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Horses as opposed to Toroughbreds. “Tor- oughbreds have these stigmas about them that aren’t necessarily true.” Tis surely seems to be the case with West
Dakotah Rowel Wiles and Tip Top Diva won the 2021 Barrel Racing division.
ers competing at the RRP, maybe because it takes place when school is in session, but it’s a really great experience.” O’Neil had originally thought about selling
Jarir but her family has decided to keep him. “He is really fun to foxhunt and compete. He literally acts like he has been hunting his entire life, it’s really cool and he really likes it and acts like he’s been around the hounds forever,” she said. O’Neil also is making plans to compete in the High Children’s 1.10m in 2022.
Tip Top Diva Dakotah Rowel Wiles grew up in Middle-
town where she spent most of her riding career running barrels and roping. “I’ve done a bit of everything but that is where my heart is,” Wiles said, adding, “I like working with young horses and then selling them.” In the barrel racing world, the young horses are typically Quarter
Virginia-bred Tip Top Diva, who won the 2021 Barrel Racing division this year. Te 2015 chestnut mare raced exclusively at Charles Town with only three starts, all in 2020. Wiles was attracted to her because of her conformation and purchased her to be a broodmare. “I was thinking she’d make a great Quarter Horse cross but I needed to get her performance record going first,” Wiles said. Wiles added that the mare got a lot of atten-
tion and positive feedback from the Western world saying, “many are really surprised when they find out she’s a Toroughbred.” At the Mega-Makeover, Tip Top Diva consistently put in speedy rounds to win the division. “Tis whole process has really helped me and my rid- ing,” she said of the RRP experience. “I re- ally think more people need to do this and look into Toroughbreds [as barrel horses]. Tey make you become a better person and better rider.” Tip Top Divia also won the Wild and
Wonderful Award, sponsored by Charles Town HBPA, for the top scoring horse to have made six starts at Charles Town, or the top-scoring West Virginia-bred to have made one start at Charles Town. Wiles sold the mare after the Mega- Makeover. “Te lady is just perfect for her,” she said. Tip Top Diva is currently running barrels in Ohio.
The Polo Star Maryland amateur trainer Benjamin Lynch en-
tered this year’s Mega-Makeover with Ramses, a 2018 Kentucky-bred bay gelding by Pioneer of Te Nile out of the Tapit mare Dancing House. Bred and owned by Godolphin, LLC, the gelding only had two starts, for career earnings of $548. Lynch, who is from Baltimore and is cur-
rently part of the Darley Internship program in Kentucky, plays polo with the Maryland Polo Club so was looking for a polo prospect for his Mega-Makeover entry. Ramses came to him through the Darley program. In addition to winning the 2021 Polo divi-
sion, Ramses was also one of four horses to tie for the 2021 Top Kentucky-bred Horse Award, sponsored by Kentucky Toroughbred Owners and Breeders. He also won the Best Condi- tioned Award for the Polo division. Tis award is sponsored by Nina Bonnie.
Benjamin Lynch rode Ramses to win the 2021 Polo division as well as the Top Kentucky-bred Award.
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