, so do Jack Fisher and Sanna Hendriks. Jonathan Sheppard used to. You don’t have to ride to train, but it doesn’t hurt – at least when it comes to steeplechasing – and trainers do it for any number of reasons.

Control. Necessity. Feel. Information. And so on.

Often, they’re the best people for the job.

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Back in 1987, Sheppard took his stable star Flatterer to England for the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham. The historic attempt offered little margin for error and the trainer regularly got in the saddle for workouts and gallops in Camden, S.C. and even for a 1-mile dirt work at Garden State Park a day before catching the plane. Once in England, Sheppard and Flatterer went for a final gallop together.

Famed jockey turned trainer John Francome engineered the gallop and helped Sheppard find a spot that wasn’t snow-covered and wasn’t overused.

“I wanted him to get the feel of the deeper, different ground over there,” Sheppard said. “We were on the Ridgeway (at Lambourn), on the hill way up above the village. It was really good old turf, about 3 furlongs. Nice lush, a little bit on the soft side. The day before the race, maybe two, I galloped him and then we went a good 2-minute lick.

There were parts of it where I wanted him to be a bit quicker and other parts where I could slow him down. Just me in a goose down jacket and gloves.”

The gallop worked perfectly as Sheppard was able to dictate his horse’s training so close to a race without leaving it up to an unfamiliar exercise rider or American jockey Jerry Fishback, who was unfamiliar with the area. It all worked as Flatterer, ridden by Fishback, finished a gallant second to English great See You Then.

Sheppard and other trainers spoke of controlling the speed and tempo of a gallop or workout from the saddle.

Instead of telling a rider to hit a certain time for a certain distance, the exercise might evolve on the fly – faster or slower depending on the horse being ridden or the others around it.

“When I ride, we do a work and I’ll do it by feel,” said Elliot, whose career began in Sheppard’s barn. “I might have told a rider to go (a half-mile) in 50 (seconds), but if my horse feels like he wants to go better than 50 and it’s agreeable to the others in the set then we might go better than 50. Other times, I might think the horse needs to do less and slow down. Some riders understand what you’re trying to say and some don’t, and I suppose it’s not always easy to communicate what you really want either.”

Trainers who ride not only get to control the workout, they get to feel their horses. Is he breathing too hard?

Did he cough? Did she change leads the way she is supposed to? How’s he coming up that hill?

They can see and hear those things from the ground too, but there’s nothing like being on board.

“When I was pregnant and wasn’t riding and when I had 20 horses in training and couldn’t ride as many, I was never quite as sure about my horses,” said Hendriks. “There’s nothing quite like being on them to tell a horse

is really feeling good or maybe not feeling good. You can feel things you might

not otherwise see.”

Hendriks pupil Determind Stand won over hurdles and timber last year, but started out by struggling to jog (trot) up hills in morning exercise. The simple issue hinted at a weakness in his See riding page 27

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Trainer Jack Fisher leads a set on the Polytrack gallop at his Maryland farm this winter.

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Saddled Up Numerous steeplechase trainers routinely ride their horses in the morning – putting Thoroughbreds through slow jogs, long gallops, speedy workouts, even schooling sessions.

So let’s get specific.

Janet Elliot, what were your star steeplechasers like to ride in the morning?

“Census was really pleasant to ride, very well-balanced. You could sit behind another horse and he’d just clock off the horse in front of him. I didn’t have to do a thing.” Census was such a nice horse to ride that Elliot let a friend take him for a cross-country hack on his first day back after winning the Breeders’ Cup Steeplechase of 1986. “We went for a jog in the woods, popped logs and things. She couldn’t believe how nice he was.”

“Victorian Hill (once the career earnings leader at $748,370) was lovely to ride. Temperament has a huge amount to do with it.

If they’re hard on themselves, they’re hard on you. He was easy on himself and me.”

Elliot rode Grade I winner Mario often, but called him anything but a lovely ride. “You didn’t go out for a pleasurable ride on him.”

Two-time Eclipse champion Flat Top grew into a fun ride, though he didn’t start out that way.

Correggio “was very high-headed.” Elliot pulled her stirrups up short like a flat jockey when she rode the 1996 champion. “You had to be well above him to try to keep his head down.”

Jonathan Sheppard, what kind of ride was Flatterer?

“He was pretty straightforward, he had a little bit of a light mouth. He could put his head up a little high if you took too much hold of him. You had to do some maneuvering to try to get him to use his head and neck. I tried to take a long hold. He could get quite keen. I remember on a turn, he would lean into a turn and try to cut the corner and pull on you. But he was pretty much a class act.”

Sanna Hendriks, you rode McDynamo. Does it get any better than that?

“I can remember working McDynamo up to his first race at Far Hills (2001) and he was doing more than he should have been doing all along. His last work before he ran, he relaxed and I remember thinking that he’d made some kind of breakthrough. If he could do that in the race on Saturday, then he’d be all right.”

Tod Marks

Champion McDynamo and trainer Sanna Hendriks go for a ride before the Colonial Cup in 2007.

McDynamo won that race, his first over jumps, on the way to five Grand National victories and three championships. The millionaire spent seven active racing seasons with Hendriks, becoming a steeplechase legend and an obvious barn favorite. Now, he and Hendriks can be seen foxhunting with the Cheshire Foxhounds.

“Praise The Prince was a fun horse to ride, a character just awesome. He would try to throw you off and stuff. He got me off, he got everybody off. He was tricky when he was feeling good.”

Hendriks got a lesson in riding, and training, from eventual Grade I winner Lord Zada. As a young horse, he would falter and

slow down in training sessions with other riders. Hendriks got on board, concentrated on collecting the big horse, gathering him up.

Soon he was dragging Hendriks, and other horses up hills – unraced but nearly unbeatable on the gallops. “I would pull up and yell at the other riders because they weren’t making their horses do enough. He was outworking horses left and right and I thought it had to be something with the other horses or the other riders.

