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INSIDE THIS EDITIONFair Hill, Colonial Downs, Penn National, Philadelphia Park

Summer Schedule • Pick Six Update • NSA Standings

TimesVol. 17, No. 6 • Friday, July 2, 2010

Diva Maria holds on in spring finale at Fair Hill

Indy Run

Northern Bay Call You In Ten

Riddle

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Tod MarksFlat Top and Janet Elliot (right), hard at work at Aiken last fall.

Hello Flat TopST intern Chelsea Vecchiarelli gets to know some horses on the circuit.

Name: Flat Top (better known as “The Man” around Janet Elliot’s Woodville Stable in Kirkwood, Pa.).Age: A spunky 17. Color: Dark shiny bay with a distinctive white snip on his nose.

Best Known For: Eclipse Award as champion steeplechaser in 1998 and 2002. Peculiar Habit: Stall walker.Record: Eighth-highest earner in history with $592,306.

Pedigree: 1993 foal. Alleged–Lady Of The Light, The Minstrel. Bred by Landon Knight in Kentucky.Current Occupation: Lead pony for up-and-coming horses.

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ST won its third consecutive (and fifth overall) General Excellence Award in the tab-loid/newspaper division for 2009. The award was presented June 19 in Lexington, Ky.

Steeplechase Times was also recognized with the award in 2008, 2007, 1999 and 1996. The 2009 judges – an expert panel of jour-nalists, designers and educators – called the newspaper “an excellent publication with sto-ries that do a good job covering the sport.”

In addition to the overall award, Joe Clan-cy received a first place award in the Per-sonal Column category for “A Lucky Man,” a retrospective on long-time steeplechase enthusiast John Thigpen. The column ap-peared in the March 17, 2009 edition. Judges selected Clancy’s column from 30 entries in the category with the comments: “Not sure when, if ever, a lead-and-kicker link is used so well and doubt it was luck. This is a great column.”

Clancy’s article “History Call,” about timber horse Ben Nevis getting inducted to Thoroughbred racing’s Hall of Fame, re-ceived an honorable mention in the feature article category.

“This one here is Flat Top,” says Janet Elliot with her subtle Irish accent and a smile of approval on her face. Flat Top stands around 16 hands, is a deep bay and dons a slight hay belly, well fitting for all former champions. Curiously, he turns and greets his visitors. “He used to be a terrible stall walker. We used to try to put him up in a round pen out in the field, but even that

wouldn’t please him. He’s settled in over the years, but is still much happier out in the field,” says Elliot, who added that the old pro makes a good role model. “I have some horses here I doubt would have made it to the track if it weren’t for Flat Top.” Elliot enters the stall to give her boy a rub and his lips quiver with enjoyment. “Great horse,” she says. “Yes, you are The Man.”

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EntriesHere’s your newspaper. Where were we? Oh yeah, Fair Hill. Our June edition was delayed by a technical malfunction – or an angry Mother Nature, who sent a lightning bolt through some equipment and brought all newspaper progress to a halt. The EARLY JULY edition features a recap of Fair Hill at the end of the spring season plus summer stops at Colonial Downs, Philadelphia Park and Penn National.

What’s Happening and Where To Find It

PageS 16-18

Fun at Fair HillDiva Maria takes care of business in the Valentine Memorial to close the spring sea-son with a win for Arcadia Stable, trainer Jack Fisher and jockey Xavier Aizpuru.

PageS 8-9

Colonial HeroesMattituck Inlet and Indy Run reward the bettors on steeplechasing’s second spin through the turf course at Virginia’s Colonial Downs racetrack.

PageS 10-11

Penn StationCall You In Ten makes his case as the season’s best 4-year-old, improving to 2-for-2 in his young career. Maiden All Together continues the trend of quality jumpers to emerge from the flat barn of Alan Goldberg.

PageS 14-15

Cheesesteak ChampsPhiladelphia Park’s steeplechase stop showcased two winners who reversed their form – Northern Bay in an optional claimer and Hidden Trail in a maiden.

PageS 12-13

Layoff PayoffRiddle shrugs off the rust and the competition in his first start off a long break for Sue Sensor and Arch Kingsley. Mimi Voss homebred Farndale runs away with maiden claiming victory.

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News & Notes from around the circuit

Family TiesArgentine import Wantan, a maiden hurdle winner at Fair Hill now racing for Ted and Dabney Thompson, is out of a half-sister to Grand Turk, a hurdle winner for Warren Dempsey and trainer Tom Voss in the 1990s.

Take A Number10 Discounted price of a “Rachel Alexandra-Zenyatta Apple Blossom” hat – commemorating a race that never happened – worn by steeplechase fan Ernie Moulos at Fair Hill.

39 Years trainer Wendy Kinnamon, who won a training flat race on the 2010 card, has been coming to Fair Hill.

12 Starters (and finishers) in Penn National’s maiden hurdle June 18.

6 Real “old school” betting tickets – from Atlantic City, Delaware Park and others – on the hat of Fair Hill Races chairnan Nancy Simpers.

25 Furlongs in the last race called (Fair Hill’s timber race May 29) by announcer Tony Bentley; final time: 6:17.20.

<1 Furlong in the next race called (a Fair Grounds Quarter Horse test in September) by Bentley; expected final time: 20 seconds – maybe.

Names of the WeekI Am Stable, owner of Way To Eden, winner of the sixth race at Colonial Downs June 23 (discovered by trainer Britt Graham).

All Together, Penn National winner. The 5-year-old is out of Unify.

Dealer Beware, Penn National hurdle starter. The 6-year-old is by Stack out of Beware Of The Ace.

License Plate of the WeekTYYPO, on a Virginia-based car (one for Steeplechase Times maybe)

Worth Repeating“I pulled up – or whatever.”

Jockey Jody Petty, to clerk of scales Mary Guessford, after Boojwhacked’s maiden try at Fair Hill; he ran out at the first fence on the backside.

“Souvenir tickets – half price.”Fair Hill fan, with a fistful, after the fourth race

“I have to think about it, then I can.”Nolan Clancy, 9, on whether he can understand

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“Will Jack Fisher ever say anything unqualifiedly good about Bubble Econ-omy?”

Rick Abbott, co-breeder of the two-time timber champion

“You bet, you lose twice.”Trainer Todd Wyatt on his gambling philosophy,

after Northern Bay upset an allowance race at Philadelphia Park

Save The DateDon’t forget to reserve your spot at the benefit barbecue for steeple-

chase trainer Paul Rowland July 9 at Fair Hill. Rowland recently underwent surgery for a tumor in his chest.

The family-friendly event starts at 6 p.m. and will be at the Ed Walls Activities Hall adjacent to the race course in Fair Hill, Md. Tickets are $40 per adult in advance, $50 at the door, and include food, drinks, music, silent and live auctions and more. Money raised at the event will go toward Rowland’s medical expenses and to support his young children.

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Numbers GameNSA Spring Racing Statistics: 2010 2009 DecreaseHorses .............................. 348 ...........................354 ......................... 6Starters ............................. 678 ...........................715 ....................... 37 Races .................................. 98 ...........................100 ......................... 2 Purses ................... $1,991,375 ...............$2,030,050 .............. $38,675


Friday, July 2 .................... Penn NationalGrantville, Pa. Two races.

