Team Senior Senator & The Challenge Cup, continued... “We decided to run at the Grand National
because it’s a big course,” Davies stated. “We figured if he could make it around that course, then he was good to go for the Hunt Cup.” Davies went on to say that if Senior Senator had come off that race not in perfect condition, they would have ended the season right there. “Te Crawfords are great owners in that regards. Tey understand that each day is differ- ent and each race is different and they don’t ever put winning above their horse.” Senior Senator handily won the 2018 Grand National, came out of the race perfectly and went on to win his second Maryland Hunt Cup the next weekend. “He was so calm in the paddock that year, we thought something was wrong with him,” Vicki said. “Oh we were scared to death! We just didn’t know what to expect.” Skip added. Te win put Crawford in line
for the Challenge Cup. “Te Challenge Cup is awarded to an owner that wins the Maryland Hunt Cup three times, not necessarily with the same horse. However, the ownership has to be exactly the same,” explained Maryland steeple-
chase historian and author of 100 Runnings of Te Maryland Hunt Cup, Margaret Worrall. Te first Challenge Cup was won by Mrs. E. Read Beard in 1940 when Blockade won three years in a row. Redmond C. Stewart, Jr., is the only owner to retire the Challenge Cup so far
The Right Owners Now a confirmed “Hunt Cup horse,” the
Crawfords aimed Senior Senator for a fourth attempt at the Maryland Hunt Cup. Using the same formula as 2018, Senior Senator won at Cheshire, Elkridge-Harford and the Grand National in preparation for the 123rd running of the Maryland Hunt Cup. “Tis time we used the Grand Nation- al to take the edge off Senior,” said Da- vies. “We had learned from his fall that he needs to run his way and we were worried he’d be too fresh so we used the Grand National to settle him.” Going into this year’s race, five own-
Skip and Vicki Crawford after winning their first Maryland Hunt Cup with Senior Senator in 2016.
with more than one horse, having won in 1968 with Haffaday and then in 1977 and 1978 with Ben Nevis II. Before the Crawfords, the most recent retirement of the Challenge Cup was by Mrs. Miles Valentine in 1983 with Cancottage.
ers were all in line for the Challenge Cup with two wins each. Arcadia Sta- bles had won in 1995 and 1997 with Buck Jakes. Move Up Stable won with Swayo in 2000 and 2003. Irvin Naylor earned wins with Make Me A Champ in 2005 and Askim in 2008. Lucy Goe- let racked up two wins with Twill Do in 2010 and 2012. And the Crawfords
had their two wins with Senior Senator in 2016 and 2018. Out of that list, only the Crawfords had a horse running in the 2019 Hunt Cup. Senior Senator started this year’s race in great
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