He was doing it so easily that I couldn’t tell how good he was.”

– Joe Clancy

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back and hindquarters and Hendriks realized it while riding the horse.

“Every rider has a different perception, someone else might not have felt it the way I did, and I might not have seen it just watching him,” she said. “It doesn’t sound like a big deal but it is.

It’s pretty important. Now he does it easily. I was able to feel it and was able to work with him.”

Fisher’s training operation includes a long Polytrack gallop. He can stand at the top of the hill and watch his horses power through their exercise.

Or he can get on board and feel it.

He chooses the latter.

“I want to feel how they’re moving, if they start on one lead across the bottom, they switch leads coming into the turn,” he said. “I don’t want them to switch back right away and it’s hard to see that up on the hill. When I work them, I want them to be on the bridle coming up that hill. How easy did they do it? It’s a lot easier to tell that when you’re riding them.”

The last racehorse Sheppard rode even semi-regularly was turf star With Anticipation and the Hall of Famer hasn’t worked horses since the 1990s.

Still, he wins – meaning riding horses is not a secret ingredient.

“You would think it would be a big advantage to a trainer but truthfully I don’t think it’s at all necessary to your success,” he said. “When I started on my own I did it because that’s what I did before I started training. Then I did

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it because I enjoyed it and it connected me to the horses and I suppose it helped a bit too. But I began to wonder if I would do as well if I stopped getting on them – I don’t think it made that much difference. You learn to adjust.”

Sheppard touched on another reason trainers ride. Enjoyment. Most steeplechase trainers are longtime horsemen.

They rode as children. Their parents rode. They consider riding another part of the horsemanship process.

“It’s fun, that’s what keeps most of us doing it,” said Hendriks. “When I reflect back on some of those wonderful horses, it’s fun to have been handson doing it. It’s a great connection to the horses you might not otherwise have.”

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Tee Up for Charity

Big list for a big game Not sure when it started, but at some point ST went to a list format for its season preview edition. We collect names and news from as many players in the game as we can, sort the horses into categories – sometimes not as simple as it sounds – and present it in the March edition. We used to do alphabetical, this year the lists follow a general (general!) pattern of importance or stature.

We do know that despite finding horses from Auction Watch to Za Za Zu, we couldn’t possibly get them all so look for these and others on the circuit this year.

The lists might help you play the Pick Six game (see page 13), and will surely give you a few to watch at the races.

STAKES HORSES Slip Away

Pierrot Lunaire

Ken and Sarah Ramsey..................... Tom Voss The reigning champ, why change anything?

Mary Ann Houghland.....................Bruce Miller Upset 2009 Iroquois, nothing since

Tax Ruling

Sermon Of Love

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty Great in spring, fair in fall, better this year?

Bill Pape............................. Jonathan Sheppard So good at Saratoga, no impact in fall

Nationbuilder

Lead Us Not

Mary Ann Houghland......... Jonathan Sheppard Novice champ eyes Iroquois as main goal

Bill Pape............................. Jonathan Sheppard Saratoga star fell in Colonial Cup

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Irv Naylor...................................... Kristin Close Grand National hero aims for Frost

Cherry Knoll Farm............................Janet Elliot Day to day, day to day, day to day

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Hudson River Farm............ Jonathan Sheppard Grade I winner pointing for second half

Armata Stable................................... Tom Voss Awesome talent, seen just once on flat in 2010

Left Unsaid

Easy Red

The Fields Stable............................... Tom Voss Sharp novice from 2009, eyes return

Dumbarton Farm............................... Tom Voss Gets acid test against open stakes division

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Mixed Up

Country Cousin

Bill Pape............................. Jonathan Sheppard Former champ, early with allowance conditions

Oakwood Stable.......................... Julie Gomena Novice winner takes big step to open stakes

Decoy Daddy

Torino Luge

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty Nice import; Aiken, Middleburg, Iroquois

Mary Ann Houghland........................Doug Fout Been away a long time, prowess in past

Divine Fortune

Your Sum Man

Bill Pape............................. Jonathan Sheppard Another Saratoga star; summer or fall

The Fields Stable............................... Tom Voss Upset 2009 Grand National, nothing since

Red Letter Day

The Price Of Love

Greg Hawkins...................................Janet Elliot Veteran couldn’t put it together last fall

Bill Pape............................. Jonathan Sheppard Plucky veteran needs right spots

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NOVICE/NW3 HURDLE HORSES All Together

Barnstorming

Williams/Brewster........................... Jack Fisher Novice all year, finished 2010 with a bang

Jonathan Sheppard............ Jonathan Sheppard Rising his way out of claiming ranks

Call You In Ten

Dictina’s Boy

Peggy Steinman............................... Doug Fout New owner, looking at Gwathmey

Riverdee Stable................................. Tom Voss Three seconds in 2010

One Giant Step

Northern Bay

Jonathan Sheppard............ Jonathan Sheppard The most impressive maiden winner in 2010

Fox Harbor Farm............................. Todd Wyatt Impressive win last summer, fresh wild card

Italian Wedding

History Boy

Jonathan Sheppard............ Jonathan Sheppard Another useful consistent homebred

Timber Bay Farm................ Jonathan Sheppard Another burgeoning star for Hall of Famer

Quiet Approval

Good Request

Move Up Stable........................ Kathy McKenna Two-time winner last year, upward mobility

Coppertree Farm............................... Tom Voss Took a few tries to win but showed talent

You The Man

Tizsilk

Bill Fossett...................................... Todd Wyatt Infection shortened 2010 campaign, talented

Roger O’Byrne................................... Tom Voss Impressive debut win at Montpelier

Class Skip

Dugan

Mede Cahaba Stable.................... Lilith Boucher Won 3-year-old stakes at Far Hills

Bill Pape............................. Jonathan Sheppard Could be useful at right meets, traveler

Demonstrative

Ballet Boy

Jacqueline Ohrstrom............. Richard Valentine Aiken allowance, can he overcome 3YO jinx?

