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Vol 15 No 2 bull Wednesday April 9 2008A Publication of ST Publishing Inc

HolaImagina flies to historic Carolina Cup score

Inside Steeplechase news from Aiken

Camden Stoneybrook Paul Rowland Future paramedic Eventing updates

2 bull Steeplechase amp Eventing Times wwwst-publishingcombullinfost-publishingcom Wednesday April 9 2008

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On the CoverImagina zips over the last fence en route to a runaway win in the Caro-lina First Carolina Cup at Camden SC March 29 She made history as the first filly or mare to win the race

Photo Tod Marks

Also by ST PublishingThe Saratoga Special The Special At Keeneland Thoroughbred Rac-ing Calendar Writing for Daily Racing Form Mid-Atlantic Thorough-bred The Blood-Horse The Racing Post etc Newsletters American Steeplechasing yearbook National Steeplechase Association public relations consulting Specialty products from lawn jockeys to Tervis Tumblers Custom brochures and graphic design for your farm or business

EntriesHerersquos your newspaper Number two on the season On the steeplechase front March included stops at Aiken (welcome back Preemptive Strike) and the Carolina Cup (how about that Imagina) The fourth month kicked off with Stoneybrook (and a Pals Pride reunion) Now the fun really starts As for eventing everyone is cranking up for Rolex Kentucky later this month and the Olympics this summer Oh and donrsquot miss our presidential prognosticators on page 4

Whatrsquos Happening and Where To Find It

PageS 6-8

Carolina GirlImagina upends the boys and makes history in the Carolina First Carolina Cup first leg of the Steeplechase Triple Crown


and Eventing

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PageS 10-11

Hersquos back and still fastPreemptive Strike turns back the calendar and dazzles Aiken with front-running tally in the Southern Bank and Trust Imperial Cup Carl Rafter picks up the mount when Jody Petty goes down with a collarbone injury

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PageS 12-13

North Carolina HomecomingKevin Pallister and 2002 NSA 3-year-old champion Pals Pride win the Stoneybrook feature

PageS 14-15

Emergency WorkerSteeplechase trainer Paul Rowland is busy becoming a paramedic in his spare time

PageS 22-26

Eventing NewsNorthern Spy wins at The Fork Plus checking in with Sally Cousins Sean McQuillan and Ryan Wood

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Take A Number45 Minutes it took owner Ed Swyer to get from Camden air-port to Springdale Race Course (a 39-mile drive) on Carolina Cup Day

24 Orange Clemson tents (with the tiger-paw print) in the Caro-lina Cup infield ndash estimated

19 People hardy enough to stand in the paddock (in the rain wind and cold) before the Carolina Cup

1 Man selling flowery sunhats on Springdale Drive at 930 am Carolina Cup Day

Worth RepeatingldquoMoney isnrsquot everything but it sure keeps the kids in touchrdquo

Bumper sticker on a car in the horsemenrsquos lot at the Carolina Cup

ldquoAs soon as that flag drops you forget the world is spinningrdquoJockey Jody Petty on whether race conditions

(wind rain cold etc) affect him while riding a race

Hall of Fame GamesmanshipTrainers routinely try to

get the better of one another This-for-that and various in-stances of one-upmanship has been going on for decades And nobody forgets Legend-ary horseman Frank Whiteley (Ruffian Forego Damascus et al) attended the Carolina Cup Races March 29 and held court in several conversations including this doozy about fel-low Hall of Famer Sidney Watters Jr

ldquoSid wet to New York before I did and used to send horses to me in Maryland The horse would show up ndash with nothing No tack no feed no buckets no tubs no nothing The guy would get off the van with the horse and say lsquoThe boss said to use Frank Whitelyrsquos stuffrsquo rdquo

Watters (who trained Hoist The Flag Slew orsquo Gold Shadow Brook and other standotus) died at 90 earlier this year Whiteley who talked shop with Hall of Fame jockey Joe Aitcheson among others at Camden is 93

Baby Watchbull Amateur jockey Blair (Waterman) Wyatt and her husband

trainer Todd Wyatt welcomed a son to the family as James Far-ley Wyatt was born February 14 He weighed in at 8 pounds 3 ounces

bull Footlights last yearrsquos champion filly or mare steeplechaser is in foal to Belong To Me

Politically SpeakingST goes presidential and asks industry players who they plan

to vote for in Novemberrsquos election By no means scientific this survey carries plenty of margin for error ndash but we are pretty sure this qualifies as random sampling

Have an opinion E-mail it to ordersst-publishingcom

Anne Hambleton owneramateur jockey Obama ndash hands down Hillary ndash shrill carpetbagger opportunist political animal McCain ndash could live with his climate policies but not Iraq or Supreme Court appointments ndash especially if he has to court the psycho-right

Joe Davies trainer I assume you mean the big office Obama because he voted against the Iraq war and I think brains and the ability to win friends and influence difficult world leaders means way more than experience

Wash Bishop former event rider I would take Hillary with Obama as vice president for eight years then Obama for the No 1 slot If they were really interested in the Democratic party that is what they would do

Regina Welsh trainer Can I plead the Fifth (Amendment) If I publicly say Irsquom a Democrat I may lose an owner Probably Obama Irsquom all for a woman president but Hillary scares me and seems to be a bit delusional at times

Chip Miller trainerjockey Barack

Bill Gallo NSA director of racing Republican all the way

Matt McCarron jockey McCain Irsquom a Republican man If Clin-ton wins Irsquom moving to Australia Eight years of one Clinton was enough

Laura Ensor ownerfan Can you put me down as undecided I have to wait and see who are the two nominees I can tell you that I will not vote for Hillary

JW Delozier trainerformer jockey Irsquom going to vote for Mc-Cain Hersquos by far the most qualified presidential candidate McCain is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and a decorated officer I believe that the United States needs a president that can identify with what our troops are going though Also to make the right decisions to bring them back successfully and safely

Joanie Morris former ST eventing editor Barack Obama Two families running a country for two decades doesnrsquot sit well with me not very democratic I also think that Barack will surround himself with people as smart or smarter than he is Hillary will insist shersquos the smartest person in the room at all times As for voting for a Republican well that is not really an option

Tod MarksImagina here with Brianne Slater looked like a winner before the Carolina Cup too

FOR STARTERSNews and Notes from around the circuit

Tod MarksFrank Whitely

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Wednesday April 9 2008 wwwst-publishingcombullinfost-publishingcom Steeplechaseamp Eventing Times bull 5

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The TruGreenChemLawn Open FlatWinner Take All Purse $4000 to the owner and $1000 to the trainer of the winner Four-year-olds 145 lbs older 150 lbs Amateur riders allowed 5 lbs Winners other than maiden claiming or starter 5 lbs extra Maidens allowed 5 lbs Entry Fee $100 One Mile and One Quarter on the Turf

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Winning Owner Trainer and Rider to receive a bottle of whiskey each For Maidens Three-year-Olds and Upward Three-year-olds 145 lbs older 150 lbs Novice riders allowed 5 lbs This race will be run if there are sufficient number of entries (minimally seven) without adversely affecting the Open Flat Race Entry Fee $20 About 7 furlongs on the Turf

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Purse $30000 Hurdle Four-Year-Olds and Upward which have never won $18000 twice or never won a sweepstakes over hurdles Four-year-olds 144 lbs older 156 lbs Non-winners of two races at anytime allowed 4 lbs of a race in 2008 8 lbs of a race in 2007-2008 12 lbs (Claiming races not considered in estimating allowances) Entry Fee $150 $150 additional if not scratched on time Wednesday with $300 additional to startTwo Miles and One Quarter over National Fences


PARKING RESERVATIONS

-

The MARYLANDHUNT CUP

The worldrsquos oldest and most important timber race

Photo by Douglas Lees

2007 winner The Bruce

CAMDEN SC ndash Ladies play a big role at the Carolina Cup Always have Flouncy sundresses splashy spring hats strappy sandals ndash and the occasional disoriented co-ed ndash go with the races ev-ery bit as much as horses

So itrsquos about time a Thoroughbred of the fairer persuasion took home the silver trophy Run for the 76th time March 29 at Springdale Race Course the Carolina First Carolina Cup went to 6-year-old mare Imagina Augustin Stablersquos Chilean import duplicated her maiden win over the same course a year earlier charging to the front exiting the backstretch and drawing away in the stretch to score by 9 lengths in 406 45 for the 2 18 miles

The Cup dates to 1930 and has been run over timber natural brush fences and now National Fences And until 2008 had never been won by a filly or mare ndash at least as far as anyone can tell (records from the early days are a little sketchy)

Just five runners contested this yearrsquos race worth $75000 as the first leg of the Steeplechase Triple Crown for nov-ice hurdlers By definition spring nov-ices cannot have won over hurdles be-fore March 1 2007 Trained by Sanna Hendriks Imagina qualified by 30 days Her Carolina Cup win looked much like that maiden victory (against fel-low filliesmares) last spring as Imagina flew past a tiring pacesetter in the final quarter-mile

ldquoIt set up exactly like the race she won here last yearrdquo said jockey Jody Petty

ldquoThe race just fell apart in front of her that day toordquo

This time Dr Bloomer made the early running ndash opening 10 lengths in the first two fences as Swimming River

C Rrsquos Deputy Imagina and Red Letter Day arranged themselves off the pace Dr Bloomer (James Slater) still led as the field turned down the backstretch the final time but soon looked vulner-able

Imagina Red Letter Day (Bernie Dalton) and Swimming River (Robbie Walsh) zoomed to the front with Ima-gina taking control and winning easily while paying no attention to the driving rain which rolled in at about paddock time Red Letter Day stayed for second with Swimming River third