Sunday, July 11 ............... Colonial DownsNew Kent, Va. Two races.

Zeke Ferguson Memorial (G3).

Sunday, July 18 ........ Saratoga Open HouseSaratoga Springs, N.Y. Five races.

Thursday, July 29 ..... Saratoga Race CourseSaratoga Springs, N.Y. One race.

Thursday, Aug. 5 ...... Saratoga Race CourseSaratoga Springs, N.Y. One race. A.P. Smithwick Memorial (G2).

Thursday, Aug. 12 .... Saratoga Race CourseSaratoga Springs, N.Y. One race.

Thursday, Aug. 19 .... Saratoga Race CourseSaratoga Springs, N.Y. One race.

Thursday, Aug. 26 .... Saratoga Race CourseSaratoga Springs, N.Y. One race. New York Turf Writers Cup (G1).

Thursday, Sept. 2 ..... Saratoga Race CourseSaratoga Springs, N.Y. One race.

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Tod MarksStretch Battle. Isabel Harp (left) and Sword Of Dubai clash at Fair Hill. The latter won the maiden claimer by disqualification. See page 16.


Jockeys (Races Won) Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings Win%Paddy Young .......................... 53 13 9 4 $356,900 .25Carl Rafter .............................. 40 10 5 3 196,900 .25Danielle Hodsdon ................... 25 8 4 6 177,600 .32Jeff Murphy ............................ 41 7 6 8 132,725 .17Xavier Aizpuru ........................ 29 6 6 4 142,750 .21Jody Petty .............................. 39 6 3 3 105,650 .15Bernie Dalton ......................... 31 5 11 3 124,550 .16Matt McCarron ....................... 33 5 6 5 89,250 .15Richard Boucher .................... 20 5 2 6 83,200 .25Roddy Mackenzie ................... 25 4 2 7 49,550 .16

Trainers (Races Won) Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings Win%Jonathan Sheppard ................ 48 13 5 15 $291,700 .27Tom Voss ............................... 52 10 15 2 250,850 .19Jack Fisher ............................. 50 9 9 6 280,000 .18Kathy McKenna ...................... 30 6 2 2 73,200 .20Sanna Hendriks ...................... 11 5 1 0 44,300 .45Julie Gomena ........................... 6 5 0 1 107,000 .83Doug Fout .............................. 22 4 1 5 76,475 .18Dave Washer ............................ 7 3 3 1 34,100 .43Teddy Mulligan ....................... 14 3 1 3 34,800 .21Todd Wyatt ............................. 16 3 1 3 42,700 .19

Owners (Money Won) Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings Win%Irv Naylor ............................... 36 4 1 5 $151,350 .11Arcadia Stable ........................ 17 4 3 0 149,600 .24Ken and Sarah Ramsey ............ 6 2 2 1 81,500 .33Bill Pape ................................. 17 2 2 6 76,000 .12Maggie Bryant ........................ 21 5 1 4 73,975 .24Mary Ann Houghland ............... 6 2 0 1 68,500 .33Randleston Farm ...................... 7 1 2 0 59,450 .14Oakwood Stable ....................... 3 3 0 0 57,000 1.00Hudson River Farm .................. 8 1 1 5 48,750 .13Lucy Goelet .............................. 2 1 0 0 46,750 .50

Horses (Money Won) Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings Win%Tax Ruling ................................ 2 1 0 0 $102,250 .50Bubble Economy ...................... 3 2 1 0 95,400 .67Slip Away ................................. 2 1 1 0 57,000 .50Spy In The Sky ......................... 2 1 0 0 47,500 .50Twill Do .................................... 2 1 0 0 46,750 .50 Country Cousin ........................ 2 2 0 0 42,000 1.00Meet At Eleven (Ire) ................. 2 2 0 0 36,000 1.00Dynantonia ............................... 2 1 0 1 35,000 .50Divine Fortune .......................... 3 1 1 1 33,500 .33 Call You In Ten ......................... 2 2 0 0 33,000 1.00

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Ernie Oare wants to win in his home state of Virginia.

With that goal in mind, the owner/trainer sent 22 horses to Colonial Downs in New Kent for the annual summer ses-sion. Oare racked up his sixth win of the meet when Indy Run handled eight rivals in the open claiming hurdle June 27.

Roddy Mackenzie allowed Indy Run to break sharply, thinking Most Bossest would take the lead. When Jody Petty opted to rate Most Bossest, Indy Run found himself on the lead while aiming to snap a nine-race losing streak (flat and jumps).

The 7-year-old gelded son of leading sire A. P. Indy led a tight group over the first, then opened 4 lengths by the time the field reached the backside the first time.

With a circuit to go, Indy Run had slowed the pace, jamming up Great Gusto, Fogcutter and Eamonn behind him. Indy Run flew the first two fences before the field was waved around the final fence on the backside (where Most Bossest had fallen on the first circuit). Turning for home, Eamonn (Jeff Mur-

phy) made a run but couldn’t reel in Indy Run, who skipped over the last and held off Rubicon (Danielle Hodsdon) by a diminishing neck. Favorite Fogcut-ter, running for new owner Indian Run Farm, failed to menace and wound up sixth, beaten more than 37 lengths. Indy Run paid $9.60 while completing the 2 1/4-miles in 4:07.89.

“I thought (Most Bossest) would make it, I was going to sit just off him, I broke sharp and he was nowhere so I just let him go on in front, he seemed to enjoy it,” Mackenzie said. “Two weeks ago, when horses came to his girth, he seemed to run on which was encourag-ing. He definitely enjoyed the front end. He’s stabled at Colonial, he’s not the best of shippers, so that helps as well.”

Indy Run began his flat career with Graham Motion, then went to Bret Cal-houn before winding up with trainer James Baker. A winner of one race on the flat, Indy Run broke his maiden over hurdles last summer for Oare’s EMO Stable.

After that effort, he tried novice stars at Saratoga before hitting the shelf with a bad knee. This year, he sparred with allowance rivals in four starts before getting class relief against claimers at Colonial where he finished third two weeks earlier.

“He ran a big race. He’s been sitting on a good race. He won at Colonial last summer, then got hurt at Saratoga. We gave him some time and got him sound, it’s not like he’s a mistake, he’s an A. P. Indy,” Oare said. “He’s been fine all spring, he ran a nice third two weeks ago and this time he was that much better. It doesn’t look like he’s

tip-top stakes material but these open claimers are not easy.”

Indy Run picked up Oare’s sixth win from 21 starters at Colonial, keeping the owner/trainer squarely in the top 10 in the overall standings at the Virginia meet.

“He won at Colonial last year and we were stabled there and he won there this year and we were stabled there. If you’ve got a jumper that doesn’t like to ship, you’re in a world of trouble,” Oare said. “I like to do good in my home state. Barry Duncan has done a great job, Kevin Pallister is a good rider

Susan M. Carter/Eclipse SportswireIndy Run touches down in front in the open claimer at Colonial Downs June 27.

Home TeamIndy Run powers to claiming winfor Virginia owner/trainer Oare

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• Jonathan Sheppard continued his march to 1,000 steeplechase victories by producing Timber Bay Farm’s Mat-tituck Inlet – number 990 – to win the maiden claimer.