Cashel Stable.................................... Tom Voss Irish-bred broke maiden then hit shelf

Complete Zen

Air Maggy

Mede Cahaba Stable.................... Lilith Boucher Broke maiden, third in Callaway novice stakes

Maggie Bryant.................... Jonathan Sheppard Named after an airplane

Ground Frost

Saluda Sam

Alnoff Stable..................................... Tom Voss Still relatively inexperienced but quality offered

Chadds Ford Stable.................. Kathy McKenna Seasoning might make a big difference

Parker’s Project

Port Morsbey

Hudson River Farm............ Jonathan Sheppard Made an impact at Saratoga

Augustin Stable.................. Jonathan Sheppard Needs the right course and distance

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Sharps Island

Maggie Bryant.................... Jonathan Sheppard Two quick wins in 2010, off since

Dumbarton Farm............................... Tom Voss Won seven races on flat, one over jumps

Straight To It

Class Real Rock

Brewster/Williams........................... Jack Fisher Took six tries to break maiden

Gone Away Stable......................Ted Thompson Nice 3-year-old a long time ago

Grantor

Final Straw

Caves Farm.................................Mark O’Dwyer Quality maiden win at Open House

Ellen Clarke............................... Teddy Mulligan Maiden breaker in spring

Wantan

Fantastic Foe

Gone Away Stable......................Ted Thompson Fair Hill winner in 2010, pointing for fall

Julia Thieriot ................................Mairead Carr Big, long-striding horse, needs right spot

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Great Halo

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty Control problems in past, going to Camden

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Ptarmigan

Dynaskill

Maggie Bryant.................................. Doug Fout Champion should benefit from seasoning

Octararo Stable............................. Bruce Miller Veteran was 0-for-7 on flat/jumps in 2010

Farah T Salute

Opera Heroine

Flying Horse Farm..................... Jazz Napravnik Tough, resolute mare always gets a check

Arcadia Stable.................................Jack Fisher Gained some experience last fall

Green Velvet

Class Launch

Jennifer Pitts............................. Jazz Napravnik Upset winner at Far Hills in freshman year

Mede Cahaba Stable....................Lilith Boucher Daughter of Waquoit follows map of success

Sweet Shani

Maya Charli

Mary Ann Houghland.........Jonathan Sheppard Eyes on Nashville again, horse for course

Kingfisher Farm...............................Jack Fisher Daughter of Cozzene, drafted from Pletcher

Confined

Well Fashioned

Sherry Fenwick..................Jonathan Sheppard Talented, tries to return from long layoff

Kate Dalton.................................... Kate Dalton Bought at Keeneland, bred for it

Miss Crown

Red Rhythm

Erna Reingold, Kate Dalton............ Kate Dalton Always shows up, won in summer, missed fall

Mark Dodson....................................Tom Voss Woodbine winner, Moon Dolly replacement

The Manner Born

Hiwasee Gem

Bill Pape.............................Jonathan Sheppard Decent effort at Callaway when aggressive

Gill Johnston, Janet Elliot................ Janet Elliot Put in mileage last year, seventh at Camden

Lonesome Nun

Eat Cake

Lonesome Glory............................ Bruce Miller Came to the fore with win and 3rd in fall

Blythe Miller Davies.......... Blythe Miller Davies Flat experience, proven family tree

Class Tie

Pensy

Mede Cahaba Stable....................Lilith Boucher Nosed out Lonesone Nun, 5th at Far Hills

Merrifield Farm......................... Jazz Napravnik Augustin-bred mare has all the assets

FILLY/MARE HURDLERS Capetown Queen

Rockmani

Hickory Tree Farm........................ Leslie Young Fourth and last in only jump start

Celtic Venture Stable................Charlie McCann Prepping at point-to-points

Crossing Again

Catoosa

Keystone Thoroughbreds.......... Todd McKenna Eighth at Shawan Downs in 2006!

Gill Johnson............................ Fenneka Bentley Won going 6 furlongs on Belmont turf

Katherine My Great

My Fair Hill Lady

Keystone Thoroughbreds.........Kathy McKenna Family horse will make debut in fall

Sperry’s Saratoga Stable......... Fenneka Bentley Won on grass at Delaware and Penn

Playful Majesty

Ardagh

Grabcheski and Jackson................. Janet Elliot 0-for-17 on New York turf

Teddy Mulligan.........................Teddy Mulligan Three wins on flat, makes jump debut

Lydia Williams

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Moving Violation

Ken and Sarah Ramsey..................... Tom Voss Electric frontrunner, potent on right course

Laura Shull....................................Britt Graham Won maiden claimer at Atlanta 2010

Sunshine Numbers

Chestermite

Sue Sensor................................. Arch Kingsley Productive while smartly picking spots

Silverton Hill.................................Leslie Young Won Montpelier maiden claimer

Devil’s Preacher

Dispute This

Gregg Ryan................................. Julie Gomena Talented but fragile, broke maiden in 2009

Christ Is King Stable................. Ricky Hendriks Maiden claimer winner in the fall

Canardly

Twister Crossing

Karen Eyles............................... Teddy Mulligan The claim of the year in 2010

Irv Naylor....................................Brianne Slater Claimed last fall, fell at Camden to end 2010

Dubai Sunday Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty Veteran in Camden, picks up checks

So Amazing (left) edged Country Cousin at Blue Ridge Point-to-Point.

