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WELCOME!

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pring has arrived and the weather forecast is calling for another beautiful day in the Tryon area this Saturday. As Steeplechase enthusiasts prepare for the 72nd running of the Block House Steeplechase at its new location in Green Creek you can feel the excitement building in the air all around our area.

In this Tryon Daily Bulletin Steeplechase Edition, we’ll introduce you to the traditions that surround Steeplechase and the events that make it a very special day for the Foothills community.

On the morning of April 14, race fans will begin to pour onto the field, ready to celebrate and embrace the day. Women and men will be dressed in their finest and adorned with hats of every description. A Steeplechase tradition, hats are a must – there’s even a hat contest – as well as a contest for men called the “Go To Hell” Pants Contest.

Delicious spreads of food and drink will be creatively displayed in Steeplechase tailgating fashion. In this year’s tailgate contest keep in mind judges will be looking for originality and attention to detail.

Although people come from all over the world to take part in the festivities you will find the event serves as a homecoming for many locals. It’s an annual gathering where family and friends come together in celebration of the Block House Steeplechase, some spending months making plans for their tailgate set-up, choosing the perfect hat, outfit and planning the perfect menu.

A day for meeting and greeting friends old and new, the event provides something for most everyone. Patriotism, sport and family all come together through events surrounding the big races.

More than anything, this day is meant to celebrate our area’s equestrian heritage, and bring the community together for a day of racing and sportsmanship. Come out and enjoy.

For more information, visit blockhouseraces.com. See you at the races!

Kevin Powell General Manager Tryon Daily Bulletin

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

06 Schedule of events 08 The thoroughbred legacy 10 Rider’s up!

The Story of Steeplechasing

12 Racing terms 13 Steeplechase glossary 14 Entries 15 Course map

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9 a.m. Gates open

PRE-RACE ENTERTAINMENT 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Tailgate Contest Winners will be announced before the first race.

11 a.m.

Hat Contest Please gather in front of the concert stage on the infield.

11:30 a.m.

“Go to Hell” Pants Contest Please gather in front of the concert stage on the infield. *11 a.m.

Parade of Tryon Hounds

11:30 a.m.

Recognition of 2018 TRHC Heritage Families Please gather outside the TRHC Tent (infield) for a group photo.

Noon Jockey’s Meeting at Race Tower 12:15 p.m.

Race Officials meeting at Race Tower

12:20 p.m.

Presentation of Colors.

Polk County Veterans Memorial Honor Guard 12:25 p.m.

National anthem

RACE SCHEDULE 12:30 p.m.

Horses called to the paddock *12:50 p.m.

“Horses to the Post” Bugler, Mr. Andy White *1 p.m.

FIRST RACE Carter Brown Memorial 1:05 p.m.

Horses called to the paddock *1:25 p.m.

“Horses to the Post”

*1:35 p.m.

SECOND RACE: Cannon Harmon Memorial 1:40 p.m. Horses called to the paddock *2 p.m. “Horses to the Post” *2:10 p.m.

THIRD RACE The Tryon Riding & Hunt Club 2:15 p.m.

Horses called to the paddock

*2:35 p.m.

“Horses to the Post” *2:45 p.m.

FOURTH RACE The Block House 2:50 p.m.

Horses called to the paddock *3:10 p.m.

“Horses to the Post” *3:20 p.m.

FIFTH RACE Dr. John Bradshaw Memorial

*Crosswalk gates closed. No car entry or exit.

4 p.m.

Stick Horse Races.

Please gather in front of the concert stage on the infield. Proceeds benefit Greenville Foothills Pony Club.

5 p.m. Everyone departs.

Gates close.

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hey are said to be high strung, temperamental, delicate and beautiful.

Yet when it comes to winning, Thoroughbred horses have tremendous heart, courage and drive. As the ideal racehorse, it is Thoroughbreds that run the steeplechase races throughout the world.

