WHO’S WHO IN MARYLAND: TOP OF THE CLASS Steeplechase Stars
4-H Program Pride At the national level,
three Maryland hotshots earned year-end National Steeplechase Association awards.
Irvin S. Naylor
had 119 starts as an owner this season, winning 16, fi nishing second in 15 and third in 12. T e end result: $719,725 in money won for 2011. T at is over $500,000 more than the second-place leading owner in the U.S. His top horses in 2011 in earnings were Black Jack Blues, Tax Ruling (overall NSA 2011 Leading Horse), Decoy Daddy and Lake Placid (NSA 2011 Champion Novice Horse). T e fi rst three in that list were also nominated as fi nalists for the 2011 Eclipse Award for North America’s champion steeplechase horse. Merriefi eld Farm’s Bon Caddo captured the 2011 NSA Champion Timber Horse title after winning two races (My Lady’s Manor and the Virginia Gold Cup) and placing second in one race out of fi ve starts. His 2011 earnings were $73,500. Blair Wyatt and Jody Petty rode the horse this season for trainer Dawn Williams. Trainer Tom Voss earned his fi fth NSA championship title by being crowned the 2011 Champion Trainer with $384,070 earn- ings from 16 wins, nine second-place fi nishes and 13 third-place fi nishes. He had 88 starts in 2011. Tom has placed second in this cat- egory for the past three years but claimed the win right at the end of the fall season. One of his top horses, Wanganui, was also named the NSA Champion T ree-Year-Old this year.
Hunter Rider Wins Scholarship
Kylie McCarley of Owings has been com- peting in the show ring since she was two years old. She got her start at Camp Letts Equestrian Center in Edgewa- ter under the guid- ance of the director, and her mom, Kelly McCarley. T rough the years, Kylie has been honing her hunt seat skills and has won numerous awards. In 2011, the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association honored her with the 2011 USHJA Affi liate Sports- manship Award.
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T e Maryland 4-H Horse Pro- gram had a busy conclusion to 2011. On October 17, 2011 the teams shipped out to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the All-Amer- ican Quarter Horse Congress. All of the Maryland teams faced stiff competition from all over the country, but they managed to put in a very good showing. Communications team members
Bon Caddo, NSA Champion Timber Horse, winning at My Lady’s Manor
Leah Berry (Anne Arundel) and Weber Stibolt (Anne Arundel) placed second with their Team Demonstration. Shannon Scott
(Carroll) placed eighth in Speech and Hannah Nusbaum (Carroll) placed 11th in the Individual Pre- sentation section. Janie Dell of Carroll County coached this year’s team. T e Maryland Judging team put in a very solid performance placing ninth in Halter and Reasons and 14th in Performance, concluding with a 12th- place overall fi nish. T e team included Tori Fromm (Carroll), Beth Lemmon (Howard), Olivia Stibolt (Anne Arundel) and Hannah Wolf (Carroll) under the coaching of Sabrina Ginn of Cecil County. Beth Lemmon was also recognized as an individual, placing eighth in Halter and 12th overall. T e Horse Bowl team, comprised of Zoe
Chapelle (Washington), Cyndi Koster (How- ard), Alyssa Sumpter (How- ard) and Kristen Wiest (Montgomery), buzzed their way to an 11th place fi nish under the direction of coach Al Starr (Howard). Al- yssa Sumpter was also recognized as the ninth place player overall. Finally, the Hip-
Kylie McCarley, USHJA Af- fi liate Sportsmanship Award winner
pology team came to a 19th-place fi n- ish overall amid some very tough competi- tion. T e Hippology Team was composed of Sarah Baugher (Carroll),
National 4-H Horse Round-Up on November 3, 2011. After a day of touring in Lexington and Louisville, the teams got down to business at the competition. T e Communications team fi nished fi rst overall after a second-place Team Demonstration by Leah Berry and Weber Sti- bolt, a third-place Speech from Shannon Scott, and a fourth-place Presentation from Hannah Nusbaum. Coach Janie Dell could not have been more pleased with her team. Maryland’s winning streak did not end there, as the Horse Bowl team put up a reserve cham- pion fi nish as well. Competing as individuals, Zoe Chapelle fi nished eighth and Cyndi Ko- ster fi nished seventh. T e Judging team put up an incredibly strong showing with a third-place fi nish overall, a
Maryland 4-H Teams
second in Halter, fourth in Reasons and sixth in Performance. Individual highlights were Hannah Wolf ’s fi rst-place fi nish in Halter and 10th-place fi nish overall, as well as Beth Lem- mon fi nishing fi fth in Halter, third in Perfor- mance, fourth in Reasons, and as third-place individual overall.
T e Hippology Team fol-
lowed up with a sixth-place fi nish in the Judging Phase and a 17th place overall.
Iager Kids Continue to Impress
If you have heard of Har-
Harrison Iager, ranked 7th na- tionally in the 10 & Under North American Mule Association
Jessica
Dumsha (Anne Arundel), Jordan Massey (Frederick) and Kimberly Zulauf (Anne Arundel) and was coached by Darryll- Ann Buschling (Howard). Shortly after returning from Ohio, the teams departed to Louisville, Kentucky for the Eastern
rison Mule Days, then you know the Iager family. Out- side of the weekend local show, the Iager kids have been racking up points, rib- bons and championships on the national level.
At the end of a busy sea-
son traveling around the country, Miranda Iag- er found herself ranked sixth in the U.S. in the 18 and Under division for the North Ameri- can Saddle Mule Association with her mule A Touch of Class.
Madison Iager and her mule Big Woods continued ...
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