Petty credited his horsersquos determina-tion

ldquoShersquos got an amazing jump and a good gallop but what makes her good is she loves to run down horsesrdquo he said ldquoYou can just feel her see horses and run them down She loves to size them up loves to conquer them She sees what she wants to do and reaches for it Thatrsquos what I love about herrdquo

Imagina made her American steeple-chase debut in 2006 (managing two seconds in four starts) and blossomed last season as she added stakes victories at Fair Hill and Far Hills to the Cam-den maiden win and finished second to Footlights in earnings by a distaffer Footlights set a strong example for Ima-gina by defeating males twice last year including a Grade I score in the New York Turf Writers Cup

ldquoYou always worry a little bit taking on geldings with a filly or marerdquo said Petty ldquobut the series has definitely im-proved the average mare and shown that they can run against the boysrdquo

Even in the Carolina Cup

A Cup of ChileImagina surprises boys in Carolina

BY joE ClaNCY

Tod MarksImagina (Jody Petty) flies the last in total control of the Carolina Cup

CARoliNA CuP RACeSSaturday March 29

See CarolIna Cup page 7


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bull Before the races a steeplechase fan touted Sovereign Duty as the best bet of the day Hudson River Farmrsquos 6-year-old certainly looked the part in a $30000 optional claimer over the natural-brush fences Especially since he ended 2007 with a third in the Colonial Cup (Gr I) over the course and faced just three rivals in the 2 14-mile test

Of course at the last fence Sovereign Duty looked anything but a good bet He was third behind Pleasant Pick and Big Is Best and needed the closing kick of Jackie Chan to make an impact

ldquoI thought I might have a tiny chancerdquo jockey Danielle Hodsdon said of her ap-proach to the last

Sovereign Duty attacked the last fence while jumping between and just behind the others passed Big Is Best (Paddy Young) and then won a finish-line scrap with Pleasant Pick (Petty) by a head in 434 for the 2 14 miles

ldquoThe last came up so long that he was only going to make it if he went and he didrdquo said Hodsdon ldquoWe got another six-teenth he locked that other horse and I knew he wasnrsquot going to quit until he got by him Hersquos a tough little guyrdquo

Trained by Jonathan Sheppard Sovereign Duty won for the first time since August 2006 ending a hard-luck run that included a troubled third in the Carolina Cup and a lost jock-ey in the Temple Gwathmey He closed 2007 with good ef-forts ndash a second to Gliding at Far Hills and the Colonial Cup run

The Camden race started at a crawl as no one in the group wanted to make the running Pleasant Pick led early and with a circuit to go controlled the race over Sovereign Duty a ground-saving Big Is Best and Najjm At the start of the back-stretch the pace increased substantially and Sovereign Duty dropped back to fourth

ldquoAt the start we were debating about who was going to go to the front and I knew I didnrsquot want tordquo Hodsdon said ldquoI was in front with him two years ago at Far Hills and he was spooking at beacons and got too strong We turned down the back and we all kind of went to a sprint My horse was a little slow to pick that up but I wasnrsquot too worried at that point I just had to hope they could carry him along until we really needed to runrdquo

bull Sheppard and Hodsdon also teamed up to win the dayrsquos first jump race a $25000 maiden hurdle with The Price Of Love Owned by Bill Pape the winner took the lead after the seventh of 10 fences and won a long tussle with Logaritimo (Petty) to score by three-quarters of a length with Spy In The Sky (Liam McVicar) third in 405 for the 2 18 miles

Second twice and third once in three starts last year The Price Of Love stalked leader Impressive Return early and took over with a good jump before the backstretch From there

the winner simply kept running and jumping ndash and thwarting challenges

ldquoI didnrsquot want to make the lead that early but I wanted to get past (Impressive Return) so I could get a couple of good jumps He has a big jump if I can get him in spots to use itrdquo

The Price Of Love follows a long line of PapeSheppardHodsdon maiden winners but the jockey tries not to com-pare

ldquoTheyrsquore all very differentrdquo she said ldquoThis little horse is like Tigger a ball of energy all the time He will bounce around like he did in the paddock today almost every morn-ing when you go out He doesnrsquot have a mean bone in his body but hersquos got to bounce around As soon as you set him to work hersquos all business This is a tough course to bring a youngish horse Itrsquos fast and you donrsquot really catch a breather ndash itrsquos as fast as any place we gordquo

bull Trainer Jack Fisher named Chip Miller to ride Monte Bianco in the Camden timber race a $20000 allowance but opted for Xavier Aizpuru when Miller didnrsquot get another ride on the card Not necessarily a timber aficionado (he came into the race with a total of three career rides) Aizpuru took the call and performed like Paddy Neilson

Monte Bianco settled early jumped superbly and moved to the lead on the right-hand turn along the far woods The 7-year-old Irish import outran Hersquos A Conniver (Slater) late and won by 13 12 lengths with Woodmont (Jeff Murphy) third in 704 for the 3 miles

Fisher who scratched his other entrant on the day (Swag-ger Stick in the feature) due to colic the night before was surprised by Monte Bianco

ldquoHe wasnrsquot ready for thatrdquo said the trainer ldquoHersquod had like two works I wasnrsquot expecting that but Xav did a great job I told him to go and have a nice school gallop around hang on grab the yoke and have fun He jumped well for

Carolina Cup ndash Continued from page 6

Tod MarksSovereign Duty (center Danielle Hodsdon) digs in to catch Pleasant Pick (left) and Big Is Best in the allowance

Tod MarksDespite making a mistake at the last Class Shadow (left Richard Boucher) catches World Away in the fillymare maiden



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bull Class Shadow went from inexperi-enced rookie to seasoned veteran in one jump to win a $20000 fillymare maid-en hurdle for ownerbreeder Mede Ca-haba Stable and trainer Lilith Boucher

Chasing Analyze and World Away around the final turn Class Shadow (Richard Boucher) ranged to the front approaching the last flew into the air ndash and landed on her nose No matter the 4-year-old filly gathered herself and outran World Away (Young) to the line winning by 2 34 lengths with Roseland

(Gregg Ryan) third in 422 15 for the 2 18 miles

ldquoShe was a little inexperienced with jumping and running because shersquos still learning what itrsquos like to gallop along in a grouprdquo said Richard Boucher the trainerrsquos husband ldquoShersquos got the racing side down shersquos very competitive but some of her jumping needs a little work I backed out of it and just tried to get her jumping early then I smooched to her coming to the second-last and she took off I was worried because we were really running into the last but she took off and jumped it It shocked her but shersquos a tough filly She dug in and put that horse awayrdquo

Class Shadow is a homebred from way back with four generations of Mede Cahaba bloodlines Owner Mignon C Smithrsquos breeding program fills the bot-tom half of the Virginia-bredrsquos pedigree Mede Cahaba even stood Class Shad-owrsquos sire Rock Point before donating him to the Virginia Tech MARE Center Smith started the process when she sent Class Wizard a daughter of influential steeplechase sire Mystic to Secretariat That mating produced Class Secret the grandsire of Class Shadow

ldquoI only race homebreds so I really enjoy it but Irsquove also got some good people who help merdquo said Smith ldquoPed-igrees are like crossword puzzles My horses are all bred to be athletic horses for the flat steeplechasing or as sport horses We have found there is a corre-lation between turf ability and athletic abilityrdquo

Mede Cahaba and the Bouchers also teamed up for a training flat score with 3-year-old Class Bopper

NOTES Stakes horses Dark Equa-tion (second) Mixed Up (third) and Three Carat (third) tuned up in a pair of training flat races that bookended the card The first two may be seen at At-lanta or Keeneland while Three Caratrsquos season likely ended at Camden as his tendon problem flared again according to trainer Jonathan Sheppard Bee Charmer won the second training flat race for Whitewood Stable and Richard Valentine and will return to the flat and trainer Michael Matz for a try at the Elkhorn Stakes April 25 at Keeneland The 6-year-old Irish horse won a point-to-point hurdle race this year


Tod MarksMonte Bianco (Xavier Aizpuru) flies a timber fence

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2008 NSA Spring Schedule

Carolina Cup RacesCamden SC Saturday March 29 Turf Firm

1st Training flat 1 12 miles1 CLASS BOPPER 145 Boucher2 MONSIEUR HENRI L 155 Aizpuru3 NEW POINT L 155 McCarron4 THREE CARAT L 155 Hodsdon5 BULAWAYO L 157 Sullivan6 GADGET L 150 Walsh7 HAPPY SEAMUS L 155 Gillam8 IRON MAGGIE L 150 OroscoMgn 1 12 Time 225 25O Star Ten Stable T Lilith BoucherCh g 3 Bop-Class Vim Class SecretBred by Mede Cahaba Stable amp Stud (VA)

2nd $25000 Maiden hurdle 2 18 miles1 THE PRICE OF LOVE L 154 Hodsdon2 LOGARITIMO (ARG) L 154 Petty3 SPY IN THE SKY L 139 McVicar4 COUPE DE VILLE L 144 McCarron5 SURPRIZER PHEW (NZ) L 154 McCormack6 WHAT A PRIZE (NZ) L 154 Young7 BABY BERT 154 TraurigPU RAINBOWS FOR LUCK L 154 Walsh PU IMPRESSIVE RETURN L 151 RyanMgn 34 Time 405O Bill Pape T Jonathan SheppardCh g 5 Prenup-Solitary Signal CaveatBred by Bill Pape amp Jonathan Sheppard (PA)

3rd $20000 Allow timber (NW2) 3 miles1 MONTE BIANCO (IRE) L 160 Aizpuru2 HErsquoS A CONNIVER L 160 Slater3 WOODMONT L 160 JMurphy4 ACROSS THE SKY L 165 Walsh5 HIDDEN KEY L 160 Young6 STRAIGHT PATH L 165 RafterPU SLATTERY L 160 PettyMgn 13 12 Time 704O Arthur Arundel T Jack FisherB g 7 King of Kings-Creme Caramel Septieme Ciel Bred by Mrs CA Waters (IRE)