While many people use the term “thoroughbred” to describe a purebred animal, such as a dog, the term is actually used for the breed of horses registered with the Jockey Club. These are the horses that run in the Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders Cup. All thoroughbreds can trace their lineage back to three founding Arabian sires, the Godolphin Arabian, the Darley Arabian and the Byerley Turk brought to

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England in the early 1700s. These stallions were bred to English racing mares and produced a horse with amazing speed for distances from 1/2 to three or four miles.

Many say the Godolphin Arabian was actually a Barb from the Barbary Coast. He is said to have a colorful history, being gifted from sultan to sultan, then presented as a gift to Louis XV of France, who did not appreciate the gift. It is said the stallion even worked in the streets as a carthorse before ending up on the stud farm owned by the second Earl of Godolphin.

Most historians and DNA tests support the theory that the Godolphin Arabian was indeed from Arabian stock. Eighteenth century vets and breeders recognized the unusual set of the shoulders and hindquarters these

small, Middle Eastern stallions transferred to their offspring.

One vet stated that there never was a horse, “. . . so entitled to get racers . . .” He described the Godolphin Arabian’s shoulders as, “. . . being deeper and laying further into his back.” The vet also said the muscles of the stallion’s loins, “. . . rose exceedingly high, broad, and expanded, . . .”

In addition to their speed, these differences in the construction of their hindquarters make thoroughbreds excellent jumpers.

Therefore, most of today’s steeplechase horses are horses that had a mediocre or poor career in flat racing. Some are trained as chasers from an early age and some are ex-fox hunters or ex-show horses that exhibit unusual speed.

While hunt races and most point-to-point races do not require

a specific breed of horse, because of their speed, most owners runthoroughbreds in those races as well. • Catherine H u n t e r ’s journalism career spans 20 years of writing for newspapers and magazines, including The Chronicle of the Horse, The Western Horseman, the Tryon Daily Bulletin and Foothills Magazine. In 2000, Hunter received a South Carolina Press Association award for reporting in depth. She is the author of “Sacred Connections Horsemanship: Empowering Horse and Rider through Chakra Energy.”

Email her at catherine.hunter@ tryondailybulletin.com.

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Riders up!

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iders Up!” cries the paddock judge.

Trainers toss small men and women in colorful silks up onto sleek thoroughbreds. A bright bay colt jigs sideways as the jock slides shiny black boots into short, light irons.

The pony rider runs a thin leather strap through the colt’s bit ring and the groom unsnaps the lead. The jock glances at the pony rider and does up his reins.

“Jog him easy,” he says, as the two start up the track clockwise away from the crowd.

The colt skitters sideways again as the jock stands in his irons. The pair jog down the backstretch a ways, turn and gallop back towards the starting gate, slow, easy.

The brassy sound of “Boots and Saddles” echoes across the turf as the rider eases the colt back to a

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walk and the pony rider turns over the colt’s bridle to a starter. The jock whispers to his mount and encourages him forward toward the nylon barrier stretched across the track.

The colt comes alongside 15 other nervous thoroughbreds, held barely under control by bright silked riders perched forward on their withers.

The jock pulls a pair of goggles from the stack on the front of his helmet and settles them across his eyes. He reaches up and grabs a handful of black mane, and stares out at the empty track to the first fence.

It won’t be long now. The horses are quieting. The start will come any moment.

The barrier sweeps up and the colt leaps forward — a good start in the center of the field. The jock

begins to ease the colt toward the white rail to his left and heads for the first fence.

The Block House Chases are on!

THE EARLY DAYS Steeplechasing is not an extremely old sport. It is said to have its roots in foxhunting, as land owners began to fence their grazing lands and farms, and the foxhunters had to start jumping in order to stay with the hounds.

No doubt, the horsemen of those days were as proud of their horses as riders are today, and many races derived from one rider boasting to another of his horse’s speed.

Most steeplechase fans acknowledge the first race taking place in 1752 in County Cork, Ireland. Stories say a horseman named O’Callaghan challenged Edmund Blake in a match race, covering approximately 4½ miles.

The riders outlined a course from Buttevant Church to St. Mary’s Doneraile, whose tower was known as St. Leger Steeple. They planned to race from one church to the other, sighting the prominent steeples that stood out against the country-side.