Douglas Lees

Takmeoutodabalgame

Expel

Farndale

Edition Farm.....................................Janet Elliot Winner in only start over jumps

Northfield Farm......................... Teddy Mulligan Va-bred won at Montpelier in fall

Mimi Voss......................................... Tom Voss Maiden claiming win at Colonial 2010

Cuse

Eamonn

Chess Board

Silence

Karen Gray...................................... Karen Gray Odometer has flipped a few times

Teddy Mulligan . ....................... Teddy Mulligan Veteran with one win under belt

Irv Naylor...................................... Kristin Close Seems to win a race a year

Bill Pape............................. Jonathan Sheppard Aiken winner could capitalize on easy spots

Closertoyourheart

Better Be Ready

Seer

One Sea

Todd Wyatt...................................... Todd Wyatt Cool veteran should win something

Clorevia Farm..............................Eddie Graham Been away since Saratoga 2009

Brewster/Williams........................... Jack Fisher Stakes-winner, injuries since, waiting for fall

Randy Rouse................................Randy Rouse Veteran logs miles like a truckdriver

Amnicola

The Editor

Zozimus

Fogcutter

Gill Johnson.................................... Todd Wyatt Won a maiden claimer at Monmouth 2009

Teddy Mulligan . ....................... Teddy Mulligan Veteran with one win under belt

Dale Thiel......................................Britt Graham Cagey veteran tough in right spot

Indian Run Farm........................Dot Smithwick Purchased from Voss, cool horse

Johann Star

Wicklow Bound

Eagle Beagle

Orebanks

Mike Berryman..........................Mike Berryman One for conditioned claimers

William Santoro.......................... Alicia Murphy Where have you been?

Barracuda Stable....................... Ricky Hendriks Hard-hitting claimer with lots of wins

Peggy Steinman................................Doug Fout Third in allowance at Montpelier

Humdinger

So Amazing

Michael Smith................................. Neil Morris Montpelier winner useful in prudent spots

Randleston Farm............................. Jimmy Day Never quite over the hump, point-to-point win

Junood

Mecklenburg

Dave Washer................................ Dave Washer Gallant claimer had busy year in 2010

Karen Gray...................................... Karen Gray Sport of Kings maiden winner in 2008

Silent Vow

Second Approval

Laura Shull.......................................Janet Elliot Productive in claiming ranks, off since 2009

Irv Naylor ...................................Brianne Slater Capable veteran coming off long layoff

John Law

Happy Seamus

Jonathan Sheppard............ Jonathan Sheppard Wow, one from the closet, off since 2007

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MAIDEN HURDLERS Class Century

Tifone

Pick Six

Kens Kitten

Nina Gardner..............................Todd McKenna Best man in 2010, wedding crasher this year

Augustin Stable.................. Jonathan Sheppard Enjoyed confidence boost at Camden in fall

Irv Naylor...................................... Kristin Close Talent and breeding, looking at summer

Ken and Sarah Ramsey..................... Tom Voss Guess the sire, fifth in only flat start

Fog Island

Cornhusker

No Mesa With Me

Faction

Michele Sanger.........................Michele Sanger Promising second at Camden to finish 2010

Perry Bolton...................................... Tom Voss Dynaformer recruit from Juddmonte

Michele Sanger.........................Michele Sanger Two wins on flat, one jump start under belt

Irv Naylor................................. Kathy McKenna Bred for it, disappointing debut last year.

Class Indian

Rock Slide Jingle

Mischief

Bonded

Mede Cahaba Stable.................... Lilith Boucher Second to Straight To It at Callaway

Bob Kinsley....................................... Tom Voss Homebred won on Laurel turf in 2010

Trillium Stable................................... Tom Voss Some day, over the rainbow. . .

Bruce Smart . ................................. Jimmy Day Son of Oasis Dream, 11,000 gns at Doncaster

Mr. Hot Stuff

Alburj

Sharif Al Medina

New Mambo

Nick Arundel Estate......................... Jack Fisher Full-brother to Travers winner Colonel John

Gill Johnston....................................Janet Elliot Darley Dynaformer, 37,000 gns at Tattersalls

Sharon Sheppard............................ Neil Morris Two-time winner from Michael Matz barn

Bruce Smart . ................................. Jimmy Day Fifth in debut at Virginia Fall

Classic Bridges

World Of Events

Dakota Slew

Easy Reach

Maggie Bryant................................. Neil Morris Aggressiveness didn’t help in first tries

Irv Naylor...................................... Kristin Close Should benefit from winter of seasoning

Maggie Bryant....................... Richard Valentine Decent type, hinted at talent in fall

Sheila Williams............................... Jack Fisher Homebred beat Grand Pride and Witham on flat

Peace Fire

Sol A Pino

John Wyatt

Perfect Edge

Ann Stern........................................ Jack Fisher Showed promise as a 3-year-old

Ned Bonnie................................. Julie Gomena Bred for it, fourth at Montpelier

Bob Kinsley....................................... Tom Voss From Bobby Barbara flat string

Peggy Steinman................................Doug Fout Fifth going 12 furlongs on Keeneland turf

Union Army

The Peloton

Enchanted Circle

Kasari

Nick Arundel Estate......................... Jack Fisher Nearly a graduate in 2010

Over Creek Farm......................... Julie Gomena West Coast Turnaround stride

Maggie Bryant................................. Neil Morris Maiden claimer on flat, bought at Keeneland

Peggy Steinman................................Doug Fout One win from four starts in France, summer/fall

Artic Cry

Lake Placid

Autumn Riches

Solar Panel

The Fields Stable............................... Tom Voss Four-time flat winner, including 2nd in Appleton

Bertram Firestone........................... Neil Morris Drop his head and put him on the lead

Randleston Farm . .......................... Jimmy Day Two-time winner cost 12,000 gns at Doncaster

Edition Farm.....................................Janet Elliot Two wins on flat for owner/breeder

Armstrong Mill

Southwestern

Witham

Red Ghost

Peggy Steinman................................Doug Fout Son of Dynaformer with quality turf form

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty Best maiden in barn, from Mott’s barn

Mimi Voss......................................... Tom Voss Should improve with mileage

Over Creek Farm......................... Julie Gomena Earned some experience last fall

Roman Glory

King Of America

Gin’s Sour Gin

Jack Spratt

Cherry Knoll Farm............................Janet Elliot 2 wins, purchased for 30,000 gns at Tattersalls