4th $30000 Opt clm hurdle 2 14 miles (NW2X or for $30000 clm price)

Carolina Cup course natural fences1 SOVEREIGN DUTY L 148 Hodsdon2 PLEASANT PICK L 144 Petty3 BIG IS BEST (NZ) L 144 Young4 NAJJM L 143 McVicarMgn Head Time 434O Hudson River Farm T Jonathan SheppardB g 6 Kingmambo-Duty Dance Nijinsky IIBred by Will Farish (KY)

5th $75000 Nov hurdle stakes 2 18 milesThe Carolina Cup (Gr II)

1 IMAGINA (CHI) L 146 Petty2 RED LETTER DAY L 148 Dalton3 SWIMMING RIVER L 151 Walsh4 DR BLOOMER L 148 Slater PU C RrsquoS DEPUTY L 138 YoungMgn 9 Time 406 45O Augustin Stable T Sanna HendriksB m 6 Great Regent-Lujuriosa (CHI) Lord Florey Bred by Haras Santa Marta (CHI)

6th $20000 FampM mdn hurdle 2 18 miles1 CLASS SHADOW L 143 Boucher2 WORLD AWAY L 143 Young3 ROSELAND L 153 Ryan4 AWAITING JUSTICE 153 Dalton5 ANALYZE L 153 Hodsdon6 FROSTED FACE L 153 TraurigMgn 2 14 Time 422 15O Mede Cahaba Stable T Lilith BoucherDk BBr f 4 Rock Point-Class Eclipse Class SecretBred by Mede Cahaba Stable amp Stud (VA)

7th Training flat 1 12 miles1 BEE CHARMER (IRE) L 155 McCormack2 DARK EQUATION L 155 Young3 MIXED UP 155 Hodsdon4 CLASS CARE L 155 Boucher5 SOCCA BEAT (CHI) L 155 McCarron6 SQUEALING BLONDIE 151 Baker7 CRIPPLE CREEK L 155 DaltonMgn 5 Time 222O Whitewood Stable T Richard ValentineB g 6 Anabaa-Bayourida Slew orsquo GoldBred by Sarl Elevage du Haras de Bourgeau-ville (IRE)

Jockeys (Races Won) Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Money WinDanielle Hodsdon 6 2 2 0 $46400 33Jody Petty 7 2 2 0 61500 29Matt McCarron 7 2 1 0 17700 29Carl Rafter 8 2 0 1 45200 25Will Haynes 4 1 2 1 13600 25Paddy Young 12 1 1 3 21800 08Xavier Aizpuru 5 1 1 1 20800 20Bernie Dalton 7 1 1 1 31650 14Padge Whelan 2 1 0 0 9000 50Richard Boucher 6 1 0 0 14250 17

Trainers (Races Won) Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Money WinJonathan Sheppard 6 2 2 0 $44850 33Dave Washer 3 2 0 1 14000 67Sanna Hendriks 4 2 0 0 72000 50Arch Kingsley 3 1 2 0 15900 33Tom Voss 5 1 1 0 16350 20Jack Fisher 3 1 0 1 16300 33Kathy McKenna 6 1 0 1 17700 17Mike Berryman 3 1 0 1 11800 33Kevin Pallister 4 1 0 0 16750 25Chuck Lawrence 2 1 0 0 6000 50

Owners (Money Won) Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Money WinAugustin Stable 2 1 0 0 $45000 50Polaris Stable 1 1 0 0 27000 100Calvin Houghland 5 1 2 0 26850 20Hudson River Farm 1 1 0 0 18000 100Little Bay Racing Stable 4 1 0 0 16750 25Bill Pape 1 1 0 0 15000 100Greg Hawkins 1 0 1 0 13500 00Dave Washer 2 2 0 0 12000 100Mede Cahaba Stable 2 1 0 0 12000 50Nick Arundel 1 1 0 0 12000 100

Horses (Money Won) Sts 1st 2nd 3rd Money WinImagina 1 1 0 0 $45000 100Preemptive Strike 1 1 0 0 27000 100Sovereign Duty 1 1 0 0 18000 100The Price Of Love 1 1 0 0 15000 100Meneef 1 1 0 0 15000 100Pals Pride 1 1 0 0 15000 100Red Letter Day 1 0 1 0 13500 00Junood 2 2 0 0 12000 100Class Shadow 1 1 0 0 12000 100Monte Bianco 1 1 0 0 12000 100

NSA StandingsTOP 10 THROuGH ARPIL 11


With one fence to go in Aikenrsquos fourth race the odds of Carl Rafter riding one winner on the day ndash let alone two ndash ap-peared bleak

And then everything changedRainiero (Jody Petty) fell while lead-

ing at the last fence of the allowance hurdle handing Meneef (Rafter) a Johnny-on-the-spot victory Not quite the way it was drawn up back at the barn but as Rafter put it ldquoYou take them as they comerdquo

The ripple effect caused waves for the remainder of the card Rainiero re-turned to the barn in good order but his rider was not as fortunate Petty suffered a broken collarbone and was forced to take off Preemptive Strike in the featured Southern Bank and Trust Imperial Cup a $45000 hurdle stakes March 29

Pettyrsquos injury left Sanna Hendriks who trains Rainiero and Preemptive Strike without a jockey It also left her with precious little time and very few choices ldquoI looked down the list and saw Carl was available and asked him if he wanted to riderdquo Hendriks said

When yoursquore offered the keys to test

drive a classy roadster like Preemptive Strike you donrsquot ponder You say yes Rafter took the ride and powered home to a 3 34-length front-running victory over Hip Hop and Gliding If only it was that easy

Now 10 Preemptive Strike is known as much for his breakaway speed as he is for his afternoon ledger Early in his career it was common to see him open 20 or 30 lengths on his field The strug-gle between horse and rider can be a tenuous one during the race Especially for someone who like Rafter had never ridden him before

ldquoI had seen him race and I knew he could be awkward going to the start and that hersquos had problems settling in his racesrdquo Rafter said ldquoSanna told me to go to the front and if they take me on we would have to take things from there We knew there were a couple in there that were keenrdquo

Hip Hop coming off a win at the Lit-tle Everglades Gryffindor and Sound Blaster all had the potential to flash early foot Like winning two races with

only one mount remaining the thought of an uncontested lead seemed a reach Yet when the flag dropped Preemptive Strike made the front immediately and no one went to challenge letting Raf-ter dictate things on the front end The lead reached 8 lengths early and then Rafter let Preemptive Strike get into a steady rhythm while maintaining a measured lead of 2 12 lengths after the first 1 12 miles Hip Hop (Danielle Hodsdon) tried to test the winner late but Preemptive Strike turned away the challenge Prepping for the nearly $15 million Nakayama Grand Jump in To-kyo April 19 Gliding (Paddy Young) finished third

ldquoHersquos the kind of horse that you just try to ride with a long rein and sit quiet on My horse was always travel-ing greatrdquo Rafter said ldquoYoursquore actually going faster than you feel but he covers the ground so nicely hersquos very economi-cal He was a handy winnerrdquo

For Preemptive Strike the win was his first since 2005 and the first since being transferred to Hendriksrsquo barn by Polaris Stable After being off the entire 2006 season he returned to run in sev-en stakes in 2007 picking up a check in five

ldquoI thought he ran great I thought Carl did a great job with his jumpingrdquo Hendriks said ldquoHe had been knocking on the door all of last year and we final-ly got a win He had been away for such a long time I really felt like this spring he looked better lighter and more fit Of course you never know until you run themrdquo

bull Though Preemptive Strike picked up the biggest check on the card he was far from the most popular winner on the day That honor went to Classy Brute in the second Owned by Anne Haynes and ridden by her son Will the 5-year-old was trained last season by Annersquos husband Bruce who died Jan 24 of a heart attack

Classy Brutersquos win the maiden hurdle was a maiden-breaker for jockey Will Haynes as well his first in an NSA jump race But paying tribute to his late father is the main memory he carried from Aiken

ldquoIt was a pretty special and emotion-al feeling really exciting To get my first win with all thatrsquos happened this was a really great way to honor my dadrdquo Haynes said ldquoI felt going in that he had

Tod MarksPreemptive Strike (Carl Rafter) flashes over a fence in the feature at Aiken

Striking inThings change in a flash for Rafter Preemptive Strike in Imperial Cup

BY BriaN NadEau AikeN STeePleCHASeSaturday March 22

See aIken page 11

Tod MarksClassy Brute (Will Haynes) floats to the finish line in the maiden hurdle at Aiken

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a good chance as he had run really well at the point-to-point He had a great fall last year and this is just another progres-sion by the horse Hersquos still young toordquo

Mike Berryman best friends with Bruce Haynes from their early days in Tennessee took over the training of Classy Brute Saddling the winner seemed the perfect tribute to his friend

ldquoIt felt like Bruce was watching down on us For Will to get his first win and for this horse to win Bruce couldnrsquot have been any prouderrdquo Berryman said ldquoHe was never worse than third last year and I thought he might get it done last year but to do it Saturday Irsquom very delighted This horse is pretty easy and does everything you ask Saturday in-cluded He just says lsquoHerersquos what I have to do so Irsquove got to go do itrsquo rdquo