These simple match races between two horses quickly gained popularity among foxhunters, and soon spread to England. The first reported race involving more than two horses occurred in 1792, when Charles Meynell defeated Lord Forester and Mr. Gilbert in an 8-mile race from Barkby Holt to Billesden Coplow and back.

The first race over an established course occurred in Bedfordshire in 1810, and the first Grand National was staged in 1839 at Aintree, a small town outside Liverpool on England’s western coast.

In the early 1800s, foxhunters brought the sport to the United States — first to Long Island, Maryland, Virginia and eastern Pennsylvania. It soon became fashionable among the southern gentry, spreading through the Carolinas and Georgia, as well as moving north into Massachusetts, and other states.

The Rose Tree Hunt traces its history back to 1860, before the Civil War. After the war, the first Meadow Brook Cup was run in Long Island in 1883. The wellknown Maryland Hunt Cup started in 1894, and the Grand National Point-to-Point first ran in 1901.

Soon realizing that the sport needed rules and guidelines, sportsmen established the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association in 1895.

In the early days, riders rode with long stirrups and a nearly straight leg. The horses were either ridden or ponied (lead by a rider mounted on another horse) to the meets.

The jumps were all natural, consisting of the rock walls, rails, banks and ditches existing in the countryside at the time. Race distances varied greatly in the early days, but, as courses were established, distances became more regulated.

As forward riding became popular in Europe and the United States, jockeys began to shorten their stirrups and stand up, balancing more forward with the horse. This allowed the horses freer use of their hindquarters, increasing their speed tremendously. Today’s racehorses are often clocked as fast as 40 to 45 miles per hour.

MODERN JUMP RACING Today’s steeplechases are run on turf courses (grass) over either brush or wooden fences. Distances vary from a mile to 3 or 4, depending on the type of race.

Unlike flat racing, most steeplechases are sponsored by nonprofit organizations, and do not rely on organized gambling to continue. Many today are still put on by hunt clubs around the country, and the proceeds go to a charitable organization.

While flat racing is primarily located in major metropolitan areas, steeplechases are still part of (RIDERS UP continued on page 11)

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the country lifestyle. Some are run at major tracks such as Belmont Park in New York or Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, but the majority take place in rural areas and small towns, such as Tryon.

THE HORSES The first steeplechase horses were the old English and Irish foxhunters, which had a bit of draft bred into them for bone and substance.

As the sport became popular, owners began using their racing stock; horses bred from the old English racing mares and the three Arabian stallions that founded the thoroughbred breed in the late 1600 and 1700s.

Many of today’s finest steeplechase winners are horses originally bred for flat racing, but found their calling over fences.

THE JUMPS Steeplechases are run either

over brush or timber. Brush fences consist of a hollow box approximately 2 or so feet high, with shrubbery sticking out above the top. The height can reach as high as 3 or 4 feet. A good brush horse does not completely clear the brush, but “brushes” through the top several inches.

Brush courses will often include water jumps and bank jumps. On many courses, the brush jumps are made of artificial greenery and are moveable.

Timber courses are more typically used for what are often termed “hunt races,” or point-topoint races. The jumps resemble the natural type of fences found in hunting country, consisting of coops, rails, logs or walls with rails on the top.

Some point-to-point races take place over actual hunt country, and individuals or pairs are timed rather than the group racing as a whole. Many jump race meets will also have a flat race, usually a mile or less in distance, and many will include a ladies race, an amateur

race and/or a race for members of the hunt or for local riders.

Today, steeplechasing is still a gentle sport. Though the purses are climbing into the millions, the sport is still not the high-pressure, commercialized world found at the flat tracks.

Rather than running four or five days a week for a month or more, most steeplechases are a wonderful afternoon in the country once a year, then the horses move on to the next meet at a different course a few weeks later.

The infields fill with RollsRoyces and tables bearing fine linens and silver service. Ladies turn out in flowing dresses and flower-decorated hats. Champagne flows, and friends come together to watch their horses run and support a charitable cause.

