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Maryland Dominates U.S. Steeplechase Titles, continued suc-


Steeplechase Times


cinctly sum- marized the Voss season thus:


Trainer Tom Voss edged out Jonathan Sheppard, in the fi nal strech so-to-speak, to become the 2011 Leading U.S. Steeplechase Trainer, making this his fi fth time winning the national title.


Built three- win lead after spring season, but endured winless sum- mer at Sarato- ga, and entered fall season tied with Sheppard atop leader- board.


Two-


win swing in Charleston fea- ture (Voss’ Tiz-


silk beat Sheppard’s Air Maggy by a nose) proved to be the diff erence. Won 3-year-old championship with Wanganui, the stable’s only stakes winner. Voss lost 25 races in a row between Fair Hill and Shawan Downs, didn’t win a race with 2010 champion Slip Away, lost eventual New York Turf Writers Cup winner Mabou to a claim at Sara- toga.


But, at the end of the season, it was Voss on top…because that is horse racing.


Maryland-bred Wanganui is 2011 NSA Champion Three-Year Old


Wanganui was bred by Mimi Voss and is now owned again by Mimi in partnership with Betty Merck and races in Merck’s silks for T e Fields Stable. T e half-brother of cham- pion mare Guelph, Wanganui helped to ensure that trainer Tom Voss (of course) was the top NSA trainer of the year by winning his only


two starts, stakes at Far Hills and Camden, to earn $30,000 and win the NSA T ree-Year Old champion division. We know his bloodlines! His bloodlines reek


of great Maryland T oroughbreds! Wanganui is by Love of Money (who stands at North- view and ranks as the leading two-year-old sire of fl at horses in the Mid-Atlantic region for 2011) and out of Distant Drumroll by Eastern Echo, one of the great stallions who stood at Shamrock, who upon his death in 2004 was represented by 22 stakes winners, including grade I win- ners Buddy Gil and Swiss Yodeler. No sur- prise that Wanganui can jump! Eastern Echo is a son of the great Maryland sire Damascus, to whom many a great jumping (eventing and steeple- chase) T oroughbreds reach back. Interesting trivia: ac-


Gold Cup. T e ten-year-old bay gelding also fi nished second in the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, earning $73,500 for the year. He is owned by Charles and Barbara Noell’s Merriefi eld Farm in Monkton and is trained by Dawn Williams. Williams trains the horse out of Bruce Fen- wick’s facility, Belmont Farm, in the Worthing- ton Valley of Baltimore County, and keeps fi t by foxhunting and horse showing. T e Steeplechase Times summarized Bon Cad- do’s season thus: With 2011 came expec-


tations, and Bon Caddo opened with a point-to- point win at Piedmont for new jockey Blair Wy- att. T e Canadian-bred captured the My Lady’s Manor timber stakes in April and added the Vir- ginia Gold Cup in May. With Wyatt watching


cording to Steeplechase Times, Wanganui was named after a New Zea- land city (in Maori, the word means big bay or bay harbor).


National Timber Champion by Earn- ings: Bon Caddo


After being winless in 2010, Bon Caddo came


back with a vengeance in 2011, winning the My Lady’s Manor Steeplechase and the Virginia


Cats Needing Barn Homes


We have many healthy, spayed/neutered cats in desperate need of new outdoor homes! In most cases, these cats are feral (semi-wild) and need to live at a farm, horse stable, or other suitable outdoor environment. We also have some who are people-friendly. The majority of these cats lost their homes to development, while the others need to leave their homes for various reasons; such as the sale of their home or the death of their caregiver.


Veterinarian care has been given (e.g., spay/neuter, rabies, distemper, deworming, earmite and fl ea check and treatment) prior to their coming to live with you. Your responsibility will be to provide daily food and water, protection from the elements (straw is perfect all year-round), and long-term vet care (we are always on call to help trap for a vet visit if necessary).


After a two week period of secure confi nement inside a barn or similar structure, the cats will accept their new home and be familiar enough with the scents of their new surroundings so they can be let out to roam freely and will know where to return home. They will help keep rodents away from grain and food storage areas. You will also enjoy watching the cats and have the satisfaction of giving them a much needed home in their preferred outdoor environment.


If you are interested or would like more information, today or in the future, please call Lou Bowling-Steinfort at 301-704-3660, or email loulouridesaside@gmail.com. We will also assist you with the relocation, provide the necessary equipment, and provide support as needed.


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With jockey Blair Wyatt in the irons, the National Timber Champion by Earnings, Bon Caddo, won the My Lady’s Manor timber stakes in April and then the Virgin- ia Gold Cup in May for owner Merriefi eld Farm and trainer Dawn Williams.


from the sidelines for the autumn, Bon Caddo went to the International Gold Cup in October as the fa- vorite, and lost jockey Jody Petty. T ey made up for it


with a second in the season’s fi nal timber stakes, the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, in November. T e latter performance, and its $6,300, was enough to win the championship by $8,200 over Maryland Hunt Cup winner Private Attack.


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