Classy Brute raced in close atten-dance to Magic Makerrsquos early pace sit-ting in second for the first 10 fences The winner moved to the lead after the 11th and coasted from there finishing 2 34 lengths clear of Cuse (Liam McVicar) in second with Grsquoday Grsquoday (Young) third

bull Junood made his jump debut a winning one when he took the third a $10000 maiden claiming hurdle for ownertrainer Dave Washer Junood had an undistinguished flat career for Shadwell Stable going winless in four starts but the 5-year-old son of Cozzene has proven a savvy purchase for Washer ndash who spent $8000 at Keenelandrsquos win-ter mixed sale in January 2007

ldquoHe won at Colonial on the flat and ran good there a few other timesrdquo Washer said ldquoThings fell into place on Saturday and he won pretty easy He had trained well coming in so I thought he would run goodrdquo

A former jump jockey Washer knows a thing or two about Carolina racing having won the 1975 Colonial Cup aboard Cafe Prince

Junood (Matt McCarron) tracked the early leaders before asserting him-self turning for home and drawing off to win by 10 14 lengths over Reigning Count (McVicar) and Bounding Cat (Will Haynes)

bull Meneefrsquos win in the fourth the $25000 allowance hurdle built on his score at Little Everglades for Calvin Houghland and trainer Kathy McK-enna The 7-year-old Australian-bred made the early running before succumb-ing to Rainiero late After the latterrsquos fall at the final fence Meenef scored by 5 14 lengths over Be Certain (Xavier Aiz-puru) with Gather No Moss (Michael Traurig) distanced in third

ldquoThe plan was to drop in but he was a bit of a handfulrdquo Rafter said ldquoHe actually dropped me going to the start He bunny hopped at the start and just made the front When Jody fell at the last things kind of fell into my laprdquo

Pettyrsquos collarbone injury cost him the ride on Preemptive Strike but little else as the jockey was back exercising hors-es two days later and won the Carolina Cup the next weekend

bull Young ended the day like he started it with a trip to the winnerrsquos circle He guided Dale Thielrsquos Change Course to a three-quarter-length score in the sixth

for trainer Chuck Lawrence Fabirsquos Legacy (Will Haynes) and Wild Jour-ney (Rafter) completed the order in the $10000 conditioned claimer

Young was aboard Change Course last fall when he broke his maiden at Morven Park and has been a fan of the 8-year-oldrsquos tenacity

ldquoThis horse actually has a lot of tal-ent but he also has a lot of foot prob-lems so that is always going to be a

questionrdquo Young said ldquoCan he over-come those problems Itrsquos nice to ride a horse in a race like this because you know hersquos going to run well for you This was a good one for him to get his confidence backrdquo

Young deputized for Aizpuru (who was delayed arriving from the airport) to win the first a training flat race aboard Swagger Stick

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Aiken SteeplechaseAiken SC Saturday March 22 Turf Firm

1st Training flat 1 14 miles1 SWAGGER STICK L 155 Young2 RED LETTER DAY L 155 Dalton3 CHARISMIC AMERICAN L 155 Rafter4 COUPE DE VILLE L 155 McCarron5 NIGHT RUCKUS 155 Fitzpatrick6 PRESCOTT ROAD L 155 McVicar7 SIGNATURE SWEEP (AUS) 155 Traurig8 STORMING ANGEL 150 W HaynesMgn 34 Time 225O Gil Johnston T Jack FisherGrRo g 7 Cozzene-Regal State AffirmedBred by Clovelly Farms (KY)

2nd $15000 Maiden hurdle 2 14 miles1 CLASSY BRUTE L 144 W Haynes2 CUSE L 149 McVicar3 GrsquoDAY GrsquoDAY L 154 Young4 MAGIC MAKER L 144 McCarron5 GIGGER L 154 PettyPU SOCIETY MILLINER (IRE) L 144 DelaneyPU BABY BERT 154 TraurigPU GREEN PRO L 142 DaltonPU CLASS CARE L 142 BoucherMgn 2 34 Time 424O Anne Haynes T Mike BerrymanDk BBr g 5 Classy Prospector-Repeating Star Manastash Ridge Bred by Royal Ten Racing (IND)

3rd $10000 Mdn clm hurdle 2 14 miles$10000-$5000 clm price

1 JUNOOD 156 McCarron 2 REIGNING COUNT L 143 McVicar3 BOUNDING CAT L 146 W Haynes4 NINETY DAY NOTE L 148 Rafter5 FROSTED FACE L 144 Dalton6 DROMINEER L 152 TraurigF ELUSIVE GLORY L 156 YoungPU TWO TrsquoS 146 DelaneyPU REMY CHRISTINE L 132 BoucherPU ALSO KNOWN AS WINK 151 R HaynesMgn 10 14 Time 427 35OT Dave WasherGrRo g 5 Cozzene-Melody Queen (GB) Mer-don Melody (GB) Bred by Mrs Nellie Cox (KY)

4th $25000 Allowance hurdle 2 14 milesNW1XNW2

1 MENEEF (AUS) L 144 Rafter2 BE CERTAIN L 144 Aizpuru3 GATHER NO MOSS L 147 TraurigF KIRIMBAI L 144 BoucherF RAINIERO (CHI) L 156 PettyPU SUNTARA L 137 YoungMgn 5 14 Time 424O Calvin Houghland T Kathy McKennaBg 7 Zabeel (NZ)-Asawir (AUS) Last Tycoon (IRE) Bred by Shadwell Stud Australasia (AUS)

5th $45000 Hurdle stakes 2 14 milesThe Southern Bank amp Trust Imperial Cup

1 PREEMPTIVE STRIKE L 150 Rafter2 HIP HOP 146 Hodsdon3 GLIDING (NZ) L 158 Young4 GRYFFINDOR L 146 Boucher5 SOUND BLASTER (IRE) L 146 AizpuruF ORISON L 154 McCarronMgn 3 34 Time 417 25O Polaris Stables T Sanna HendriksCh g 10 Roanoke-Mirkwood Far NorthBred by Klobia Carroll (MD)

6th $10000 Con clm hurdle 2 14 milesNW2 for $10000-$7500

1 CHANGE COURSE L 152 Young2 FABIrsquoS LEGACY L 130 W Haynes3 WILD JOURNEY L 144 RafterLR SUITS AND TIES 144 TraurigMgn 34 Time 440 15O Dale Thiel T Chuck LawrenceB g 8 Coronadorsquos Quest-Changing Tunes Ni-jinsky II Bred by Pin Oak Stud (KY)

Aiken ndash Continued from page 10

Tod MarksMeneef (Carl Rafter) eyes up a win in the allowance hurdle at Aiken

Tod MarksMaiden claiming

winner Junood and Matt McCarron


Though Kevin Pallister plies his trade in Camden SC these days Southern Pines NC will always be a special place Pallister returned to the Stoney-brook Steeplechase April 5 and turned back the clock with Little Bay Racing Stablersquos Pals Pride champion 3-year-old of 2002

ldquoIt was very sentimental to go homerdquo Pallister said ldquoI had my first winner there when I got married so it meant quite a bit to go home again and do so wellrdquo

Pals Pride was returning home again too Bred by Pallister in the Old North State the 9-year-old opened the door on his old form that saw him take the Gladstone at Far Hills to clinch the 3-year-old title in 2002 with a victory in Stoneybrookrsquos $25000 allowance hurdle feature

Finding limited success after the championship season Pallister dropped the son of Rock Point into the claim-ing ranks in 2006 The move worked and produced a second at Foxfield and a win at Aiken

ldquoHe had a few leg problems so I de-cided it was time to drop him in class and 2006 wasnrsquot a bad year at allrdquo Pallister said ldquoI think he actually set a

track record at the time when he won at Aikenrdquo

But as soon as Pals Pride got go-ing he got derailed The leg issues that hampered him throughout his career popped up again Pallister was forced to stop on him and Pals Pride sat out the 2007 season Most trainers will say older horses tend to take care of them-selves and Pals Pride was no different which helped Pallister to get him back to the races

ldquoIt wasnrsquot really a struggle because he trains himself in the morning Hersquos a really keen horse whorsquos very handyrdquo Pallister said ldquoHe gets himself fit With his leg issues I just decided to take it easy with him The ground was so hard all of last year that I didnrsquot want to run him over itrdquo

Pallister initially targeted Aiken for Pals Pridersquos 2008 debut but was forced to pass Camden came up too firm so that went by the wayside Enter Stoney-brook and a fitting homecoming

ldquoHe got to coughing at Aiken he has some allergies that can act up Camden was too firm and I didnrsquot want to run him on thatrdquo Pallister said ldquoSo we

looked to Stoneybrook and it fit right inrdquo

Pallister who gallops yearlings and 2-year-olds for Bernie Dalton in Cam-den gave his boss a leg up at Stoney-brook and left him with some simple if unassuming instructions

ldquoI told Bernie to go to the front and try and slow it down and maybe wersquoll pick up a checkrdquo Pallister said ldquoI really didnrsquot expect to win it with the time off and such Bernie just gave him a text-book riderdquo

Pals Pride finished 1 34 lengths to the good of another 3-year-old champi-on the 2007 hero Be Certain But after jockey Padge Whelan failed to weigh in after the race Be Certain was disquali-fied and left unplaced

The result moved Sermon Of Love (Danielle Hodsdon) to second and Or-pington (Xavier Aizpuru) to third ndash and cost Whelan a $300 fine from the stew-ards

Catherine FrenchPals Pride (Bernie Dalton) shows the way in the feature at Stoneybrook

Home AgainPallister Pals Pride return with win

BY BriaN NadEau SToNeyBRook STeePleCHASeSaturday April 5

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bull After 11 failed attempts to meet the cameraman Perry Boltonrsquos Gigger fi-nally got his picture taken winning the $15000 maiden by 2 34 lengths for trainer Tom Voss Magic Maker (Matt McCarron) finished second with Cuse (Jeff Murphy) back in third