Danielle Hodsdon placed the 5-year-old son of Monarchos in a comfortable spot on the inside, altering between third and first depending on the jump-ing ability of Baylor Dude and Cooper.

Mattituck Inlet popped the first fence in third, flew the second to get the lead, dropped back to third, returned to vie for the front with a circuit to go, then slipped to third as the field headed down the backside the final time.

Mattituck Inlet dropped to the inside as the field straightened in the stretch, met the last going the best in a line of four and drew clear to an easy win over Coupe De Ville (Darren Nagle) and Ma-nassa Mauler (Ross Geraghty).

Mattituck Inlet paid $4.60 as the fa-vorite.

“He’s grown up a lot, he’s very pro-fessional, he jumps well, he relaxed, he rated and was a lot of fun today,” Hods-don said. “He’s a naughty little pony at home, but he’s a good little jumper and he tries hard.”

Bred in New York by the owners, Mattituck Inlet made his career debut in 2008, finishing eighth against turf sprinters at Delaware Park. He wasn’t seen again until this spring when finish-ing fourth against maiden hurdlers at Stoneybrook. Sheppard tried him again against open maidens when he was fifth at Great Meadow. Against maiden claimers for the first time at Radnor, he finished third. This time, he got the job done in his fifth career start.

Concerned about how he pulled up, Hodsdon dismounted Mattituck Inlet before exiting the turf course.

Colonial – Continued from page 8

Colonial DownsJune 27. New Kent, Va. Turf: Firm.

1st. $15,000 Maiden Claiming Hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles. $25,000-$20,000 claiming price.

1. Mattituck Inlet L 148 Hodsdon 4.60 4.20 2.202. Coupe De Ville L 148 Nagle 4.00 2.203. Manassa Mauler L 148 Geraghty 2.20

Exacta (7-2) $18.20. Trifecta (7-2-5) $37.80. Superfecta (7-2-5-1) $83.40

4 Baylor Dude 147 Crowley5. Houghton Regrets L 148 YoungPU. Cooper L 151 Roberts

Mgn: 3 3/4 Time: 4:14 1/5. O: Timber Bay Farm. T: Jonathan Sheppard.

Gr. g. 5, Monarchos-She Belongs, Belong To Me. Bred by Timber Bay Farm (Ky.).

3rd. $20,000 Open Claiming Hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles. $20,000-$15,000 claiming price.

1. Indy Run L 141 Mackenzie 9.60 5.60 4.202. Rubicon L 140 Hodsdon 5.00 4.603. Eamonn L 140 Murphy 5.20

Exacta (4-9) $51.40Trifecta (4-9-7) $723.40. Superfecta (4-9-7-2) $4,124.80

4. Great Gusto L 140 Young5. Sword Of Dubai L 140 Rafter6. Fogcutter L 152 Geraghty7. Humdinger L 150 CooneyF. Most Bossest L 140 PettyPU. One Sea L 130 Hinchion

Mgn: Neck. Time: 4:07 4/5. O: EMO Stable. T: Ernie Oare.

B. g. 7, A.P. Indy-Shell Ginger (Ire), Woodman. Bred by TAC Holdings (Ky.).

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The longtime assistant – and rookie owner – puts his hands over his eyes as Call You In Ten comes to the last. So far, in two starts, Piper has missed bold jumps and resolute stamina as Call You In Ten has stamped himself as the best first-year jumper in the sport. The Nashville maiden winner improved his record to a 2-for-2 with a polished score over eight allowance foes at Penn Na-tional in Grantville, Pa. June 18.

“He gets so nervous, I have to send somebody up there just to hold his hand,” trainer Doug Fout joked. “He’s such a worrier, he’s worrying about about this, worrying about that. He does everything the same, but he comes to the paddock and we get somebody else to run him. He can’t watch the last fence, I have to tell him, ‘Your horse won the race.’ He loves his horses. This horse is doing it the right way; that’s the best thing about him.”

Jeff Murphy settled the tractable 4-year-old in a relaxed spot, seventh, between horses, nearly a dozen lengths

from rapid front-runner Moving Viola-tion who opened a short-lived 10-length lead on the peloton, led by Sparkled and Easy Red. Call You In Ten crept into fourth on the inside, just two lengths off Sparkled, Easy Red and Moon Dolly. Forced to wait while stymied on the in-side, Call You In Ten shot between Easy Red and Sparkled approaching the last, flew the final hurdle when he needed it, and held off Miss Crown for a nearly 2-length victory. Easy Red stayed on for third after 3:39.53 for the 2 1/16 miles.

Piper stepped out of his comfort zone two years ago and bought three horses from the Fasig-Tipton 2-year-old in training sale at Timonium, Md. Call You In Ten was hardly cut to be a 2-year-old in training but the big-boned, long-striding son of Ten Most Wanted was born to be a jumper.

“James told me what he wanted to do,” Fout said. “I said, ‘hell if you can afford it, go have some fun.’ I didn’t go with him, he took Sam Maloney and a couple of his other buddies, the next

thing I know the van comes into the barn with three horses.”

Piper and Fout put all three on the slow road, trying to develop jump-er prospects rather than flat horses. They’ve experienced the range of suc-cess; one died, Two Ticks finished third in his sanctioned debut at Colonial Downs this summer and Call You In Ten, well, he’s the most dynamic 4-year-old in steeplechasing.

Piper and Fout educated Call You In Ten at home before unveiling him to

finish second in a flat prep at Virginia Fall last year. For a day trip, they sent him to Laurel where he split a field of 11 in a maiden turf. Put away for the winter, the $25,000 purchase prepped with a training flat race at Stoneybrook and a jump spin at the Fairfax Point-to-Point, finishing second both times. All those tutoring sessions set him up for a 3-length victory in the coveted Nash-ville maiden.

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“He’s a serious horse, every month the horse has done better and better, he’s a serious horse,” Fout said. “Now we have to be careful, make sure we keep him hap-py and sound. We’ll give him a little time now, then give him a flat race and go for that last novice race at Saratoga. I don’t want to run him too hard, he’s still growing, he’s a big horse. We’ve always believed he’s going to be a good horse so we want to take our time.”

• Jack Fisher continued to reap dividends from his connection to Alan Goldberg’s potent flat stable when All Together broke his maiden in his third start for Sheila Williams and Arcadia Stable.

Xavier Aizpuru settled All Together in seventh, well off the pace of first-time starter Salinja who took over from Li-on’s Double after three fences. With a circuit to go, All Together kept his posi-tion as horses ganged up to his outside.

Leaving the backside the long-strid-ing 5-year-old lagged in 10th. Aizpuru peeled him out as the field hit the turn and the light was lit. Once clear, All Together circled horses, collared Sal-inja, Boyhood Dream and Sharps Is-land coming to the last and drew off to win easily by 3 1/2 lengths over a late-running Grantor (Jacob Roberts) and first-time starter Boyhood Dream (Ross Geraghty). Second choice Parker’s Proj-ect matched All Together early, failed to find a clear line along the inside and wound up fourth. All Together finished in 3:42.71.

A half-brother to stakes-placed jump-er Arcadius, All Together took eight tries to break his maiden on the flat but then won three in a row for Goldberg last summer. By fall, the son of world-renowned stallion Danzig had hit the cull list.