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty Formerly in EMO Stable, will make debut

Move Up Stable........................ Kathy McKenna New recruit from Delozier flat stable

Over Creek Farm......................... Julie Gomena Two-time winner, eighth in Fountain of Youth

Dr. Wheat

Nickypalmer

Pitched Perfectly

Not For Pride

William Riddle......................... Chuck Lawrence Crazy effort at Far Hills, talent to be any kind

Gary Broad......................... Jonathan Sheppard Sixth in debut at Far Hills

Joe Henderson................................ Jimmy Day Purchased from Lael Stable

Gene Weymouth..............................Janet Elliot Two wins on flat for longtime jump supporter

Heldover

Hi Flyin Indy

Upper Gulch

Western Influence

Arcadia Stable ................................ Jack Fisher Should or could break out in second year

Sharon Sheppard.................. Danielle Hodsdon Well-bred Darley recruit from California

Fox Ridge Farm................................. Tom Voss Another recruit from top flat stable; 1-for-25

Ann Stern........................................ Jack Fisher Bred for it, missed a year

Perfect Loch

Golly Day

Charles Fipke................................. Kristin Close Big flat owner, ran at Gulfstream Feb. 19

Fox Harbor Farm............................. Todd Wyatt Claimed from Dogwood Stable 2010

Church Service

Time Off

Ken and Sarah Ramsey..................... Tom Voss Second in Breeders’ Cup Marathon

Hudson River Farm............ Jonathan Sheppard Homebred finished 2nd (of 2) in Callaway flat

Wild For Gold

Diamond Fever

Gene Weymouth..............................Janet Elliot Promising third at Camden

Randleston Farm . .......................... Jimmy Day Four tries over jumps, none since March ’10

Pynaformer

Schoolhouse Woods

Fox Ridge Farm................................. Tom Voss Should/could break out quickly

Kinross Farm................................... Neil Morris Farm-raised youngster, first day of class

Sumo Power

Bag Of Hammers

Manown Kisor...........................Mike Berryman Rounding into form last fall

Irv Naylor....................................Brianne Slater Frontrunner seems due to land one

Raven’s Choice

Camden Wood

Fox Harbor Farm............................. Todd Wyatt Won a maiden claimer at Belmont

Mrs. Maxwell Wood.........................Janet Elliot Promising fourth in debut at Monmouth

Lydia Williams

Worried Man (Fritz Boniface) heads to the maiden ranks for trainer Jack Fisher.

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Royal Bentham

Arcadia Stable................................. Jack Fisher Recruited from Todd Pletcher’s stable

Betsy Mead.......................................Doug Fout Third at Foxfield last spring

Brave Prospect

Slaney Rock

Kingfisher Farm............................... Jack Fisher Inexpensive purchase from Keeneland Nov.

Hickory Tree Farm.........................Leslie Young Irish-bred, sixth in VGC maiden last spring

Tracking

Sergeant Karakorum

Bill Pape............................. Jonathan Sheppard Another unraced homebred, Syncline-My Papoose

Karakorum Stable.............. Jonathan Sheppard Gate troubles on flat, experience last fall

Worried Man

Cherokee Speed

Sonny Via........................................ Jack Fisher Book 1 pedigree, fourth in debut at Far Hills

Michael Smith................................. Neil Morris Beautiful son of Cherokee Run

Silent

Winning Vow

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty From Kiaran McLaughlin’s flat barn

Maggie Bryant . .............................. Neil Morris Second in the Capt. Billy Boogie Stakes ’09

Undisputed Point

Little Cat B

KMSN Stable........................... Fenneka Bentley Son of Point Given, won Del. maiden in 2009

Rose Marie Bogley.................... Teddy Mulligan Four wins on flat for over $150,000

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Distant Strike

Augustin Stable..................... Richard Valentine Talented soldier from flat wars

Maggie Bryant...................................Doug Fout By the great Smart Strike, nothing yet

Meshwaar

Monstaleur

Aylor Stable.................................. William Aylor ST’s favorite horse, won at Blue Ridge

Jalin Stable............................... Jazz Napravnik New hitter for small productive stable

Rawley

Ditch

Joe Davies..........................Blythe Miller Davies Four wins on flat, newcomer is for sale

Five Pines Augustin Stable..................... Richard Valentine Will get started early

Jack Twist

Donna Rogers............................Dot Smithwick Virginia-bred should like distance

Wisconsin Donna Rogers............................Dot Smithwick 54-race career on flat netted six wins

The Key To Honour

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty New Zealand-bred third at Colonial

Marilyn Ketts............................... Lilith Boucher Won a maiden on flat at Colonial last summer

Wolfe Tone

Musiecoocoo

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty Ran once a while back

Armata Stable................................... Tom Voss Irish-bred son of Darnay, 5th at Liscarroll 2009

Pres On

Let’s Presume

Sharon Sheppard........................ Alicia Murphy Sometimes you’ve got to simply press on

Maggie Bryant...................................Doug Fout Pulled up in only jump try

Grinding Speed

Gustavian

Mike Wharton............................. Alicia Murphy Needs to put his name to the test

Hickory Tree Farm.........................Leslie Young Well bred, two wins on flat with Graham Motion

Jersey Wall

Southwest

Kinross Farm................................... Neil Morris 4-year-old by Broken Vow

Maggie Bryant...................................Doug Fout Won $200,000 on flat with Rodney Jenkins

Last Noble

Balthus

Noble Stable.................................... Neil Morris Should win a maiden claimer at the least

Leslie Young.................................Leslie Young Winless in six starts on the flat

Royal Rossi

Ed’s Big Bet

Hudson River Farm............ Jonathan Sheppard Built for it, off over a year

Gone Away.................................Ted Thompson Second at KY Downs with John Ward

Fu San

Bermuda

Kinross Farm................................... Neil Morris Kin to Kinross’ Gritty Sandie

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Leslie Young.................................Leslie Young Two wins on flat, bred for this game

Lake Placid opened 2011 with a point-to-point win at Blue Ridge.