Padge Whelan rode the winner and in the process notched his first career NSA victory in his first attempt Whel-an came to the United Stakes to work for Voss and has proved a quick study around the barn

ldquoHe was a stable jockey in Europe and he came here looking to open some new doorsrdquo Voss said ldquoHe galloped some horses for me and looked good he rides well Hersquos very informative and asks a lot of questions around the barnrdquo

Whalen brings experience and will likely get most of the Voss rides as stable jockey Cyril Murphy announced his re-tirement this spring During the current season in England and Ireland Whelan notched eight winners from 104 mounts according to The Racing Post

bull Junood made it 2-for-2 on the year when he took the third a $10000 con-ditioned claimer at 2 18 miles After an easy win at Aiken in a maiden claimer Junood took on winners and didnrsquot dis-appoint he safely held off Suits And Ties (Michael Traurig) who was disqualified for interference and placed third Fabirsquos Legacy (Will Haynes) moved up to sec-ond

Owned and trained by Dave Washer Junood (Matt McCarron) settled nicely in mid-pack before pulling clear late to score by 1 12 lengths The smooth win was a welcome feeling for McCarron who noted things didnrsquot mesh quite as well at Aiken

ldquoHe settled better for me than he did at Aiken He was up and on the bridle a bit there so I think it helped me to have ridden him that day He jumped really well (at Stoneybrook)rdquo McCarron said ldquoI just bided my time in fourth and then he opened up for me He likes his job My only concern was the weight we were giving so much to the competition that I was a bit worried he might strug-gle with it over the soft ground but that wasnrsquot an issuerdquo

Junood carried 156 pounds as the highweight Fabirsquos Legacy toted 135

bull Sunshine Numbers (Jody Petty) tipped his hand in the second the $10000 maiden claimer over 2 18 miles and his 13 34 length win over Reigning Count (Murphy) and Happy Seamus (Dalton) showed he could be a big horse as the season progesses Trained by Arch Kingsley for Sue Sen-sor Sunshine Numbers never lacked the talent to be a winner but did test King-sleyrsquos resolve in the mornings

ldquoHe was a difficult horse to train very rank and aggressive in his train-ing and he would blitz off on you if you didnrsquot make an effort to try and re-lax him I liked this horse a lot but you never know if they are going to sparkle of fizzle until you run themrdquo Kingsley said ldquoHis mom Saturday Sunshine was a stakes winner over hurdles so I was familiar with the family I heard the

horse was available from (flat trainer) Ferris Allen and Sue said lsquowhy not letrsquos take a shotrsquo I knew if I could just hold him together mentally there was some ability in there Irsquove got to give Jody a lot of credit as well as he gave him a very confident ride and kept him out of the trouble you can get into in maiden-claiming racesrdquo

bull Native Run (McCarron) took the training flat for EMO Stable and trainer Doug Fout finishing 2 lengths clear of 2007 novice champion Planets Aligned (Whelan) Bone Dry (Paddy Young) was third for Fout and EMO Winless in three starts on the flat for Fout Na-tive Run looks to have a bright future and should loom large in a maiden race someday

ldquoThat was the first time I ever sat on him but he showed hersquos a horse that has some talentrdquo McCarron said ldquoHe

ran off on me with a turn to go and we made the front after a half-mile which wasnrsquot the plan but when I called on him he went on nicelyrdquo

Voss who wasnrsquot on-hand was still waiting to view the replays of Saturdayrsquos races but indicated that he got exactly what he wanted out of Planets Aligned who will head to Keeneland for the Grade I Royal Chase April 17 against open foes or to Middleburg two days later for the Grade II Temple Gwathmey against fellow novice runners

ldquoHe seems to have come out of the race fine and wersquoll just decide where to run him over the next few daysrdquo Voss said ldquoThis race was just a tightener to see where he was and to give us an idea where to point tordquo

For Stoneybrook results see page 14

Stoneybrook ndash Continued from page 14

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Stoneybrook SteeplechaseSaturday April 5 Raeford NC Turf Soft

1st $15000 Maiden hurdle 2 18 miles1 GIGGER L 154 Whelan2 MAGIC MAKER L 144 McCarron3 CUSE L 149 JMurphy4 FROSTED FACE L 146 Dalton5 SABOTAGE L 154 RafterF PLUM BRUSH L 154 WalshF GEORGE S L 144 HeldersPU RAVENS FAN L 144 HodsdonPU PROPER CARD 154 BoucherMgn 2 34 Time 402 25O Perry Bolton T Tom VossB g 6 Go For Gin-Praise Mr ProspectorBred by Claiborne Farm amp Adele Dilschneider (KY)

2nd $10000 Mdn clm hurdle 2 18 miles$10000-$5000 clm price

1 SUNSHINE NUMBERS L 156 Petty 2 REIGNING COUNT L 143 JMurphy3 HAPPY SEAMUS L 156 Dalton4 BABY BERT 156 Traurig5 PRANCING CAT L 156 YoungF ALSO KNOWN AS WINK L 147 RHaynes PU SALUTE THE NEWS L 156 RafterPU GREEN PRO L 146 Aizpuru Mgn 13 34 Time 400 35O Sue Sensor T Arch KingsleyDk BBr g 6 Polish Numbers-Saturday Sun-shine Dahar Bred by Dresden Farm (NY)

3rd $10000 Cond clm hurdle 2 18 milesNW2 for $10000-$7500 clm price

1 JUNOOD 156 McCarron 2 FABIrsquoS LEGACY L 135 WHaynes3 SUITS AND TIES 144 Traurig4 WILD JOURNEY L 144 RafterPU SMART BABY L 147 WalshMgn 1 12 Time 408-DQ from 2nd for interferenceOT Dave WasherGrRo g 5 Cozzene-Melody Queen (GB) Mer-don Melody (GB) Bred by Nellie Cox (KY)

4th $25000 Allow hurdle 2 38 milesNW 1X or NW 2

1 PALS PRIDE L 144 Dalton 2 SERMON OF LOVE L 144 Hodsdon3 ORPINGTON L 144 Aizpuru4 ZHUKOV (NZ) L 144 Young5 SOCCA BEAT (CHI) L 148 McCarronDQ BE CERTAIN L 142 WhelanMgn 1 34 Time 455-DQ from 2nd failure to weigh in after raceO Little Bay Racing Stable T Kevin PallisterB g 9 Rock Point-Joli Princess LejoliBred by Kevin Pallister (NC)

5th Training flat 1 12 miles1 NATIVE RUN L 155 McCarron2 PLANETS ALIGNED L 155 Whelan3 BONE DRY L 155 Young4 SWEET SHANI (NZ) L 150 Hodsdon5 WITSAND BAY L 155 Dalton6 CRIPPLE CREEK L 155 Walsh7 STORMING ANGEL 150 HaynesMgn 2 Time 252O EMO Stable T Doug FoutB g 5 Cherokee Run-Subtle Fragrance Crafty Prospector Bred by Seitz amp McRoberts (KY)


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Queenrsquos Cup Steeplechase chairman Bill Price nearly returned his meet to the National Steeple-chase Association schedule for 2008 but said he opted to stick with his plans to run unsanctioned when Atlanta Steeplechase organizers announced their intentions to move to a date formerly shared by the Queenrsquos Cup Foxfield and the Maryland Hunt Cup

Traditionally the second Saturday in April At-lanta wants relief from issues including competition from The Masters golf tournament and Easter Meet chairman Hal Barry cited the meetrsquos intentions to grow as the prime motivator while also pointing to the Queenrsquos Cuprsquos unsanctioned status as a factor

ldquoWersquove made a major commitment to our new course (first used in 1997) and we have the objective of growing the meetrdquo said Barry ldquoMore attendance means more money which means better racing and more money raised for our beneficiaries The Mas-ters sucks off a lot of people and probably 50 per-cent of the time wersquore bumping into Easter and even spring break from some of the collegesrdquo

Competition from The Masters (in Augusta Ga) hurts attendance and impacts sponsorships Barry said

The Masters is held in early April and the third round often falls on Atlantarsquos race day (as it does this year) Atlanta also sometimes shares a weekend with Easter Sunday which can affect attendance

So starting in 2009 Atlanta will run on the last Saturday in April ndash creating a four-meet Saturday (April 25) or a three-meet Saturday depending on whether the Queenrsquos Cup returns to NSA sanction

The Maryland Hunt Cup (a one-race timber meet) and Foxfield also race that day Regardless of the Queenrsquos Cuprsquos NSA status that will be a crowded steeplechase weekend for horses jockeys and other participants

Price and Little Everglades organizers Bob and Sharon Blanchard took their meets off the NSA cal-endar for 2008 as a way to force change on the or-ganization Little Everglades ran without sanction March 9 but Price was considering a return in time for this yearrsquos race date of April 26 After talking of near-certain return less than two weeks earlier he finalized his resolve to stay out this week in a letter to the NSA

ldquoI said wersquod come back with two provisosrdquo Price said ldquoThe first was that (the NSA) not forget the change issues we have discussed and the second was that I wanted to know that Atlanta was not going to be on our date next year Now Atlanta is going to move and wersquore going to stay unsanctionedrdquo

Atlanta considered a similar move in the mid-1990s but backed off Barry said the Queenrsquos Cup

decision to leave the NSA opened a door to revisit the issue

ldquoWhen the Queenrsquos Cup pulled out I decided (moving) was something wersquove got to dordquo Barry said ldquoIrsquove got misgivings about it but Irsquove got mis-givings about them moving out of the NSA too We made the move representing the best interests of the Atlanta Steeplechase I canrsquot believe there arenrsquot other dates that wonrsquot fit (the Queenrsquos Cup) I donrsquot wish them any evil We had to make a changerdquo