That’s when Fisher made his annual trek to Goldberg’s New Jersey train-ing center and picked up Straight To It (third at Philadelphia Park) and All Together. The duo joined novice stakes winners Seer and Tricky Me as Gold-berg reclamation projects for Fisher.

“I loved him. He’s just a good-looking horse. I told Alan Goldberg, ‘I don’t need to see your horses, they’re all good-look-ing horses, you don’t have any rats,’ ” Fisher said. “He was pissed off because I didn’t tell him to bet but he’s excited because the deal is they get some more money if they win a novice stakes, it’s a good deal for both the new owners and the old owners.”

Fisher prepped All Together with two runs this spring, finishing sixth at Iroquois and a hard-luck fourth at Fair Hill.

“I wasn’t disappointed in the first one, I just wanted to school around. The second one, a little bit, but not that much,” said Fisher who replaced Wil-lie Dowling with Aizpuru. “I was confi-dent but after watching the first half of the race, I thought we were screwed, he was having a horrible trip. Luckily he was good enough to pull back and go around.”

1st. $25,000. SOK Maiden Hurdle. 2-1/16 Miles. 1. All Together L 154 Aizpuru 17.20 6.20 8.202. Grantor L 149 Roberts 34.60 16.003. Boyhood Dream L 147 Geraghty 11.60

$2 Exacta (5-3) $600.20; $2 Trifecta (5-3-6) $9,388.004. Parker’s Project L 147 Hodsdon 5. Sharps Island L 154 Young 6. Jack Twist (NZ) L 154 Nagle 7. Lion’s Double L 147 Dowling 8. Salinja L 154 Petty9. Mask And Wig L 154 Mcvicar 10. Dealer Beware L 154 Murphy11. Bag Of Hammers L 154 Slater12. Sir Ivor’s Sword L 149 Mackenzie

Mgn: 3 1/2. Time: 3:42 3/5. O: Arcadia Stable and Sheila Williams. T: Jack Fisher.

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1. Call You In Ten L 149 Murphy 15.80 10.20 6.402. Miss Crown L 136 Petty 13.60 5.803. Easy Red L 152 Geraghty 3.80

$2 Exacta (1-3) $228.00. $2 Trifecta (1-3-6) $1,322.204. Moon Dolly (GB) L 140 Young 5. Hope For Us All L 145 Aizpuru 6. So Amazing (IRE) L 144 McVicar 7. Sparkled L 144 Hodsdon PU. Saluda Sam L 144 Rafter PU. Moving Violation L 137 Nagle

Mgn: 1 3/4. Time: 3:39 2/5. O: James Piper. T: Doug Fout.

B. g. 4, Ten Most Wanted-Georgiana Lake, Regal Classic. Bred by Franklin Kling Jr. and Taylor Asbury (Ky.)

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Sue Sensor exhaled. “That was a long three years,” the

owner said while standing on the edge of the Colonial Downs winner’s circle June 13.

Sensor’s Riddle had just dusted off three years of inactivity to dominate the open claiming hurdle, shaking off all challengers, the last coming from Clos-ertoyourheart who fell at the final fence. Riddle (Danielle Hudsdon) jumped ac-curately, galloped resolutely and drew off to win by 10 lengths over Fogcutter (Ross Geraghty) and Indy Run (Roddy Mackenzie). Riddle finished 2 1/4 miles in 4:02.60.

Yes, it had been a long three years. Plagued by a bum ankle, a question-

able tendon and a broken knee over his nine-race, five-year steeplechase career, Riddle showed why trainer Arch Kings-ley says he’s the best he’s ever trained.

A two-time winner on the flat for trainer Graham Motion, Riddle made his debut for Sensor and Kingsley at Co-lonial Downs in 2005, finishing second against maiden claimers. The son of Wagon Limit won three in a row before

falling at Camden that fall. He broke his knee that day and didn’t return to the races until the spring of 2007 when he won the Founders Cup at Little Ev-erglades. A month later, he lost his rider at the fourth fence in the Georgia Cup, then returned six days later to finish fourth in the Royal Chase to the likes of Mixed Up, Good Night Shirt and Para-dise’s Boss. That day, Kingsley leapt out of retirement to ride him in Keeneland’s Grade I steeplechase.

“If we had run at Keeneland not off a six-day layoff and 20 hours of ship-ping, I think we would have been right there with those guys, he’s definitely the best hurdle horse I’ve had my hands on, nothing comes close,” Kingsley said. “You wouldn’t say that the way he trains at home, it’s not like he set-ting anything on fire in the morning but he always shows up like that. I was a little slow to figure it out, I ran him for 25 (thousand) the first couple of times, thinking he was a cute little horse who could run a little bit. I didn’t think he

was a great horse, I thought he was a useful horse. Then he was a year older, a year stronger, a year more mature, now I’m looking at him thinking how did that sneak up on me?”

Then injuries snuck up and snatched him away for three years.

“Ankle, tendon, broken knee,” said Kingsley. “The tendon has dogged us since before I ever ran him the first time over hurdles, an ankle, you know, all I have to say when I walk in the barn is ‘how’s Riddle look today?’ and they know I’m talking about the ankle. I was standing there looking at it today, you’re talking about a baseball and a softball.”

A training flat race cleared a few cobwebs last fall and another one this spring helped ready him for his first jump race in 1,151 days.

Like he never left. Riddle jogged to the start like he was

trying out for the Rockettes, flicking his hooves and gliding along the turf course. Always near the pace, he con-trolled the tempo from the outset, with-stood a menacing Great Gusto, who lost his jockey at the second hurdle, then ap-peared to be handling the only real chal-lenger, Closertoyourheart, when that one fell at the last. Kingsley felt relief.

“I know how much heart he’s got, I

Susan M. Carter/Eclipse SportswireRiddle (right) flies the last while Closertoyourheart blunders at Colonial Downs June 13.

No QuestionRiddle shakes off 3 years of rust, takes claimer for Sensor, Kingsley

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know I don’t want to ever ask too much of him because I know he’s going to give more than what he’s got to give, when you deal with somebody that genuine who loves it that much, wants it that bad,” Kingsley said. “He could have been three-legged this morning and he still would have wanted to run that hard. That’s where my years in an outfit like Bill Mott pays off, I just go over the horses very carefully and you establish a good, strong baseline on your animal and you monitor any fluctuations off of that. If you can maintain where you are that’s a good sign and changes are al-ways relevant, ‘he’s lamer than he was yesterday, hold everything.’ ”

Sent off third choice behind super claimers Eagle Beagle (fifth) and Duke Of Earl (pulled up), Riddle paid $10 for the win.

• Maiden claimers usually collect a dichotomy of thoughts from involved horsemen. Some wondering, ‘he can’t be this bad?’ and others admitting ‘he is this bad.’ That’s before the race. After the race, it’s usually obvious on both fronts.

For trainer Tom Voss, he entered his wife Mimi’s homebred Farndale at Colonial, thinking the former. But after two starts over hurdles (third and sixth) last fall and two starts on the flat (eighth and ninth) this spring, the 4-year-old son of Petionville needed to step up and convince Voss.

Farndale (Xavier Aizpuru), con-firmed Voss’ appraisal, reeling in stable-mate Manassa Mauler, dispatching third choice Century Gold and trouncing the rest on the way to a 9 1/4-length victory over Century Gold (Jeff Murphy) and favorite Treasure Map (Matt McCar-ron). Farndale finished in 4:06.48.