Douglas Lees

Sharpest Cat

Hot Rize

Preston Madden.........................Ted Thompson Seven wins on flat for new jump owner

Karen Gray...................................... Karen Gray Seven jump starts, away since 2009

Whistle

Naughty Sarava

Hickory Tree Farm.........................Leslie Young Son of Silver Charm, 0-for-2 on flat

Karen Gray...................................... Karen Gray Fourth on flat at Camden in fall

Be Great

Za Za Zu

Keystone Thoroughbreds...........Todd McKenna Sneaky decent in 3-year-old division in 2010

Irv Naylor....................................Brianne Slater Failed to hit board in seven flat starts

Rock Gold

Jot’s Jib

Gill Johnson............................ Fenneka Bentley Won over $200,000 on flat, pulled up at Aiken

Lilith Boucher.............................. Lilith Boucher Second on flat at International Gold Cup

Circumventor

Little Sammy B

Michele Sanger.........................Michele Sanger Two wins on flat, new recruit for owner/trainer

Rose Marie Bogley.................... Teddy Mulligan 0-for-4 on flat for breeder

Terko Service

Battle Langley

Karen Gray...................................... Karen Gray Three wins at Pinnacle in Michigan

Hickory Tree Farm.........................Leslie Young Campaigned at Woodbine on flat

Colonial Kid

Golden Slammer

Irv Naylor....................................Brianne Slater Hasn’t put it together yet

Dave Washer................................ Dave Washer Maiden claimer, gained knowledge last year

Forgotten Man

Tribal Shelter

Betsy Mead ......................................Doug Fout Three-year-old by Bowman’s Band

Teddy Mulligan.......................... Teddy Mulligan Made debut at Aiken in fall

Veritable

Osage

Vicky Bower, John Hawks.............Leslie Young Been away a long time

Teddy Mulligan.......................... Teddy Mulligan Won at Charles Town this winter

Wonderfully Perked

Dance Faster

Gill Johnston................................... Neil Morris Homebred gained some experience last year

Debra Kachel............................. Ricky Hendriks Tried a few times in fall

It’s A G Man

Class Mark

Carrington Racing Stable............. William Price 7-year-old goes to VA point-to-points first

Debra Kachel............................. Ricky Hendriks Second in Montpelier maiden claimer

Jacob’s Little Bro

Rexson’s Halo

Irv Naylor....................................Brianne Slater Second to Tifone on flat at Camden

Wendy Hendriks........................ Ricky Hendriks Hasn’t shown much yet

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TIMBER HORSES Bubble Economy

He’s A Conniver

Arcadia Stable................................. Jack Fisher Reigning champion out until fall

EMO Stable ......................................Ernie Oare So good when he’s right, Gold Cup

Patriot’s Path

Twill Do

Irv Naylor.............................. Desmond Fogarty Three-time winner in fall, Manor-bound

Lucy Goelet................................... Billy Meister Shocked full field in Hunt Cup last spring

Seeyouattheevent

Private Attack

Nicek Arundel Estate....................... Jack Fisher Two-time Int’l Gold Cup winner, for sale

Sportsmans Hall......................... Alicia Murphy Gallant second in Hunt Cup, tries again

Bon Caddo

Incomplete

Merrifield Farm......................... Dawn Williams 0-for-5 in 2010, but always there

Bob Kinsley....................................Ann Stewart The goal remains the Hunt Cup

South Monarch

G’day G’day

Sanna Hendriks........................ Sanna Hendriks Awesome last spring, hunting all winter

Maggie Bryant...................................Doug Fout Nibbling, nibbling, nibbling.

Major Price

Meet At Eleven

Alicia Murphy.............................. Alicia Murphy Audibled in Noel Laing, back to timber

Keystone Thoroughbreds...........Todd McKenna Upset Radnor Hunt Cup last year

Gather No Moss

Sand Box Rules

Manown Kisor...........................Mike Berryman Check casher most of the time

Kinross Farm................................... Neil Morris Moved up in steeplethon at Gr. Meadow last fall

Determind Stand

Professor Maxwell

Stewart Strawbridge................ Sanna Hendriks Successful switch last fall, upside still there.

Jacqueline Ohrstrom............. Richard Valentine Another attempt at Hunt Cup

Gorgeous Charger

Radio Flyer

Irv Naylor ..................................... Billy Meister Shawan Downs winner, aiming for Camden

Augustin Stable..................... Richard Valentine Still going after all these years

More Fascination Rosbrian Farm............................... Tara Elmore Won at Winterthur in 2000, little since

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Holbrook Hollow Farm.................... Jack Fisher Here’s your leader in the Maryland Hunt Cup

Delta Park Arcadia Stable................................. Jack Fisher Still a young gun in old game

Justpourit Anna Stable........................... Richard Valentine Will focus on highweight timber with owner

Major Malibu Ann Stern........................................ Jack Fisher Talented, fragile, waiting for fall

Prospectors Strike Jeremy Batoff.................................. Jack Fisher Solid citizen for amateur races

Fieldview Irv Naylor................................. Kathy McKenna Came to life last spring.

Wazee Moto Vicky Bower..................................Leslie Young Won at Willowdale last spring

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Haddix Armata Stable.......................... Kathy McKenna Like wallpaper, hanging around for years.

Comanche Station Kingdon Gould................................ Todd Wyatt Veteran won at Willowdale last spring

Scuba Steve Perry Bolton............................. Kathy McKenna Mercurial veteran has his moments.

Western Fling Stewart Strawbridge................ Kathy McKenna One of these days, he’ll be kinged.