Barry said Atlanta is committed to growing its race meet The featured Georgia Cup purse was in-creased to $100000 this year and Barry added that other progress could be on the horizon ndash especially with the later date

ldquoWersquore trying to promote the world of steeple-chasingrdquo he said ldquoWe want top-level horses and top-level races We need a top-level daterdquo

As for returning to the NSA Price wonrsquot look too far past his 2008 (unsanctioned) race date

ldquoI was getting input from horsemen that they wanted us to come back and I wanted tordquo Price said ldquoAll I asked for (from the NSA) was some as-surance of my date for 2009 and they coudnrsquot give it to merdquo

NSA chief executie officer Lou Raffetto said he guaranteed Queenrsquos Cup the 2009 date if the meet returned for 2008 but that he could not guarantee Atlanta would not run on the same day

ldquoI said we would look at the whole schedule and see if we could work things out to give us a little timerdquo said Raffetto ldquoThis is a puzzle Maybe we can maneuver a little bit I tried to convince Bill to stay on board give us some time to work on this and see if we could come up with a schedule that would work for everybody We were willing to work with them but he decided to run non-sanctioned this yearrdquo

Atlanta moves for rsquo09 Queenrsquos Cup still out

BY joE ClaNCY

Whatrsquos Happening1 The Atlanta Steeplechase will move to the last Satur-day in April for 2009 a date already occupied by NSA meets Foxfield (Virginia) and the Maryland Hunt Cup

2 The Queenrsquos Cup Steeplechase which also runs on that day will remain a non-NSA meet for 2008 after con-sidering returning to the circuit in time for this season The North Carolina meet had run on that date as an NSA meet since the 1996 season

Georgia meet to shiftto last Saturday in Aprilon next yearrsquos schedule


Celebrate Motherrsquos Day at the RacesSUNDAY MAY 11th 2008

Tailgate Picnic with Family and Friends in Beautiful Unionville Pennsylvania

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As a steeplechase trainer Paul Row-land discovered long ago that horses will let you know how they feel after an injury even though they lack the gift of speech

As a paramedic-in-training hersquos finding out that human beings will try to fool you They might talk and talk about what happened to them in a car accident without ever telling you the truth

ldquoYou actually have to talk them into going to the hospitalrdquo said Rowland who trains about 15 Thoroughbreds at a Unionville Pa stable that was once home to horses trained by Hall of Fam-er Burley Cocks ldquoWhen a horse is hurt really bad it will just stand there and do nothing They knowrdquo

Rowland a 40-year-old former as-sistant to trainer Michael Dickinson has trained horses to important vic-tories in four years as a head trainer They include Preemptive Strike whom he no longer trains and Swimming River and Suntara who are still in his barn Swimming River finished third in the Carolina First Carolina Cup in March

He does not plan to leave the horse business But it didnrsquot seem like a bad idea for a trainer in the precarious world of horse racing to learn a back-up skill especially with a wife and two young children at home Thatrsquos why hersquos studying to be a paramedic

ldquoThe racing business is a tough gamerdquo said Rowland in his tack room as he leaned on a saddle rack with his quasi-Chesapeake Bay retriever Polly at his feet and the smell of liniment in the air ldquoIf it doesnrsquot pan out then maybe Irsquoll need something to fall back on I donrsquot want to go back to being a groom or somebodyrsquos assistantrdquo

At the very least emergency work might come in handy as a second job And even if he never does it for a liv-ing he can use his medical knowledge at the track

ldquoI might be able to help with the safety of people thererdquo he said ldquoItrsquos good to know what to do if a rider gets hurtrdquo

So Rowland attends classes four nights a week in pursuit of his para-medicrsquos degree He leaves the stable around noon after his morningrsquos work studies a few hours at home (that

Tod MarksStudying to be a paramedic trainer Paul Rowland (right with Swimming River) is prepared for any-thing ndash even rain at the Carolina Cup

on CallRowland manages racing stable works toward diploma as paramedic

BY GarY MulliNax

See rowland page 18



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weekrsquos lesson cardiac rhythms) often stops by the barn on his way to evening classes in Essington Pa gets home about midnight and is up by 6 or so to head back to the stable a few miles from his home

His busy schedule doesnrsquot leave much time for other things and he worries his family might sometimes feel neglected But the native of Eng-land has the full support of his wife Jodi a nurse at Union Hospital in Elk-ton Md

ldquoAs much as he loves horses and owning his own business itrsquos not al-ways stable ndash no pun intendedrdquo said his wife who carries the family ben-efits package through her work ldquoThe horses are always up and down Fortu-nately wersquove had more upsrdquo

Fortunately indeed Jodi Rowland likes horses and racetracks as much as her husband They met when he was Dickinsonrsquos assistant at the Fair Hill Training Center in northeastern Mary-land

ldquoI was working a summer job and was writing horsesrsquo names on chalk-boards above the stallsrdquo said Jodi Rowland ldquoIrsquom short so Paul asked me in that smart-ass English way if Irsquod like a bucket to stand onrdquo

Now she and the children 4-year-old Madeline and 1-year-old Hayden spend as much time as they can at the stable and at race meets

ldquoSteeplechase meets are family-orientedrdquo she said ldquoYou have slides face-painting petting zoos Other moms bring their children too Itrsquos like Mom and the kidsrsquo day out only still with Dadrdquo

On the other hand they donrsquot join Dad in emergency vehicles with sirens blaring And hersquos been riding in them for a while Rowland qualified as an emergency technician several years ago and has volunteered with the local fire department But paramedics require more advanced training ndash complete with testing and a diploma at the end

ldquoYou learn emergency medicine by the book along with practical experi-encerdquo Rowland said ldquoYou donrsquot be-come a horse person by going to school When yoursquore around horses you always learn something new People I go to school with have no idea about horses They know what I do but we canrsquot re-ally talk about itrdquo

Dickinson for whom Rowland worked in England before they headed at different times to the United States has no doubt Rowland will succeed in his new endeavor as he has in the horse business

ldquoHe has a big heart hersquos a hard worker and hersquos quite smartrdquo said Dickinson ldquoHe would never rest on his laurels He wouldnrsquot be a panicker Hersquos a real manrsquos man ndash you know not a wimprdquo

And not complacent Hersquos a manrsquos man who keeps his eye on the future

Rowland ndash Continued from page 16News from

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For the second consecutive year the National Steeplechase Foundation sent Barry Watson National Steeplechase Asso-ciation starter and safety advisor to England for a fact-finding trip aimed at seeing what can be learned from British jump rac-ing and what can brought home for use in the United States During his 10-day visit in December Watson visited the San-down Warwick Chepstow and Cheltenham race courses and talked to eveyone from Jockey Club officials to fence builders He also spent time at the start during each racing day In short the trip proved valuable in many areas ndash course safety course maintenance starting procedures and the strengthening of contacts with various English racing officials

The first installment of Watsonrsquos day-by-day report follows and will appear in the next few Foundation advertising placements

The group headed north to Warwick (the second ldquowrdquo is silent) for a dayrsquos ldquohospitalityrdquo at the Warwick Racecourse After a quick look in the program I was happy to see the familiar names of Sean McDonald and Mervyn Smith scheduled as starters I knew Sean and Mervyn were to start at Cheltenham Dec 14 and 15 and they would be expecting me I had met Mervyn during the 2006 trip to Cheltenham when he was working with Peter Haynes I went to the weigh room to see if I could join them for the day and they welcomed me to do so But before I joined my peers I was to meet briefly with Fiona Needham the clerk of the course and Chris Ellis the commercial manager

As is the case with many officials in a sport that has a great deal of exposure the clerks of the courses in Britain are under a fair bit of scrutiny Such was the case with Fiona Needham for an incident back in September There was an area of standing water coming out of the far turn discovered an hour or so before post time of the first race Three riders and trainers were included in the process of de-termining what action to take along with the stewards and the clerk of the course It was decided to cancel all but two races on the card causing a backlash of criti-cism and significant monetary loss Accusations and finger pointing found their way to Fionarsquos office But in the end she had weathered the storm and on this day as in most others was taking care of business and putting out the ldquofiresrdquo

After a brief meeting with Chris Ellis I was on my way to rejoining Sean and Mervyn for the rest of the day I have discovered what a fountain of information the starterrsquos drivers are in regards to the history of these racecourses Without ex-ception these drivers have worked at ldquotheirrdquo course for a very long time and can tell you things about a place many others can not All of the ones Irsquove met have a lot to offer and many times the starters defer the answers to my questions to the driver ldquoCaprdquo was our driver today and like the others he doesnrsquot miss a trick He always knew where to go how many horses the starter needed and where they were if not at the start

It was business as usual at the start throughout the day There was the occa-sional tack adjustment where the jockey had to dismount and get things sorted out Mervyn had to call back the fourth race after several jockeys rushed the tape In most cases only one or two jockeys want to ldquomake itrdquo However over half of the nine-horse field wanted the lead early on making things more tense as they made there way onto the course Warnings from the starters were swept away as the riders approached the gate like a runaway train Mervyn held his ground and refused to spring the latch followed by the sound of moaning riders and a barking starter So they turned and walked back a few yards then turned together again and surged to the tape a bit more slowly but with the same intensity It was as good as it was going to get and Mervyn rightly sent them on their way The last race was a 2-mile National Hunt flat race with 18 runners A dozen of these were first-time starters making things a little dangerous for the staff

Learning from the Experts II


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Positive attitudewill contribute to growthIn your previous publications you

have been kind enough to describe me as ldquoAmericarsquos leading steeplechase en-thusiastrdquo As ever this is a matter of opinion though I do love steeplechas-ing with a passion and spend my life visiting jump racing around the country and during the off season travel the rest of the world ndash learning how other coun-tries run their sport as a business