“Pleasantly surprised. I couldn’t be-lieve he was that bad, he can’t break on the flat, he comes out but he waits. He’s been immature all the time but he’s all right,” Voss said. “I put blinkers on him at Camden, I don’t know why, they said he jumped better in them, I messed him up there. He ran all right at Far Hills, it wasn’t that bad, never comfortable on the ground and I thought he would run well at Camden but he was real rank and got tired. Today, he was halfway impressive in a bad race, he ran from the clubhouse turn all the way to the wire.”

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1. Farndale L 139 Aizpuru 12.00 6.20 5.402. Century Gold L 147 Murphy 6.00 4.203. Treasure Map L 148 McCarron 3.40

$2 Exacta (8-1) Paid $141.80; $2 Trifecta (8-1-2) Paid $615.20Superfecta (8-1-2-4) $633.00

4. Manassa Mauler L 156 Geraghty 5. Embarrassed L 156 Rafter 6. Duck Hunt L 148 Crowley 7. Grasberg L 156 Petty 8. Cooper L 151 RobertsF. Rockon Rockoff L 151 Mackenzie PU. Baylor Dude L 147 Young

Mgn: 9 1/4. Time: 4:06 2/5. O: Mimi Voss. T: Tom Voss.Dk. B./Br. g. 4, Petionville-Admonish, Caveat. Bred by Mimi Voss (Md.).

3rd. $20,000. Open claming hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles. $20,000-$15,000 claiming price

1. Riddle L 146 Hodsdon 10.00 7.20 5.402. Fogcutter L 152 Geraghty 6.40 4.603. Indy Run L 141 Mackenzie 5.80

$2 Exacta (6-10) Paid $82.00. $2 Trifecta (6-10-4) Paid $385.60Superfecta (6-10-4-2) $1,556.30

4. One Sea L 143 Rafter 5. Eagle Beagle L 152 YoungF. Closertoyourheart L 152 McCarron LR. Great Gusto L 140 Petty PU. The Editor L 140 McVicar PU. Expel L 140 Murphy PU. Duke Of Earl (Ire) L 152 Aizpuru

Mgn: 10. Time: 4:02 2/5. O: Sue Sensor. T: Arch Kingsley.Dk. B./Br. g., 9, Wagon Limit-Clarify, Eastern Echo. Bred by J.V. Shields (Ky).

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On the flat, they call it class relief. Over jumps, they call it shaking the novice curse.

Call it what you will, Cary Jack-son’s Northern Bay needed it – and got it – with an impressive allowance win at Philadelphia Park in Bensalem, Pa. June 4. Under Jody Petty, Northern Bay settled off the pace set by recent maiden winner Quiet Approval before splitting horses late to easily handle Easy Red (Ross Geraghty) and favorite Best Alibi (Darren Nagle).

After getting roughed up by novice stars last year, Northern Bay needed a break. He came back from an extended vacation – he last ran at Monmouth in September – and with a new trainer, Todd Wyatt.

Making up for lost time, Northern Bay won for the second time in his jump career, scoring by 2 lengths in 3:43.85 for 2 1/16 miles.

The 5-year-old won his third career start, a maiden at Camden last spring, for trainer Doug Fout. That’s when the water got deeper. Northern Bay hooked the likes of Tricky Me, Left Unsaid, Na-

tionbuilder, Terpsichorean, Dynaski, Ar-cadius, Tax Ruling, The Price Of Love and Dictina’s Boy in his next four starts. All won or were placed in stakes. North-ern Bay could only muster a non-threat-ening third in the restricted Georgia Cup last spring.

“It sounded like the nature of the beast,” Wyatt said. “Horses win a race in this game and they don’t have any options and get stuck running where they don’t want to run, it sounded like he got off track, he went home and Mr. Jackson decided to keep him in Mary-land. He fell into our program, we try to do different things and he seemed to like that.”

Wyatt took over the training of the son of Sligo Bay in February and aimed for a summer campaign. Without a flat prep or any recent form, Northern Bay made bettors look elsewhere – but had his trainer cautiously optimistic.

“I thought he’d be in the shake,” Wy-att said. “He’s a typy horse, I knew he was about three quarters fit but I didn’t

know he would finish up like that. I thought about running him on the flat but since his form tailed off so much I just thought, he would do too much and we’d be sitting behind the eight ball, so I thought we’d just run him over jumps and build on that.”

• Tom Voss was disappointed with Hidden Trail. Well, more disappointed with the results of his first two starts than the horse. Highly thought of since exiting Bobby Frankel’s deep barn, the son of Empire Maker had run twice and failed twice. The 5-year-old did too much too early in his debut at Great Meadow and flopped again at Radnor, two weeks later. Voss regrouped with

The Fields Stable’s maiden, added reign-ing champion jockey Paddy Young and aimed at the simplicity of the racetrack. Two turns per circuit, two fences per circuit, two circuits and finish.

Hidden Trail found his way, jumping and galloping straight and true to finish 2 1/6 miles race in 3:46.39.

Young confidently put Hidden Trail on the lead and the Juddmonte Farm-bred gelding drew off to win by 2 3/4 lengths over favorite Class Century (Carl Rafter) who rebounded from his refusal to start at Fair Hill to finish second for the sixth time. Straight To It (Xavier Aizpuru) rallied coming to the last but

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through the bridle and doing everything wrong,” Voss said. “Radnor was just as bad, couldn’t steer him, ran like a green horse. I was hoping the racetrack would help. He did what he was always supposed to do. He was a very easy winner. I’ve always liked him, he’s a big horse, he never could get any rhythm, he was all over the place. I changed equipment on him, that helped a little bit.”

Hidden Trail is one of the final Frankel converts to reach Voss’ barn, following in the wake of 2009 novice champion Left Unsaid and stakes-placed Ground Frost. Voss took some of the blame for Hidden Trail’s first two losses.

“It figured, if you look at the horse, you know he’s going to hate Radnor and they ran very fast at the Gold Cup and he was doing too much the whole way, attacking his fences, he scrambled around both turns,” Voss said. “But maybe those two runs taught him a lot, he was much more confident at the racetrack.”

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4th. $25,000. SOK Maiden Hurdle. 2-1/16 Miles. 1. Hidden Trail L 154 Young 22.80 7.20 5.202. Class Century L 147 Rafter 3.80 3.603. Straight To It L 147 Aizpuru 3.80

$2 Exacta (7-9) $84.40; $2 Trifecta (7-9-4) $442.004. Mischief L 154 Geraghty 5. Ascertain (IRE) L 154 Dowling6. Bag of Hammers L 154 Slater 7. Straightredcard L 154 McCarron 8. Sir Ivor’s Sword L 149 MackenzieF. Regality L 154 Dalton Mgn: 2 3/4. Time: 3:46 1/5. O: The Fields Stable. T: Tom Voss.