The steeplechase tradition is alive and thriving in Tryon. Racing in Tryon begin as point-to-point races in the 1830s.

When Carter Brown organized the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club in the early 1900s, he started a

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steeplechase. With the depression, and then World War II, the Block House Chases died out, but were revived after the war.

The 72nd running of the Block House Races, sponsored by the Tryon Riding & Hunt Club, is on Saturday, April 14. For more information, visit trhc1925.org. • Catherine H u n t e r ’s journalism career spans 20 years of writing for newspapers and magazines, including The Chronicle of the Horse, The Western Horseman, the Tryon Daily Bulletin and Foothills Magazine.

In 2000, Hunter received a South Carolina Press Association award for reporting in depth. She is the author of “Sacred Connections Horsemanship: Empowering Horse and Rider through Chakra Energy.” Email her at catherine. hunter@tryondailybulletin.com.

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Racing terms DO UP THE REINS – the jockey ties a knot in the end of the reins.

TIED ON – The jockey grabs a handful of the horse’s mane in preparation of the horse bolting from the starting gate at the beginning of the race.

PONY RIDER – A rider on another horse that leads the racehorse and helps control it before the start of the race.

PONY HORSE – The horse a pony rider rides.

STARTER – The official who oversees the horses as they line up for the start of the race.

ASSISTANT STARTER – A person on the ground that helps lead the horse into the gate or, for steeplechases, up to the barrier.

DONE UP – A term used by grooms on the backside of the racetrack, when they are finished with the morning’s work of caring for the racehorses.

JOG – A slow trot or gallop used to warm up a racehorse.

BACKSIDE – The barn area of a racetrack.

THOROUGHBRED – A breed of horse that can trace it is ancestry back to three Arabian stallions that founded the breed in the early 1700s. Used primarily for racing and foxhunting.

SILKS – The brightly colored shirts worn by jockeys in races.

DO UP THE HORSE – Bandaging the horse’s legs.

RUN – When a groom takes a horse to the saddling paddock for a race.

HOT WALK – Walking a horse cool after a race or work.

WORK A HORSE – Faster than a gallop.

Usually a timed work at speed.

BOOTS AND SADDLES – The tune played on a horn at the beginning of a race.

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GLOSSARY

Knowing these terms will help you understand and follow the races ALLOWANCE A race restricted to horses with certain records. Example: A “non winners of two” allowance is open only to horses with one victory or less.

weight to carry, according to their respective abilities and past performances. In theory, the purpose is to have all horses reach the finish line at the same time.

APPRENTICE A relatively inexperienced jockey. The National Steeplechase Association gives apprentice jockeys the following weight allowances (deductions): Non winners of one race, 10 pounds; of 15 races, 5 pounds. Jockeys must be at least 16 years old.

MAIDEN A horse that has never won a race.

CLAIMING Certain races are designated as claiming races, where a horse may be purchased, or claimed.

The claim is made and money put up before the race is run, and the purchase must go through, no matter where the horse finishes. Only NSA licensees may claim horses.

FURLONG The standard measure in U.S. racing. One furlong equals 1/8 of a mile.

HANDICAP A race in which the horses are assigned different amounts of

NATIONAL FENCE A synthetic steeplechase fence used at most stops in the U.S. Consists of a steel frame stuffed with plastic “brush” at a height of 52 inches. A foam rubber roll, covered with green canvas, is placed on the takeoff side.

NOVICE A horse in the early stages of its steeplechase career. Novice races are held at many meets, to give horses experience over hurdles before they compete with more seasoned jumpers.

NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE ASSOCIATION The NSA, founded in 1895, is the governing body for steeplechase racing in the United States. Based in Fair Hill, Maryland, the NSA sanctions, takes entries, approves officials

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and inspects courses. The NSA licenses all participants and keeps official statistics.

PADDOCK Area where horses are saddled before a race.

PURSE Total money distributed in a race. Winner collects 60 percent of total purse, with shares paid to sixth place.

