Maryland’s 2022 News Makers! YOUR MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL PUBLICATION by Katherine O. Rizzo
Peter Gray Wins First Packy Award Peter Gray, who is based out of Canada and
Florida, won the inau- gural U.S. Eventing As- sociation’s Packy Prize, named in memory of Maryland trainer and 1987
Pan
Games Team Gold medalist
Packy
American Mc-
Gaughan, who died in March of 2020. Gray is an active supporter of the sport of eventing through coaching and mentoring, as was Packy. Te award was a bronze statue commissioned by Packy’s parents, Judy and Mack McGaughan, who wanted to honor their late son with an annual award for those who give back to the sport.
Hasseltine & MD 5 Star Earn Tourism Awards
Maryland’s Sports Commission (MSC) Ex-
ecutive Director Terry Hasseltine was named Tourism Person of the Year at the 2022 Mary- land Tourism and Travel Summit, hosted by the Maryland Tourism Coalition (MTC) on No- vember 15. MSC was also presented with the 2022 Best Product/Event Award in the “Large” category for organizing the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, presented by Brown Advisory. According to a press release from MTC,
Hasseltine’s selection was based on a number of major accomplishments in the sport tourism space over the past year, as well as his history as a leader in the industry, spearheading various “bid-development and event-support opportu- nities for the State.” During the awards ceremony, Hasseltine also
accepted the award for Best Product/ Event in the Large Category for the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill presented by Brown Advisory. Tat award was presented to MSC which oversees the Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Mary- land - the event’s parent organization. “Tis award is a testament to the work be-
ing done by the staff of the Sport and Enter- tainment Corporation who’ve delivered a truly world-class event two years in a row,” said Has- seltine. “It is our honest opinion that we’re just getting started with the Maryland 5 Star and
Dr. Megan Snyder earned two Top 5 NRHA rankings.
Eclipse Award Finalist Teenage jockey Jeiron Barbosa, who is based
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that that event will continue to grow to new heights in the years to come.”
Gonzalez & Toledo Win MJC Titles It was a repeat of 2021 with
Trainer Claudio Gonzalez and jockey Jevian Toledo finishing the 2022 season as Maryland’s Leading Trainer and Leading Jockey, respec- tively, again.
Tis is the sixth year in a
row Gonzalez has led the trainer standings. He fin- ished wins
the at Laurel Park
season with 74 and
Pimlico, edging out Brittany Russell and Jamie Ness, who tied with 73 wins apiece. Toledo won 145 races as a
Peter Gray is the inaugural USEA Packy Prize winner.
jockey in 2022 at Laurel Park and Pimlico. Tis is his fourth overall Maryland jockey title.
He previously won in 2015, 2017 and 2021. Coming in second this year was Eclipse Award finalist Jeiron Barbosa with 107 wins.
Dr. Snyder Makes Top 5 NRHA Lists Megan Snyder, VMD, finished the 2022
season with two top five world National Rein- ing Horse Association rankings! Riding Shes Sompen On Line, Dr. Snyder was ranked third on NRHA’s Novice Horse Non Pro Level 2 World Standings and fourth on NRHA’s Novice Horse Non Pro Level 3 World Stand- ings. Dr. Snyder has owned the eight-year-old American Quarter Horse since the mare was just three years old.
in Maryland year-round, was nominated for a 2022 Eclipse Award in the Champion Ap- prentice Rider category. Barbosa, who turned 19 on December 18, 2022, logged 182 wins ($5,685,182 in purse earnings) in 2022 to be ranked second in wins nationally. Barbosa is a native of Puerto Rico. Also nominated for an Eclipse Award is
Pennsylvania-bred Caravel, who was bred by Maryland native Elizabeth Merryman. Caravel is up for Champion Female Sprinter. Merryman owned and trained the 2017 filly until June 2021 when celebri- ty chef Bobby Flay purchased the ma- jority ownership in her. Maryland-based trainer Graham Motion trained Caravel for the rest of her 2021 season before she was sold to her current owners, Qa- tar Racing, Marc Detampel and Madaket Sta- bles LLC. Te filly currently has $1,331,152 in career earnings including winning the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) in 2022. She is currently trained by Brad Cox. Maryland’s Bruton Street-US owns Snap
Jeiron Barbosa, 19, is an Eclipse Award finalist in the Champion Appren- tice Rider category.
Decision, one of this year’s Champion Stee- plechase finalists. Te 2014 Kentucky-bred is trained by Jack Fisher and mainly ridden by jockey Graham Watters. In 2022, Snap Deci- sion won the Jonathan Sheppard Handicap (G1) at Saratoga in August as well as the Cal- vin Houghland Iroquois Hurdle Stakes (G1) in Tennessee in May. Snap Decision also fin- ished second twice and third once in 2022, bringing his career earnings to $849,334. Snap Decision’s stellar season earned him the Lonesome Glory award for National Steeplechase Association Horse of the Year (see other NSA winners below). Te Eclipse Awards were held on January
26 after Te Equiery went to press. See this year’s results on
equiery.com!
National Steeplechase Winners While Snap Decision earned the Lone-
some Glory award from the National Steeplechase Association (NSA), his owner Bruton Street-US earned NSA’s Leading
Owner title for 2022. Bruton Street-US is a partnership between Mike Hankin, Charlie
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