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1. Northern Bay L 148 Petty 55.40 8.60 8.602. Easy Red L 152 Geraghty 4.00 2.403. Best Alibi (IRE) L 152 Nagle 2.80

$2 Exacta (2-4) $162.20; $2 Trifecta (2-4-5) $598.804. Hope For Us All L 145 Dowling5. Arch Hero L 152 Young6. Quiet Approval L 149 Rafter7. London Grove L 144 Aizpuru

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FAIR HILL, Md. – Xavier Aizpuru flicked the tab on the waist of his jockey pants over and over again while searching for a reason and wrestling with a ca-reer that puts horses and people in difficult situations.

“It’s the hardest thing in the world and I don’t think people will ever understand,” he said. “When you ride nice horses like her, you’re asking them to do so much more than they should ever have to do, so much more. Even just to get over the fence showed tremendous courage and then to hold off the others with what she had left . . .”

Arcadia Stable’s Diva Maria carried Aizpuru to vic-tory in the $30,000 Valentine Memorial at the Fair Hill Races May 29. She also injured a tendon for the second time in 14 months and probably won’t run again this year.

Aizpuru took it hard, searching for answers and a stronger voice.

“It stinks. It’s the worst part about this job. I’ve just won the stakes and I feel terrible. I should be elated and I don’t even want to do an interview, I don’t want to be in the pictures, I don’t want to be there at all. I’m just worrying about her.”

Though it didn’t help Aizpuru or anyone else at the time, Diva Maria should be fine in the long run. After winning at Camden in March, she missed the rest of 2009 with her first tendon injury. She returned this year at Foxfield in late April – finishing fifth behind Ptarmigan and then placed second to Sweet Shani at Nashville. Trained by Jack Fisher, the gray 5-year-old looked to right those wrongs in the Valentine, a stakes

for fillies and mares that drew 10 runners including six from the Nashville race.

Jellyberry set the early pace and took the field for most of the 2 1/4 miles. As she did at Nashville, Diva Maria pulled to the front ahead of schedule – match-ing strides with Jellyberry on the final turn as the oth-ers gave chase. At the top of the stretch, about a length separated Diva Maria, Farah T Salute, Moon Dolly and Sweet Shani. Diva Maria led over the second-last as a fifth contender, Ptarmigan, rallied on the out-side. The 4-year-old filly fell at the last fence to end

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“I’m not saying I’d have beaten (Ptar-migan), but I felt like I had a chance especially on who was going to jump the last the best,” said Aizpuru. “Then about five strides away from the fence, the power went. She was still running, but she wasn’t pulling me to the fence the way she was. I felt it.”

Even with the injury, Diva Ma-ria jumped the last fence and hung on for her second win in six career jump starts.

Aizpuru let the 5-year-old mare walk to the winner’s circle photo.

• Bernie Dalton got off Wantan after the Iroquois maiden hurdle May 8 and apologized.

“Sorry, I should have won,” he told trainer Ted Thompson.

No apology was needed at Fair Hill as Dalton engineered a near-perfect effort from the 5-year-old Argentine import owned by Gone Away Farm. Third in the Nashville race, Wantan got stuck on the lead late and watched a loose horse enter – and leave – the course at the top of the stretch before getting passed by Call You In Ten and Parker’s Project.

At Fair Hill, Wantan dropped way off the early pace of Embarrassed and went after Pynaformer in the stretch to score by 2 3/4 lengths in 4:16.40 for 2 1/4 miles. The winner paid $38.40 while keying a $386.60 trifecta with Pynaformer (Ross Geraghty) and Deal-er Beware (Jeff Murphy). Favorite Class Century refused to start.

“He’s one of the nicest maidens I’ve sat on in a while,” said Dalton. “He’s got a high cruising speed, he jumps well, everything seems to be effortless to him. That felt like a good race to ride. We went a good honest gallop and he won with a little bit in hand.”

Wantan started three times in his na-tive Argentina, and made two tries with flat trainer Kiaran McLaughlin before dropping to a $7,500 claiming race

with trainer Mike Pino last summer. He won that race, at Colonial Downs, and was purchased by Richard and Lilith Boucher. The rangy son of Pure Prize learned to jump with the Bouchers be-fore being purchased by Thompson. The 5-year-old placed third while racing for a $30,000 claiming tag at Atlanta, then added another third against tougher at Nashville.

Thompson liked those efforts, and aimed for Fair Hill – an 810-mile ship.

“Winning should make the trip home a lot shorter,” Thompson said. “We thought he’d like this track, it’s kind of similar to Nashville with an uphill pull the last part of it and we thought the little bit more jumping would help him here too.”

• Fogcutter – finally. Since winning his second career jump

start way back in June 2008, the Fox Ridge Farm runner has found a way to lose 16 times. He finished second. He finished third. He finished sixth. He fell. He pulled up. He even wiped out on the turn while in command at Montpelier last fall.

He entered Fair Hill’s $10,000 con-ditioned claiming hurdle off a third and two seconds this year. Reunited with Young, aboard for the Montpelier fall, the 7-year-old cashed a ticket with his second lifetime win in 26 starts (19 over jumps).

Trained by Tom Voss, Fogcutter raced up close early, took over from Most Bossest in the stretch and held on by a diminishing head over Blue Rider (Matt McCarron) in 4:14.40 for 2 1/4 miles. Eamonn (Murphy) finished third. The winner survived a rough final yards as horses brushed after the last fence.

“I wasn’t sure if I bumped into the other horse or he bumped into me,” said Young. “I was relieved when Roddy (Mackenzie, aboard Most Bossest) said ‘sorry for bumping into you.’ My horse was lugging a bit and looking around – another 50 yards would have been 50 yards too far.”

A 7-year-old Fox Ridge homebred by Woodman, Fogcutter has finished be-hind stakes performers Rare Bush, Dy-nantonia, Dynaski, Arcadius, Dalucci, Terpsichorean, Seer and others since

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1st. Training Flat. 7 Furlongs.1. Wheels Up L 150 Trimble 7.20 2.60 2.402. Salinja L 155 Petty 2.20 2.403. Fou Cheval L 150 Garner 3.00

Exacta (1-6) $11.40. Trifecta (1-6-4) $57.004. Dr. Wheat 146 Doran 5. Headlands Please 150 McVicar 6. Saracat L 145 MonroeMgn: 1 1/2. Time: 1:25 1/5. O: Travis Kinnamon. T: Wendy Kinnamon.B. f. 4, Wheelaway-Dos Arriba, Maria’s Mon. Bred by TSP Enterprises (NY).

2nd. Training Flat. 1-1/4 Miles. 1. Twister Crossing L 155 Petty 4.60 3.40 3.002. Treasure Map L 155 McCarron 3.20 3.203. Three Stepper L 155 Young 3.60

Exacta (3-7) $8.80. Trifecta (3-7-6) $42.60 Daily Double (1-3) $29.604. Desert Catillac L 155 Rafter 5. Dr. Bloomer L 155 Nagle 6. Music Tune L 150 Arianna 7. St Of Circumstance 143 Murphy 8. Polish Shedevil 140 Brion Mgn: 9. Time: 2:18 3/5. O: Stewart Strawbridge. T: Sanna Hendriks.B. g. 7, Twining-Sister’s Image, Vanlandingham. Bred by Greycross Stable LLC (Ky). 3rd. Training Flat. 7 Furlongs.1. Cryptogram L 155 Young 4.60 3.80 2.60 2. Thynnus L 150 McCarron 12.20 5.403. Irish Blarney L 150 Madden 3.40

Exacta (5-8) $93.20. Trifecta (5-8-2) $198.004. Pie Town 154 Chubb 5. Pishogue L 140 Petty 6. Lion’s Double L 150 Dowling 7. Innocent L 145 Murphy 8. Forever Diva L 145 Aizpuru 9. Run Darlin 150 Watts Mgn: 2. Time: 1:31. O: Equivine Farm. T: Andrea McNeely.Dk. B./Br. h. 6, Expelled-Uncanny Ability, Cryptoclearance. Bred by Lady Olivia at North Cliff LLC (Va).