STEWARDS Presiding judges or officials at a race meet. They have final decision on all matters pertaining to a race. They may

levy fines on owners, trainers, or jockeys who violate the rules of racing. Typical rulings include disqualification of horses who interfere with others in a race. Each race meet has three stewards.

TIMBER FENCE Natural, wooden fence constructed of boards, logs or posts and rails. Timber races are held as part of many race meets.

WINGS The panels on either side of a steeplechase fence designed to guide a horse to a fence.

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1st Race. (CS304) Post Time: 1:00PM Purse $15,000 For Maidens, Four Years Old and Upward.

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The Carter P. Brown Memorial

Ballyerin Racing LLC 1 MIDNIGHT MAN (L) G.6 $15,000 156 Norris, Kieran Meyers, Madison Tantivy Racing LLC 2 PRIDE OF STRIDE (L) G.6 $10,000 150 McDermott, Sean Thompson, Ted Bryant, Magalen O. 3 BOB'N FOR SILVER (L) G.6 $15,000 156 Crimin, Shane Valentine, Richard Why Not Racing LLC 4a BLUE JEAN BABY (L) M.8 $10,000 140 Boucher, Richard Boucher, Lilith Coyle, George and Lematta, Andrea G. 5________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ YUKON GOLDUST (L) G.4 $15,000 146 Mitchell, Michael Kingsley, Jr., Archibald Dalton, Mike and Why Not Racing LLC 6a ETCHED IN TIME (L) M.5 $10,000 140 Boucher, Richard Boucher, Lilith Morningstar Farm 7 GET OUT OF TOWN (L) G.7 $10,000 150 Geraghty, Ross Hendriks, Richard Steinmetz Equine Holdings LLC 8 ROYAL RUSE (L) G.4 $15,000 146 Doyle, Jack Sheppard, Jonathan ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hendriks, Wendy W. Hendriks, Richard 9 RECOIL (L) G.4 $15,000 146 Doyle, Jack a -- Why Not Racing LLC; Dalton, Mike and Why Not Racing LLC Cheek Piece On: Midnight Man

7 2nd Race. (C19) Post Time: 1:35PM Purse $30,000 For Maidens, Four Years Old and Upward.

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MAIDEN 2 1/8 Miles(Hurdle)

The Cannon Harmon Memorial 154 144

Watts, Mark Doyle, Jack

Bon Nouvel Chasers LLC Houghland, Mrs. Calvin

Gomena, Julie Sheppard, Jonathan

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sheppard, Sharon E. 3 KHAFAYYA (IRE) (x5) (L) G.6 154 McDermott, Sean Young, Leslie

Naylor, Irvin S. 4 JARIR (GB) (L) G.5 154 Watters, Graham Murphy, Cyril DASH Stable 5 BARHANPOUR (FR) (L) G.5 154 McDermott, Sean Fisher, Jack Ryan, Colvin G. 6 HOPPALA (IRE) (L) G.5 154 Norris, Kieran Gomena, Julie ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lampton, Mason Hardaway 7 FIRST DEGREE BURN (L) G.4 144 Galligan, Gerard Neilson, Katherine ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Redmon Farm 8 CROSSEYEDCRICKET G.4 144 Boucher, Richard Boucher, Lilith Carrington Holdings LLC Kingsley, Jr., Archibald 9 BOSS MAN (x5) (L) G.8 154 Mitchell, Michael

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3rd Race. (CS305) PostTime: 2:10PM Purse $25,000

OVERNIGHT HANDICAP 2 1/4 Miles(Hurdle)

The Tryon Riding & Hunt Cup Ratings Handicap Hurdle

Hurdle Handicap.