It gives me enormous pleasure I meet fascinating people see fantastic horses and enjoy fabulous races

In recent months American steeple-chasing has been thrust into a period of re-evaluation and subsequently some major structural changes have been made

I have been asked by numerous inter-ested individuals for an unbiased view of these changes In the spirit of help-ing a cause that matters to me and many others I would take this opportunity to share some thoughts

In my considered opinion the ap-pointment of a CEO has been long overdue and is now most welcome

I had the opportunity to meet Lou Raffetto for the first time at the Aiken Races

There is little doubt in my mind that he has a refreshing personality and the determination experience and ability to

considerably move our sport forward achieving real growth for the benefit of us all Itrsquos true his background is at the racetracks which will be of enormous help but I feel sure he will realize that the hunt meets presently make up the majority of our sport and that the ma-jority of people and horses participate in this arena

I and many others have always be-lieved that finding the answers to the issues within our sport is not that dif-ficult

We now have a leader capable of achieving real harmony as well as achieving the business goals He will do his part and I respectively suggest we all should do our part because it is only if we unite that real success will be obtained The positive attitude by all within the sport should start today not next week or next month A ldquoletrsquos see how it goesrdquo attitude will only slow our progress

The past has gone lessons have been learned now is the time for all of us to come together support our new leader and the new initiatives which surely will follow We will have to accept change but it can be of benefit for us all Give it a try and if wersquore blessed it also could be real fun

See you on the circuit

Richard HutchinsonChadds Ford Pa

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Updates from around the eventing circuit collected from US Eventing Association press releases and other sources

Northern Spy shinesat The Fork

At The Fork in Norwood NC (April 3-6) Heidi White-Carty and Northern Spy made it safely through the storms cross-country and show jumping to take the ribbon in the CICndashW Fourth af-ter dressage the duo kept clean (if not dry) in the final two disciplines to fin-ish on their score of 481 Clark Mont-gomery and Up Spirit (507) moved up to second while Allison Springer and Arthur (524) finished third over the course designed by Capt Mark Phil-lips

White-Carty will be travelling to Rolex Kentucky later this month and knew she needed a solid foundation for the four-star feature

ldquoThis course was a confidence build-er for Rolex and so it was important to have a good run hererdquo she said

Leslie Law and Mystere du Val (525) captured the CIC with Karen OrsquoConnor and Mandiba (539) second and Laine Ashker and Anthony Patch (578) third

Bonnie Mosser and Merloch (351) took the advanced division followed by Phillip Dutton and Connaught and John Williams and Carrick each with 388

Competitors in the three separate intermediate divisions were pooled as one in terms of the Adequan Gold Cup Series Jennie Brannigan and Cooper (335) won group C and top honors Pip-pa Moon and Ribbo (366) took group B and second while Sharon White and Ashwood Lad (380) took intermediate A good for third overall

Mckinlaigh warms upfor Rolex run with win

At Galway Downs in Temecula Calif (March 28-30) Gina Miles and McKinlaigh warmed up for Rolex in fine fashion leading after every stage of the Galway Downs CIC McKin-laigh was rhythmical and balanced as he performed over the Richard Jeffery-designed course finishing double-clean on a score of 47

ldquoIrsquom so confident in McKinlaigh ndash he really does know his jobrdquo she said

ldquoItrsquos always nice when you have a rail in hand I didnrsquot know I had three ndash it makes you breathe a little easier But Kentucky will be lsquoclean round neces-saryrsquo so you have to put pressure on yourself You have to psych yourself up for thatrdquo

Jennifer Wooten and The Good Witch took second on a score of 607 with Hawley Bennett and Livingston third at 632 The Good Witch finished second with a clear round and Livingstone was third in spite of two rails down The top three finishers are all headed to Lexing-ton

Bennett had even more reason to celebrate when her student Alexandra Knowles riding Last Call had a clean and clear round to win their first CIC on their dressage score of 534 Julie Ann Boyer and Rumor Hazit finished second on 544 with Alexis Helffrich and Spike (550) third

In the CIC Nicholas Cwick and Sir Donovan (511) took the honors with Jolie Sexson and Fade to Black (529) second and Matthias Schwarz and Riv-er Court (532) third

Holder Courageous Cometflash solid form

At Southern Pines in Raeford NC (March 21-23) Becky Holder made a big showing taking the advanced divi-sion with Courageous Comet and an in-termediate with Rejuvenate

Holder and Courageous Comet got things done with a score of 365 beating out Will Faudree and Antigua (4530) and Kim Severson and Tipper-ary Liadhnan (6350)

Bonnie Mosser and Merloch took open intermediate A on 444 Holder and Rejuvenate captured group B on 303 and Michele Mueller and Amis-tad (397) partnered for the score in group C

The weekend was marred however when Task Force owned by JC Ches-ter and ridden by Jan Byyny suffered a catastrophic hind leg injury during the Saturday warm up and was humanely euthanized

A 16-year-old Australian Thorough-bred gelding known to many as ldquoJedirdquo he enjoyed a fruitful career with Byyny highlighted by their win at Jersey Fresh CCI in 2006 a year in which they also represented the United States at the World Championships

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Chiacchia recovering moves to New york hospital

Injured Olympic event rider Darren Chiacchia continues to improve Critically hurt in a fall at the Red Hills Horse Trials last month he has been transferred from a hospital in Tallahassee to the Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo NY not far from his Independence Farm in Springville The Chi-acchia family offered this update on his condition posted April 7

ldquoDarren had an excellent day in therapy He was able to ambulate with a walker for approximately 50 feet and was much more alert and oriented He continues to be confused with his surroundings ac-companied with obvious short-term memory deficits and some long-term memory difficulties Assistance is no longer needed when eating and he has com-mented about having reservations at Bonefish Being such an active individual it is obvious that Darren is anxious about not being as busy as he is accus-tomedrdquo

Future updates can be found on Chiacchiarsquos web site wwweventridercom

bull The Equestrian Aid Foundation has set up a fund in Chiacchiarsquos name Donations can be made online at wwwequestrianaidfoundationorg or sent to Equestrian Aid Foundation co Janise Gray 228 Phillips Terr Union NJ 07083 Please indicate Dar-renrsquos name in the memo section of the check

bull Trakehners International will host an online auction to raise funds for Chiacchia Bidding begins April 24 at wwwtrakehners-internationalcom The site will feature a stallion-service auction (featuring such names as Windfall Abdullah and Salute The Truth) as well as equestrian products and services including a $1000 Bit of Britain gift certificate a yearrsquos supply of feed from Purina Mills trip for two to Burghley clinics with world-class equestrians such as Gina Miles and more

Anthony Trollope StockImageServicescomMystere du Val (Leslie Law) flies through the water at The Fork


Sally Cousins multi-tasked her way to a win and a handful of placings at the Morven Park Spring Horse Tri-als March 29-30 at the Morven Park Equestrian Center in Leesburg Va

Cousins and her 9-year-old Thor-oughbred gelding Yukon Denali cap-tured the blue in open preliminary B while taking home second and third in open intermediate A with The Robber Baron and Tsunami III as well as third in open intermediate B with Kestrel Key

ldquoI was amazed at how good the weather and footing wererdquo said Cous-ins based in West Grove Pa ldquoYou take some chances with those things during this time of year but the footing was excellent and made it possible to move along on cross country The organizing committee did a great job putting every-thing togetherrdquo

Yukon Denali is a relatively new ad-dition to Cousinsrsquo string having arrived only 18 months ago Since then the powerful big-moving bay has moved from novice to preliminary under Cous-insrsquo patient tutelage At 9 Yukon Denali is starting to come into his own finish-ing third in Februaryrsquos Sporting Days at Aiken and the Jumping Branch Horse Trials in March before garnering a win at Sporting Days March 16

ldquoHersquos going to be good and is start-ing to show itrdquo said Cousins ldquoHe was a pretty successful racehorse and then he was tried as a show hunter but it wasnrsquot for him He has such a wonderful abil-ity to jump and now he is enjoying itrdquo

Cousins and Yukon Denali finished on their dressage score of 404 the only pair in their division to do so While Yukon Denalirsquos enormous stride has proven a tremendous advantage on cross country itrsquos proven challenging to contain elsewhere

ldquoHis canter stride has to be around 15 feet and it makes the small dressage arena seem even smallerrdquo Cousins said ldquoAt novice level it was harder for him to adjust in show jumping but as his adjustability improved in dressage it translated well into show jumping as hersquos gone onrdquo

Cousins had intended on running her longtime partner The Robber Baron in the advancedintermediate division but when the section didnrsquot have sufficient entries dropped the bay gelding down to intermediate They ended up a strong second finishing on a score of 431 be-hind division victors Carol Kozlowski and Take Time (397) Cousins and her third-placed mount Tsunami III (owned

by Plain Dealing Farm of Scottsville Va) had a rail in show jumping to end the day with 502 penalty points

ldquo lsquoRobbiersquo has been a wonderfully consistent horse for merdquo said Cous-ins who owns the bay gelding Happy to have the opportunity to run in good conditions The Robber Baron hasnrsquot yet run advanced this spring but will do so

Tsunami III is a new ride for Cousins who agreed to take over the reins when owner Linda Wachtmeister of Plain Dealing Farm approached her

ldquoTsunami is for sale and her owner asked me to ride her until she is soldrdquo said Cousins ldquoShe is also an ex-race-horse and is wonderful to ride cross countryrdquo

What truly sets Tsunami apart ac-cording to Cousins is her tremendous worth ethic beautiful movement and athleticism

ldquoShe has serious scoperdquo she empha-sized ldquoIrsquoll ride her at Jersey Fresh in the event she is not sold before then She is in training specifically for a three starrdquo