4th. $10,000 Maiden claiming hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles. $15,000-$10,000 clm. price

1. Sword Of Dubai L 148 Rafter 18.20 7.20 6.00*2. Isabel Harp L 144 Dalton 5.80 4.403. Sky Count L 144 McCarron 4.60

Exacta (6-2) $98.00. Trifecta (6-2-3) $386.604. Joshua G. L 144 Watts 5. More To The Point L 144 Young 6. Lenape Jim L 148 Aizpuru 7. Dancing Sky (Ire) L 142 Nagle 8. Meshwaar L 152 Murphy 9. Not For Love’s Boy L 143 Mackenzie OC. Boojwhacked L 156 Petty PU. Rosemont Runner L 151 Roberts *-DQ from first for interference.Mgn: 2. Time: 4:25 2/5. O: Hamilton Farm. T: Kathy McKenna.B. g. 7, Worldly Manner-Alexis Nicole, Hazaam. Bred by R J’s Racing Stables Inc. (Ky).

5th. $25,000 Maiden hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles1. Wantan (Arg) L 154 Dalton 38.40 12.40 7.00 2. Pynaformer L 142 Geraghty 9.40 6.803. Dealer Beware L 154 Murphy 9.40

Exacta (6-4) $1083.00. Trifecta (6-4-All) $545.404. All Together L 154 Dowling 5. Old Timer L 142 McCarron 6. Mask And Wig L 154 McVicar PU. Sgt. Bart 154 Slater PU. Embarrassed L 154 PettyPU. Jack Twist (NZ) L 154 NaglePU. Grantor L 151 Roberts PU. Coupe De Ville L 154 Young *R. Class Century L 142 Rafter *-Refused to start.Mgn: 2 3/4. Time: 4:16 4/5. O: Gone Away Farm. T: Ted Thompson.Dk. B./Br. g. 5, Pure Prize-Water Proof, Turkoman. Bred by Carampangue (Arg). 6th. $30,000 F&M Hurdle stakes. 2-1/4 Miles. Valentine Memorial.1. Diva Maria L 143 Aizpuru 9.00 5.60 3.602. Farah T Salute L 155 Dowling 13.60 8.003. Sweet Shani (NZ) L 147 Hodsdon 5.00

Exacta (9-2) $214.40. Trifecta (9-2-6) $1021.004. Moon Dolly (GB) L 143 Geraghty 5. Dynaskill L 143 Petty 6. Miss Crown L 143 Dalton 7. Jellyberry L 143 Young 8. The Manner Born L 139 Rafter F. Ptarmigan L 143 Murphy OC. Daylight Fire L 143 McVicar Mgn: 1/2. Time: 4:19 4/5. O: Arcadia Stable. T: Jack Fisher.Gr./Ro. m. 5, Maria’s Mon-Dust Bucket, Spend a Buck. Bred by Grace Ritzenberg (Va).

7th. $10,000 Conditioned claiming hurdle. 2-1/4 Miles.NW 2 for $15,000-$10,000 clm. price

1. Fogcutter L 146 Young 4.80 4.00 3.00 2. Blue Rider L 150 McCarron 5.60 3.403. Eamonn L 148 Murphy 4.20

Exacta (1-5) $34.60. Trifecta (1-5-8) $329.804. Most Bossest L 139 Mackenzie 5. Rubicon L 150 Geraghty PU. Determind Stand L 152 Petty PU. It’s My Choice (NZ) L 150 DowlingPU. With Bells On L 135 McVicar Mgn: Hd. Time: 4:14 3/5. O: Fox Ridge Farm. T: Tom Voss.B. g. 7, Woodman-Upper Noosh, Red Ransom. Bred by Fox Ridge Farm (Ky).

8th. $10,000 Novice timber. 3 1/8 Miles. NW prior to 2010.1. Fieldview L 165 Rafter 10.20 4.40 2.802. Hold Your Fire L 160 Geraghty 5.40 3.203. Brands Hatch L 165 McVicar 4.40

Exacta (1-7) $30.40. Trifecta (1-7-11) $270.404. G’day G’day L 160 Murphy 5. Hey Doctor L 155 Roberts 6. News Flash L 165 Young 7. Bow Strada (GB) L 160 Nagle 8. Eye Said Scat Cat L 155 Mackenzie 9. Pleasant Top L 156 Boniface10. Mr. Pike L 160 Petty PU. Monarch Lane 160 Slater Mgn: 3/4. Time: 6:17 1/5. O: Irv Naylor. T: Kathy McKenna.B. g. 7, Charismatic-Good Opportunity, Cox’s Ridge. Bred by Gene Weymouth (Pa).

converting to jump racing in 2008. “He’s been close a few times so he’s

really a winner without a (weight) pen-alty in a race like that,” said Young. “I rode him at Montpelier so we owed each other one.”

• Bumping and a foul claim decided the $10,000 maiden claiming hurdle as stewards disqualified Isabel Harp for in-terfering with Sword Of Dubai in the fi-nal stages. Isabel Harp (Dalton) roared from well off the pace to pass five hors-es in the stretch and win by 2 lengths, but drifted across the path of Sword Of Dubai (Carl Rafter) after the last fence.

Sword Of Dubai wound up with the victory, and $6,000 payday, for Hamil-ton Farm and trainer Kathy McKenna as Isabel Harp was placed second. Sky Count (McCarron) finished third. In his first start since April 2009, the winner halted a nine-race losing streak since switching to jumps in April 2008.

“I thought to claim foul right away because there was contact,” said Rafter. “I jumped the last pretty much on the rail, he jumped it wider and within five or six strides he was right across me. He bounced back and by the time he got to the wire he was still drifting.”

• Rafter and McKenna teamed up to take the finale, a $10,000 novice tim-ber, with Irv Naylor’s Fieldview. The massive 7-year-old gradually worked into contention and won a multi-horse scrap to the finish by three-quarters of a length over Hold Your Fire (Geraghty) with Brands Hatch (Liam McVicar) third. The winner stopped the clock in 6:17.20 for 3 1/8 miles and won for the second time in four starts this year after being advertised for sale as an amateur mount.

“Kathy said to arrive at the second-last hurdle, then reminded me not to jump it,” Rafter joked afterward. “It’s a long stretch here, about 2 furlongs, so you’ve got time after the last fence. You run down next to the hurdles and I was very close to the end of that hedge, but he was great. This isn’t a brilliant tim-ber race, it’s a decent timber race. He’s won two, he’s got a bit of scope, he’s improved so he deserves a go at better races in the fall.”

Fair Hill – Continued from page 17

Tod MarksFogcutter (second from right) fights off Blue Rider (right), Eamonn (third from right) and Most Bossest in the conditioned claimer.