(107) 150 1 STORMY ALEX (L) G.6 Watters, Graham Naylor, Irvin S. Murphy, Cyril (115) 158 2a ACK FEISTY (L) G.6 Johnston, Jr., Mrs. S. K. Morris, Neil Norris, Kieran ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (101) 144 3 SHOW KING (L) G.7 Shannon Hill Farm Day, James McDermott, Sean (110) 153 4 LADY YEATS (GB) (L) M.7 Ketts, Marilyn S. Boucher, Lilith Boucher, Richard (106) 149 5 INDY'S LEGACY (L) G.7 Thistledown Farm Fogarty, Desmond McDermott, Sean ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (109) 152 6 INDIGO HEART (L) G.8 Price-Richardson Stable Kingsley, Jr., Archibald Mitchell, Michael (105) 148 7b SAY NO MAUX (L) G.5 Hendriks, Wendy W. Hendriks, Richard Geraghty, Ross (105) 148 8 LIFE SAID (L) G.7 Valentine, Richard L. Valentine, Richard Crimin, Shane (115) 158 9a HANNO (L) G.7 Johnston, Jr., Mrs. S. K. Fisher, Jack McDermott, Sean (106) 149 10 CANAVERAL (GB) (L) G.10 Hawkins, Gregory D. Elliot, Janet (115) 158 11b ANY GIVEN ROYAL (x5) (L) G.9 Geraghty, Ross Hendriks, Wendy W. Hendriks, Richard a -- Johnston, Jr., Mrs. S. b -- Hendriks, Wendy

9 4th Race. (C20) Post Time: 2:45PM Purse $35,000 The Block House For Four Year Olds and Upward Which Have Never Won Two Races Other Than Three-Year-Old.

ALLOWANCE 2 1/8 Miles(Hurdle)

1 ZIO ELIO (L) G.5 152 Dalton, Bernard Edition Farm Dalton, Kate 2a SIXTY FIVE (FR) (L) G.5 152 Geraghty, Ross Rosbrian Farm Hendriks, Richard ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 PADDY'S CROWN (L) G.5 152 Crimin, Shane Bryant, Magalen O. Valentine, Richard 4 LORD JUSTICE (IRE) (L) G.5 148 Doyle, Jack Bruton Street-US Fisher, Jack 5a SAIL AHOY (L) G.5 156 Geraghty, Ross Rosbrian Farm Hendriks, Richard ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 STORMY ALEX (x3) (L) G.6 148 Watters, Graham Naylor, Irvin S. Murphy, Cyril 7 SWELLELEGENT (L) G.6 152 Mitchell, Michael Hulfish, III, Thomas A. Morris, Neil 8 GIBRALFARO (IRE) (L1) G.6 148 McDermott, Sean Riverdee Stable Fisher, Jack a -- Rosbrian Farm SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2018 TRYON

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5th Race. (C22) Post Time: 3:20PM Purse $25,000 The Dr. John Bradshaw Memorial For Three Year Olds and Upward Which Have Never Won A Stakes On The Flat.

1 KHAFAYYA (IRE) (x2) 2 GOLD BRAID 3 WILD DYNAFORMER 4a TITANIUM HEART 5 SUPER BIRD 6 QUIET PREDICTION 7 CHOKLITCOVERDONUT 8 ANY GIVEN ROYAL (x3) 9a DIRECTOR (IRE) 10 DELAWANA 11 BOSS MAN (x2) 12 OVERWHELMING a -- Rowe, Amy

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Doyle, Jack Mitchell, Michael Watts, Mark Galligan, Gerard Foley, Barry Brion, Keri Dalton, Bernard Geraghty, Ross Crimin, Shane Norris, Kieran Mitchell, Michael McDermott, Sean

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Off Races:C21 - C18 Scratches by 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 11, with the NSA office. (410) 392-0700.

Sheppard, Sharon E. William M. Russell and Yadkin Farm Flying Elvis Stable Rowe, Amy Taylor R. Robert Kirk Eason, Johnny Wofford, William G. Hendriks, Wendy W. Rowe, Amy Taylor Ballyerin Racing LLC Carrington Holdings LLC Woodslane Farm

Trainer

ALLOWANCE 1 1/2 Miles(Turf) Young, Leslie Morris, Neil Dalton, Kate Amy Taylor Rowe Mulligan, Edward Fernandez, Rafael Wofford, William Hendriks, Richard Amy Taylor Rowe Meyers, Madison Kingsley, Jr., Archibald Fisher, Jack

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