Eye Said Scat Cat Northwoods Stable..................... Regina Welsh Purchased off maiden win at Camden

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Karen Eyles............................... Teddy Mulligan Capable to land one if prudently placed

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MAIDEN TIMBER HORSES Swagger Stick

Relear

Gill Johnston................................... Jack Fisher Dual-purpose veteran to Carolina Cup

Upland Partners.........................Todd McKenna Bred for it, sporadic career thus far

Arch Hero

Aero

Perry Bolton, Elizabeth Murray......... Tom Voss Blueprint for timber, upside as he grows

Al Griffin ..........................................Doug Fout Veteran finished fifth at Movern Park

Triple Dip

Big Bad Joe

Joe Henderson................................ Jimmy Day Seems perfectly suited to new career

Irv Naylor...................................... Billy Meister New owner, second at the Manor last spring

Freeboard

You And I

Ann Stern........................................ Jack Fisher Switch to Plan B for top timber barn

Fox Harbor Farm............................. Neil Morris Irish-bred went 1-for-7 in England

Hope For Us All

Thynnus

Arcadia Stable................................. Jack Fisher 3-year-old champ in 2009, should suit timber

Sara Collette.................................... Neil Morris Lanky homebred, won at Blue Ridge

Uppercut

Highcrest

Gum Tree Stable............................. Larry Ensor Seems like he should kick door down one day

Wolver Hill Farm............................. Neil Morris Fresh owner to the game, three wins on flat

Henry’s Hero

Manhattan Boy

John Hawks.......................Blythe Miller Davies Aiming at maiden timber at the Manor

Maggie Bryant....................... Richard Valentine German-bred, 20 chase starts (3 wins)

Dynaway

East Coker

Armata Stable................................. Todd Wyatt Gets what he might have always wanted

Koncordia Farm, Gum Tree Stable.. Larry Ensor Maiden with experience, 3rd at Willowdale

Sky Count

Native Mark

Dan Baker..................................... Billy Meister Young son of Sky Classic from Kinross Farm

Kiplin Hall................................... Paddy Neilson Second at Butler in 2010

Timber stakes horse Bon Caddo (page 36) and Blair Wyatt get in some winter work.

Royal Theatre

I’m A Hokie

Services Rendered

Belarion

Irv Naylor...................................... Billy Meister Big and bred for it, purchased from Alex White

Kiplin Hall................................... Paddy Neilson Flat specialist switches gears

Rosbrian Farm............................... Tara Elmore Won a point-to-point last spring

Diamond M Racing.......................Leslie Young Showed little in hurdle career

Swimming River

Armed Brat

Theregoesmyhero

Hey Doctor

Indian Run Farm........................Dot Smithwick Unlucky in steeplethon last fall, tries again

Donald Cochran......................... Paddy Neilson Second at the Manor

Upland Partners.........................Todd McKenna Part of Leigh Delacour’s flat stable in 2008

Mary Fleming Finlay...................Dot Smithwick Fifth at Fair Hill in 2010, 0-for-24 in career

Orpington

Excentrikbydesign

Won Wild Bird

Mach Ten

Mary Motion................................... Neil Morris Undefeated in fieldhunter chases

Irv Naylor...................................... Billy Meister Seeking first victory after four NSA starts

Pink Ribbon Racing.................... Regina Welsh 0-for-28 in career, 3rd in steeplethon last spring

Keystone Thoroughbreds...........Todd McKenna Been hunting for years

Four Schools

BK’s Double Jade

Wolf Shadow

Glacial Sting

Jacqueline Ohrstrom............. Richard Valentine Hurdle veteran aiming at Alfred Hunt

Karen Gray...................................... Karen Gray Been around a long time

Peter Jay......................................... Todd Wyatt Owner has been in the game a long time

Rosbrian Farm............................... Tara Elmore Point-to-point form so far

Beach Cay

The Rall

Evarts

Bug Eyed Willy

Augustin Stable..................... Richard Valentine Two wins on flat, none over jumps

Rosbrian Farm............................... Tara Elmore Imported, 3-for-20 in Europe

Scanden Stables......................... Alicia Murphy Couple of point-to-point tries in 2010

NoGo Stable.................................. Billy Meister Perhaps Maryland Hunt Cup bound

Isti Bee

Yin Yang

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And The Eagle Flys

Maggie Bryant...................................Doug Fout Aiming at Alfred Hunt, timber later

NoGo Stable.................................. Billy Meister Ran in the Humphrey Finney at Pimlico 2005

Ivy Hill Stable.............................. Alicia Murphy Four decent tries at point-to-points in 2010

Jean Class..................................... Billy Meister Pointing for Grand National

Battle Op

Chivite

Foyle

Voler Bar Nuit

Northwoods Stable..................... Regina Welsh Third in first Hunt Cup foray last spring

Kristin Close.................................. Kristin Close Another veteran aiming at Alfred Hunt

Bruce Fenwick............................ Bruce Fenwick High aspirations for son of Yarrow Brae

Jean Class..................................... Billy Meister Couple of starts a couple of years ago

Cannon’s Call

Like A Bee

Little Dewey Know

Genghis

Kingfisher Farm............................... Jack Fisher Another Mike Stidham recruit from flat

Rosbrian Farm............................... Tara Elmore Fifth at Far Hills in 2010

Wit’s End Stable.......................... Alicia Murphy Won at Howard County in 2010

Sara Collette...............................Dot Smithwick Veteran finished second in Ledyard in PA

Moonsox

The Other Me

Volle Nolle

Rutledge Classic

Bulle Rock Stable.......................Kevin Boniface Wild card from Md., father/mother/son team

Donald Cochran......................... Paddy Neilson Veteran made first timber start in 2006

Northwoods Stable..................... Regina Welsh Wild chart at Willowdale in 2009

Thomas Hulfish..........................Dot Smithwick Pulled up in jump debut at Montpelier

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The Last Fence... Editorial, Opinion, Comments & Columns Times Editorial

Questions and Answers ST made its annual jaunt to the Cheltenham Festival – its 10th in a row, spanning Best Mate, Moscow Flyer, Kauto Star and Imperial Commander. Brilliant racing on hallowed grounds, jump racing as king of the world. Pure theatre.