With two horses aimed for the three star at Jersey Cousins also has a rabbit to pull from the two-star hat with Kes-trel Key a horse she has also had for a number of years

ldquoHersquos another horse who is starting to come aroundrdquo she said of the Thor-oughbred gelding her mother raced and passed on to her Noting that his dres-sage has gotten much better Cousins and Kestrel Key scored 407 and then jumped double-clean to finish third in open intermediate B ldquoHe was very con-sistent in all three phases Irsquom pretty luckyrdquo she said

In addition to a full competition and training schedule Cousins has an active teaching business from which she gains a great deal of satisfaction as well as personal and professional development

Teaching mostly adult amateurs Cousins says they help her try to keep horses in perspective

ldquoI love riding and I love eventing but my students have taught me that over-all it is part of liferdquo she said ldquoTeach-ing also helps me learn how to deal with different people and helps me recognize different learning styles which is also transferable to the horses Also the sheer number of different horses and people I am exposed to through teach-ing enables me to see what works for whom and what doesnrsquotrdquo

Cousins horses enjoy big weekend

BY katY CartErMoRveN PARk HoRSe TRiAlS

March 29-30

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ldquoLife is what happens to you while yoursquore busy making other plansrdquo John Lennon sang Sean McQuillan can cer-tainly attest to the truthfulness of that statement

McQuillan who operates Kilfinnan Stables with wife Kendra began his current business in the aftermath of some unfortunate unforeseen circum-stances

After working as David OrsquoConnorrsquos assistant trainer for four years Mc-Quillan a native Marylander was competing two horses Could You Just and Kilfinnan at the advanced level Named to the Pan American Games training list in 2003 with Could You Just McQuillanrsquos shot at the team was scotched when Could You Just (aka ldquoCooperrdquo) suffered an injury Two weeks later Kilfinnan colicked and died

ldquoI had no horses no job and no cli-entsrdquo reflected McQuillan ldquoUp until that point I was just a competitor I needed a job and decided to give it a whirlrdquo

Kilfinnan Stables named in honor of his former mount came to be in 2005 and currently operates out of Deerfield Farm in Upperville Va of-fering boarding training lessons and sales services to clients

ldquoMy parents have been a big influ-ence in my life and they always em-phasized the importance of learning and teachingrdquo McQuillan said ldquoThe boarding business came from all of the teaching and training I was doing Pos-itive word spread about my teaching and the business grew from there first in The Plains and now in Uppervillerdquo

McQuillan teaches numerous stu-dents from various disciplines and of varying abilities from amateur dres-sage riders to Pony Club members to those competing at the upper levels of eventing

He teaches his current boarding cli-ents as well as numerous students who ship in from other locations McQuillan also coaches students at competitions

ldquoI enjoy teaching thatrsquos for surerdquo he said ldquoAnyone who wants to learn and become a better rider is a welcome addition to our program no matter their goals or skills or what kind of horse they have Studentsrsquo internal mo-tivation to improve is what makes it so worthwhilerdquo

In addition to his parents McQuil-lan cites an impressive list of equestri-an mentors including Jimmy Wofford Karen and David OrsquoConnor as well as current coach Phillip Dutton

ldquoI worked as Davidrsquos assistant for a while training Mrs (Jacqueline) Marsrsquo horsesrdquo McQuillan said ldquoIt was a great experience to be around world-class horses and riders It really taught

me what it takes to reach that level and the amount of dedication and work ethic requiredrdquo

Beyond the training and care of top event horses and foxhunters McQuil-lan learned a tremendous amount about managing the day-to-day operations of a training facility as well as the vital business and marketing expertise nec-essary to embark on a successful career in the sport

While knowing how to ride and train a horse properly is tremendously important to any equine program Mc-Quillan stresses the value of being able to communicate with people whether they are clients or not

ldquoPeople skills I think are more im-portant than riding skills actuallyrdquo he said ldquoIt doesnrsquot matter how well you ride if you canrsquot relate to other people The chances of going to the Olympics are so slim that riders canrsquot sell them-selves based on that alone I have hors-es and customers because people be-lieve in me and believe in the program at Kilfinnan Stablesrdquo

Starting overMcQuillan builds equine businessafter reaching top as a competitor

BY katY CartEr Stable visitA look at the horses in Sean McQuillanrsquos

Kilfinnan Stables

Dunlavin Mertise 7-year-old Argentine Thor-oughbred gelding owned by Sean McQuillan First imported to the United States by Sinead Halpin ldquoRiordquo began eventing as a 4-year-old The ldquocattle pony from South Americardquo finished second at the 2007 MidSouth CCI and won the award for Best Conditioned Horse Moved up to intermediate this spring and will aim for the 2008 Jersey Fresh CCI

Sir Wexford Seascape 9-year-old Irish Sport Horse gelding owned by Kilfinnan Syndicate ldquoWexrdquo began his career as a show jumper in Ireland before being imported to the States by Peter Green Philip Dutton helped McQuillan acquire the ride on the big gray gelding who also aims at the 2008 Jersey Fresh CCI

Could You Just 17-year-old English Thor-oughbred owned by Petra Duke He is ldquo17 going on 3rdquo McQuillan said of his longtime partner with whom he contested Foxhall CCI and Fair Hill CCI ldquoI couldnrsquot be more pleased to have this horse back in the barnrdquo The schedule will include several runs at area horse trials

Quilianrsquos Pride 5-year-old Selle Francais gelding owned by Kendra McQuillan As jo-vial as he is handsome ldquoDanrdquo will start his eventing career this season Kendra McQuil-lan acquired the dark bay gelding as a yearling from Rock Hill Farm in Berryville Va

Serendipity 4-year-old Oldenburg filly owned by Daria Coleman ldquoShersquos one of the nicest young horses we haverdquo said McQuillan The chestnut known around the barn as ldquoFionardquo scored an 85 at the Oldenburg inspections in Germany before landing in the United States and will contest the Young Event Horse series this year in the 4-Year-Old division

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Australian Ryan Wood arrived on the shores of sunny Florida in February to begin the next phase of an already distinguished eventing career

During his 2007 American stint Wood trained with Phillip Dutton and went to Rolex Kentucky with his horse Koyuna Azgard only to withdraw before dres-sage in hopes of stronger chances this year

ldquoThe support I received from Phillip was greatrdquo he said ldquoMy experience here last year was amazing the pressure of competing in a foreign country and then not being able to do Rolex was good for character buildingrdquo

Things havenrsquot gone exactly as planned this time around either despite a job with Bruce Davidsonrsquos Chesterland Farm After running second with Wynella Wolverine in an open preliminary at the Ocala Winter Horse Trials (Feb 15-17) Wood ended up parting com-pany with his next horse Loughnatousa Pair after a rotational fall at a table jump on the preliminary track

ldquoHe hung a leg and cartwheeledrdquo said Wood ldquoI hit the ground and he stepped on my head My cheek was ripped open and blood was pulsing everywhererdquo

After being airlifted to a Gainesville Fla hospi-tal Wood underwent nine hours of surgery to repair the extensive damage to his face and head His inju-ries included a shattered eye socket and cheekbone a broken jaw multiple palate fractures and a collapsed lung topped off with 50 facial stitches

ldquoI looked pretty badrdquo joked Wood 25 One of Da-vidsonrsquos young students had been having some trouble with the chestnut gelding so Wood took the ride that weekend

ldquoEarly on he was sticky He kept hesitating and chipping but gained confidence as we went onrdquo Wood said ldquoI saw the distance to the table near the water about eight or nine strides out and felt very positive Thatrsquos horses for yourdquo

Though still in a brace the young Aussie is looking forward to his next check up

ldquoIrsquom back to the doctor soon and hope to start rid-ing before longrdquo he said

Although he wonrsquot be back in the tack in time to contest this yearrsquos Rolex Kentucky CCI Wood remains in good spirits

ldquoI didnrsquot make it through Rolex last year and that was disappointing and I wonrsquot get there this year but Irsquove got two good horses to aim for other eventsrdquo

After Wood returned to Australia last year his long-time partner Koyuna Azgard remained in the States The 13-year-old chestnut gelding with whom Wood finished eighth at Adelaide CCI acclimated well to his new home and is doing well

ldquoYoursquore always a bit concerned with the seasons being back to frontrdquo said Wood ldquoBut hersquos great and Irsquom keen to get cracking with himrdquo

Wood brought another upper-level horse from Down Under this winter 8-year-old Holsteiner geld-ing Wynella Wolverine owned by Australian rider Analisa Hegyesi

When Hegyesi moves to England she offered to send the horse to the United States for Wood to com-pete Since Woodrsquos injury Davidson has taken over the ride

ldquoBruce has done a pretty decent job with him fin-ishing third at the Red Hills Prelim and winning the intermediate at Poplarrdquo Wood noted dryly

When asked about his gameplan Wood said he in-tends to be in the irons for Jersey Fresh and Fair Hill

ldquoI get to ride heaps of horses at Brucersquos everything from green horses to seasoned competitors Bruce has been very supportive and helped me out by keeping my horses in workrdquo he said ldquoWolverine is aimed for Jersey and both are aimed for Fair Hill in the fallrdquo

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Carolina GirlImagina upends the boys and makes history in the Carolina First Carolina Cup first leg of the Steeplechase Triple Crown


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Hersquos back and still fastPreemptive Strike turns back the calendar and dazzles Aiken with front-running tally in the Southern Bank and Trust Imperial Cup Carl Rafter picks up the mount when Jody Petty goes down with a collarbone injury

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North Carolina HomecomingKevin Pallister and 2002 NSA 3-year-old champion Pals Pride win the Stoneybrook feature

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