Tod MarksTimber winner Fieldview


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Mike Brown reached across the row of newspapers and shook my hand. I didn’t mind the splotches of ink. Jerry Ross picked up a newspaper and signed his name on the cover, feeling awkward but doing it any-way. Willy Willis admired the color on the front page, handed the paper to me and shook his head.

And with that, an era ended.Since 1994, Chesapeake Publishing’s Elkton, Md.

printing division has produced Steeplechase Times. Printing, mailing, shipping, it all happened at the Bridge Street plant, a massive block of a building centered on a Goss Community Press. The machine is longer than a semi, makes more noise than a vuvuzela and makes newspapers through a dizzying combination of rollers, metal plates, levers, wheels, tanks of ink, steps, ladders and more. You need to be an expert to operate such a beast.

Brown, Ross, Willis and Tom Hitchcock – the four men running the press May 26 – are experts with de-cades of experience coaxing precision out of a machine that looks like a science project.

And now, some of them are out of work.Chesapeake recently consolidated its operations,

shuttering the Elkton plant and moving the press (and just a few jobs) 73 miles south to Easton. Economic

reasons. The move probably changes little for custom-ers like ST – the papers will still print – but the atmo-sphere sure won’t be the same. Steeplechase Times used to print a few miles down the road in a place that felt like home to me.

Chesapeake gave me my second job out of college, at the Cecil Whig newspaper, way back in 1989. I cov-ered local sports mainly, learned layout and design, soaked up the wisdom of then editor-in-chief Don Her-ring. I also met the hard-working people in the back. Brown was a semi-pro baseball pitcher then. Ross lived in Easton and commuted to Elkton (now he will do the reverse) for the night shift. Willis and I greeted each other with a “How about those Phillies?” shout out almost every day – especially on deadline. I was talk-ing baseball, Willie was looking for the last page of the section.

Others – Gene Proctor, Lit Powell, Patty Hutton, Bill

Stop The PressesJack Clancy

Men In Black. Chesapeake Publishing pressmen (from left) Willy Willis, Mike Brown, Jerry Ross and Tom Hitch-cock stand behind Steeplechase Times.

It was a typical week at Steeplechase Times.Owners calling. Jockeys stopping by. Trainers

texting. Race meet directors calling. Members e-mailing.

Some griping. Some wondering. Some com-plaining. Some critiquing.

“We need to entice flat owners into our game.”

“We need pari-mutuel wagering, that’s the only way to grow the sport.”

“I want to get back on that board and try to make some changes.”

“I went to Philadelphia Park, there weren’t any jump people there. Remember going to Delaware Park for a jump race, the place was packed with people. Where are the jump people?”

“There aren’t any jockeys. When I came up, you could count 10 kids who wanted to be jock-eys and another 10 a couple of years behind them, ready to take over.”

“The purse structure is flawed and we’re try-ing to fix it.”

“We need exposure.”Exhale.Yes, we need to entice flat owners into our

game.Yes, pari-mutuel wagering would help.Yes, anybody who cares needs to get on the

board and work for change.Yes, those were the good old days, when a

couple of jump races attracted a well-dressed, passionate, educated fan base to places like Dela-ware Park and Pimlico.

Yes, the American jump jockey has vanished.Yes, the purse structure needs tweaking, if not

an overhaul.Exposure? Hmmmm. Be careful what you

wish for . . .Twinspires.com showed two jump races from

Colonial Downs May 27.The betting service provides thorough video

coverage, complete with paddock views, warm-up, race footage and even after-race footage. Viewers see more on twinspires.com than on TVG or HRTV or on the NSA streaming video.

It wasn’t pretty.The first was a maiden claimer with nine en-

tries before three late scratches. Forgotten papers, bumps and bruises from a jump race two weeks earlier – lots of reasons and lots of explaining. Six met starter Barry Watson’s flag, five finished with the favorite obliging. The camera followed Mattituck Inlet as he pulled up. Jockey Danielle Hodsdon, sensing something wrong, hopped off and the horse was led back to the barn instead of the winner’s circle.

Track television host Maggie Wolfendale found a steeplechase jockey for her pre-game segment before the second jump race. Gone are coats and ties, even collared shirts for the jockeys, replaced by baseball hats and soccer jerseys.

The second attracted nine claimers with the second choice, Indy Run, leading every step to win. Seven finished, one pulled up and, sadly, Most Bossest fell at the fourth fence. He lay prone on the track as the field bypassed the fence on the second circuit and was later euthanized. On video, there was Most Bossest lying on the track, without a screen to shield him from the action or give him the dignity he deserved.

Now, that’s exposure. See outSide page 23

Steeplechase Times finishes last race in Elkton

The Outside RailBy Joe Clancy


Kiessling, Kathy Lubking, Sean Powell, Jane Thomas, Doris Groff, Barb Tidman and on and on – filled the various roles necessary to produce a newspaper in that age. I worked at the Whig when my first son, Ryan, was born. I dove under a desk when a tornado – or what we thought was a tornado – hit the building. I once wrote an entire article based on the number of pick-up trucks in Cecil County (lots).

Now it’s all different. I’m a Chesapeake customer, not an employee. Most of those names no longer work there. Ryan is 17 and a big brother (twice). The Whig, Cecil County’s newspaper since 1841, will print in Easton now. The presses, the heartbeat of a newspaper, will no longer roll.

And it’s way too quiet.

A Little MoreBesides the pressmen, the moves at Chesapeake take away some other hands in

the Steeplechase Times process. Karen Patrick coordinated our subscription mail-ings. Stephanie Solomon organized the printing schedule. Each is out of a job now. Thanks for your caring, your work, your time.

Outside – Continued from page 22

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A response to Don Yovanovich’s letter which appeared in the May 21 edition of Steeplechase Times:

Mr Yovanovich says controversy continues in our sport. Well, it will when all sides are not interested in safety. What Mr. Yovanovich ne-glected to mention, is that the hedge in front of the water jump died last fall and was replaced. The previous hedge was tall enough to hide the water behind it so the horses did not notice the water until they were committed to jumping it. The new shrubs that were planted were only a foot or so high and the water was visible a good furlong away from the jump. There were a number of first time starters that would have never schooled over a water jump. The jockeys, as a whole, felt it would be safer to leave the jump out of the two maiden races. After some discussion, Mr. Yovanovich and the NSA stew-ards decided that the fence should remain because it was a sponsored jump. In the end, it took several train-ers threatening to scratch their horses to get the jump removed.

Mr. Yovanovich goes on to say that “concessions of this nature will not happen again.” As far as this “whining” rider is concerned, safety needs to remain a priority. Everyone is aware that it is difficult to find and keep sponsors, however if there is an accident waiting to happen it needs to be corrected.

Bernie Dalton

LETTEr TO THE EDITOr

How it WorksThe last (and 195th or so) Steeplechase

Times printed at Chesapeake Publishing in Elkton, Md. included the following steps on the evening of May 26:

5:00: Plates hung, paper in place, early check copies nearly in register.5:22: Press rolling at full speed.5:24: Pressmen making final adjustments, in a hurry.5:27: First papers kept and stacked.5:29: One row of papers on the pallet.5:31: Two rows of papers on the pallet.5:43: All papers printed, press shut down and papers ready for delivery.

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