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Preakness Honorees During the annual Alibi
Breakfast, held on May 16 at Pimlico, several people were honored with awards includ- ing photographer John Voor- hees, MidAtlantic Horse Res- cue’s Beverly Strauss, Daily Racing Form's Dan Illman and WBAL-Radio. A photographer for Eclipse
Sportswire, Voorhees' image of 2023 Preakness
winner
National Treasure and jockey John Velazquez earned Voor- hess the Jerry Frutkoff Award for best Preakness photograph. WBAL-Radio was present-
ed with the David F. Woods Award for its three-hour live coverage of the 148th
MidAtlantic Horse Rescue's co- founder and executive director Beverly Strauss was this year's Preakness Honorary Postmaster.
Preakness Stakes. T e
show was co-produced by Scott Wykoff and Pete Medhurst. T e broadcast included live race calls from Pimlico announcer Dave Rodman. Strauss, co-founder and executive director of
MidAtlantic Horse Rescue, was named Honor- ary Postmaster for this year’s Preakness festivi- ties. Straus is a licensed T oroughbred trainer with more than 50 years of horse experience. Illman, who is a longtime handicapper and
writer for the Daily Racing Form, was named this year’s recipient of the Old Hilltop Award for covering T oroughbred racing with excel- lence and distinction. Illman also is the execu- tive producer of DRF’s video pro- ductions.
Maryland-bred Victories at Rosecroft
Harness racing at Rosecroft Race-
way in Fort Washington continues this spring with several memorable moments. On April 23, Maryland-bred Call
Me Goo won the $25,900 Maryland Sire Stakes (MDSS) Open for 4 & 5 Year Old Trotters, with driver Tim Tetrick. Bred by Bib Rob- erts and owned by Graham Grace
Maryland-bred Call Me Goo won the $25,900 Mary- land Sire Stakes Open for 4 & 5 Year Old Trotters on April 23.
Stables, Call Me Goo is by the world champion Googoo Gaagaa and out of multiple DSBF Finals winner Callmemza. Jason Skinner trains the four- year-old mare who also set a MDSS mare trot- ting record and eclipsed the Rosecroft standard for four-year-old trotting mares by 4/5th of a sec- ond.
On April 30, anoth-
er Maryland-bred fi lly won her season debut in MDSS competitions. Only I Exist, bred and owned by Richard Hans, was driven by Russell Fos-
ter to win the fi rst of two $10,000 MDSS pre- liminary legs. Only I Exist is by Ya’ll Beneath Me and already has earned over $140,000. Cloggs For Real, bred and owned by Pamela
Wagner, won the $10,000 MDSS Preliminary leg on May 7 with Corey Braden as driver for trainer John Wagner. Cloggs For Real is by Rusty’s For Real. Rusty’s For Real had another winning son on
May 14 with Tony Babe pulling an 11-1 upset for driver Jonathan Roberts in the $87,500 MDSS for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers. Tony Babe is owned and trained by Ron Short and has only won twice in 14 lifetime starts.
New Course Designer for MD 5 Star Named
Pierre Le Goupil has been appointed as the
new cross-country course designer for the MARS Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill starting in 2025. He will be taking over for current course designer Ian Stark, who is retiring at the end of the 2024 season. Le Goupil is a former elite-level eventer who
is now an international cross-country course designer. T is year, Le Goupil is the course de- signer for the Paris Olympics and previously, he designed the course for the 2023 Pan Amer- ican Games in Chile. “I am delighted to design for the Maryland
5 Star at Fair Hill starting in 2025, and I am fi lled with gratitude towards the organizing committee for their trust,” Le Goupil stated. “It’s a fabulous opportunity for me, and it’s also a great honor to succeed Ian Stark, who in less than three years, has greatly contributed to the event’s reputation.”
RRP Earns AHP Award
T e Retired Racehorse Project earned the United Horse Coalition’s Unity Award, pre- sented by American Horse Publications. T e Unity Award recognizes an individual or or- ganization that is active with UHC, takes the initiative to be involved in, and works towards programs that promote responsible ownership and breeding as well as supporting horses at- risk or in transition. “Empowering T oroughbred owners through
education, service, and inspiration is at the core of the Retired Racehorse Project’s mission,” said RRP Executive Director Kristen Green. “Our work has made a marked diff erence in the effi ciency and eff ectiveness of the aftercare industry in the U.S., and we are honored to re- ceive the AHC Unity Award in recognition of our eff orts.”
USDA Moves to End “Big Lick” for Horses
On April 29, the U.S. Department of Ag-
riculture announced a long-awaited fi nal rule that would help end horse soring, a practice
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