Epic racing. Lots of questions.

“Why aren’t there more Americans here?”

Well, there are a few: Josh Taylor, Frank Scatoni, Pete Fornatale, Geoffrey Russell (does he count?), Michael Dickinson (does he count?), Richard Hutchinson, Barry Watson, I’m sure some others, but I guess people get busy at home, doing what they’re doing, jump season is just starting up at home . . .

“Do they know about Cheltenham?”

Well, they know about it, but don’t know about it. Now, with the computer and satellite television, they get to see it anyway.

“Why don’t they run at Cheltenham?”

Well, there was Flatterer.

“Flatterer?”

Yeah, Flatterer. Look it up. Before him, Inkslinger won the two races in three days at the 1973 Festival and Soothsayer won the 1974 Cathcart and placed second (to Ten Up) in the 1975 Gold Cup. “Wasn’t there a horse named Lonesome Glory who won at the Cheltenham December meeting and then won a handicap chase at Sandown?”

Yes, he was one of the all-time greats, never got to run at the Festival, sadly. He would have had a chance on his best day.

“Whatever happened to that Sport of Kings series they used to have, it seemed like Americans traveled for that?”

Well, there was a man named George Sloan who championed it and he died and, well, it never had the same luster after that, finally disappeared.

“What is American jump racing like?”

It’s not like British jump racing. Much smaller, only race on the weekends, firm ground, big individual purses, nice horses, fun people, no national coverage or interest, survives on individual meets, no betting “No betting? Why isn’t their betting?”

Well, it’s a long story. State laws, American bureaucracy, not enough incentive . . .

“You run races without betting? What? How? Why?” Uh, yeah, it’s confusing. You’d need a master’s in American Law to understand why it doesn’t happen. There have been a few futile attempts but it’s never been worth the hassle or effort for a day or two or racing. A bummer.

“Wouldn’t it help the interest level?”

Yes, it’s really the only way to grow our sport in a significant way, but then you wonder if it should be bigger than it is right now. We have a boutique sport full of passionate people, again, nice horses, nice purses but not really mainstream, not like American flat racing (for better or worse) or British steeplechasing.

“There should be an American raid on Cheltenham.”

Yes, we know.

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Team Effort. Husband Todd (on bench) and wife Blair (on horse) put You The Man through some winter work.

Losses hit sport

Arundel, Entenmann, Jackson, Ross leave void American steeplechasing weathered a storm of sadness with the loss of longtime enthusiasts Nick Arundel, Bill Entenmann, Cary Jackson and Chuck Ross who passed away this winter.

They were giants in the game – Arundel as an owner, organizer and race meet visionary; Entenmann as an owner and philanthropist; Jackson as an owner; Ross as a race meet director and fan. They probably never all stood in the same room but they surely shared a paddock (before a Carolina or Colonial Cup most likely) and a passion for the jump game.

Their passing ought to signal a warning of sorts.

Personally, age catches up with everyone. Arundel (83), Entenmann (79), Jackson (88) and Ross (86) enjoyed horses and horse racing for decades. They talked, promoted, risked their money. From here, they didn’t appear to miss much.

Arundel served in two wars, started a publishing company, founded Great Meadow, foxhunted with Jackie Kennedy, ran for political office. Entenmann helped run his family’s now famous bakery, supported worthy causes (amateur racing, the Fair Hill Nature Center, etc.), campaigned great horses. Jackson bred and raced Thoroughbreds, came home from World

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War II with a Purple Heart, ran a construction company, supported the outdoors, rode in the Maryland Hunt Cup. Ross retired from the Army as a full colonel, did basically everything at the Block House Races in Tryon, N.C., was married for 62 years and rarely missed a Carolina or Colonial Cup. Their personal legacies? Live life, be in it, join, do, achieve.

All four took some sort of personal interest in Steeplechase Times over the years. Arundel, as a newspaper publisher, always wanted to know how things were going. During a telephone conversation, he once stopped and asked when our next edition was printing. I probably said something like, “Tomorrow.” His response was short and to the point: “You’re in lockdown mode, we can talk another time.” Then he hung up.

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Riders Club of America, subscribed for himself and family members and made three years of donations to the Fair Hill Nature Center (a tiny non-profit where I am on the board of directors).

Jackson bought ads he didn’t need, overpaid for subscriptions and spurred editorial ideas with questions about various interests in the game.

Ross played the Pick Six contest with gusto (going to miss him this year), encouraged me to come to Block House (sadly, I still haven’t made it) and – like Jackson – peppered me with questions about writing, publishing, racing, steeplechasing.

On a purely steeplechase scale, they represent an aging of our sport. The four men were lifers, here for the duration, and the sport is full of them. But will it continue to be?

Arundel’s family is selling his horses – the orange and green silks apparently fading away. Jackson’s wife Ann hopes to stay active in the game, though the reality of attorneys and accountants may change that. Entenmann’s Timber Bay Farm appears to be continuing through his wife Tina and daughter Denise Walsh, though the glory days of Romantic and Yaw are a long way off.

As far as I can tell, Ross never owned a racehorse, but he brought a welcome verve that I will miss.

Arundel, Entenmann, Jackson, Ross – we’re all the poorer without them.

Editor’s Note: Standard obituaries on Arundel, Entenmann, Jackson and Ross appeared on the ST Publishing website.

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Kudos to the NSA, horsemen and other leaders for the work to find an insurance policy for jockeys. It’s been a long time coming. Now, here’s to safe racing and no need for the policy.

Also, give the NSA props for the licensing steps involving the Stewards Advisory Committee. They provide another layer of officiating and serve notice that trainers, jockeys and horses need to prove their abilities on the circuit.

Much of the discussion for the moves began with safety concerns raised by trainer Michele Sanger after two serious jockey injuries last fall so pass some credit along to her as well.

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