BRIDAL PATHS
Congratulations to Laurel Park-based T oroughbred owner and trainer Bob Haynes who married exercise rider Vicki Irons on September 24 at their farm in Laytonsville.
Maryland Will Miss... Howard Franklin Payne of
Picture above: Congratulations to De La Brooke Foxhounds W huntsman Kami Wolk who married Bruce Bitting.
COMINGS & GOINGS
Mike Algeo has stepped down as the Maryland Racing Commission Chairman but will remain on the Commission for another four years.
Emmet Davitt is the new Chairman of the Maryland Racing Commission.
Tim McGrath is now a District Supervisor for the Montgomery County Soil Conservation District.
Joe Lehman and Chris Miller have both been appointed as Associate Supervisors for the Montgomery County Soil Conservation District.
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Reichs Ford Farm in Ijamsville died on June 20 at the age of 71. Payne was involved in many businesses and charitable service communities. He founded and served as President of the award- winning H.F. Payne Construc- tion Company (later named H.F. Payne Homes). He was also the twice President of the Frederick County Builders Association and past President of the Mary- land State Builders Association. Giving back to the community and serving others was central in Howard’s life through his mem- bership in the Good Samaritan Group of Frederick Health Hospital and the Frederick Rotary Club. He also served on the ad- visory committee of the Career and Technology Center for Frederick County Public Schools, was chairman of Corporate Fundraising for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Frederick Division, and was president of the church council of Living Grace Lutheran in Urbana. Payne was also an avid pilot and would fl y fam-
RTCA terms, Dean turned his focus to supporting the local chapters in Maryland and West Virginia.
Tommy McGivern Submitted by J.B. Secor Steeplechase trainer and
Howard Payne and Joy Fernon at the MHC BBQ at Caves Farm
jockey Tommy McGivern died on July 14 in Ireland after a brief illness. He was 62. McGivern was a very gifted steeplechase rider over in the Old County and won some 200+ jump races in Ireland. He earned his fi rst win as a teenager riding for Michael Cun-
ningham’s stables. He rode the 1982 Champion Hurdle horse For Auction as well as other such notable horses as Irish Fashion, Greasepaint and Drumgora. With Drumgora, he won the 1977 Champion Novice Hurdle at Punchestown and the 1980 Red Rum Chase at Aintree. After a riding career spanning just over 20
ily and friends. Payne and his wife Joy were long- time supporters of the Maryland Horse Council and Equiery advertisers.
T oroughbred racehorse breeder Donald Ken-
yon Dean of Potomac died on October 1. He was 85. He attended Will Rogers High School where he met Cora Hicks. T ey both attended Oklahoma State University where Dean joined the ROTC and married Hicks during their sophomore year in 1956. T e couple had six children. After his wife and daughter Cora died in a car
accident, Dean settled in Potomac with his re- maining children while working for IBM. After retiring from IBM, he became a lobbyist for Loral and then Lockheed Martin until 2000. In 2005, Dean met his second wife Martha Johnson. Sadly, their marriage ended after nine years, yet they worked to maintain a friendship. Dean bred and raced T oroughbreds for 37 years beginning with a fi lly named Mt. Airy Mama. T e fi lly did not have the best racing career but went on to be Dean’s foundation broodmare. At one point, he had 38 horses in his stable, sharing his passion with family and friends. His love of horses led him to work as a hot walker in his 70s. In addition, he served as the President of the Race Track Chap- laincy of America for several years and was also a Board Member. After completing his national
years, McGivern crossed the pond and landed in Maryland in the early 1990s working at the famous stables of T omas H. Voss. Soon after, he broke out on his own career as a trainer work- ing with horses for Jerry and Caroline Staut- berg, Skip Crawford and the late Peter Hitchen, among others. He had 124 starts as a trainer here in the U.S.
from 1995 to 2006 with his fi rst race on U.S. soil being the Hunter Chase Timber at the Howard County-Iron Bridge Races in March 1995. T ere, he trained Sir Darlin to fi nish second for Mrs. Henry Stern. His fi rst win over fences was train- ing Aron Yagoda’s Mister Kite to his only win, the Maiden Hurdle at Saratoga Open House in 1996. He later purchased Mister Kite and fi nished sec- ond at Willowdale and third at the Fair Hill Races and Pimlico Races in 1997. His last win in Maryland was with Fergis
Galvin’s Ambenay in the Maiden Hurdle at the 2003 Potomac Hunt Races. McGivern had great luck at the Potomac Races winning the Novice Timber at the 2000 Potomac Hunt Races with
R.B.Billy, owned by the Crawford-Hitchen Sta- ble. In 1997, McGivern won the Maiden Hurdle with Morning Mass (owner Crawford-Hitchen Stable) and the Open Flat with Just Plain Texas (owner Bruce Watkins) at Potomac. McGivern trained Morning Mass to three wins and several top fi nishes in just two seasons before the geld- ing was sold to Foxbrook Farm.
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