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Brett Owings & Church Music, continued...


Point-to-Point, which they won. T at season they also fi nished third in the Novice Timber at Fair Hill and fi nished second in the Novice Timber at Howard County. After getting a few months to unwind, which according to Brett, she hates, it was back to cub hunting and then foxhunting before the start of the 2016 season. “She really is a mare for all seasons,” Brett


said. “She really doesn’t like to have time off and if more than two weeks goes by without her hunting, she goes a bit crazy!” After using Foxhall as a warm-up, Brett and


Church Music headed back to Green Spring, this time to run in the Novice Timber. Unfor- tunately, their fi rst race of the season ended with a fall but it did not seem to faze either of them. “I trust Brett with Church Music and her with him,” Suzie said. Brett admits the fall was rider error but moved on to the next race. Next up on the racing calendar was the Nov-


ice Timber at Fair Hill, which they handily won. After that, they headed to their fi rst sanc- tioned race, the Amateur Highweight Timber (the Western Run Plate) at the Grand Na- tional. T e pair was in the middle of the pack for most of the race, pulling ahead at the last fence for the win. A knocked fl ag by another rider caused a steward’s inquiry at the end of the race and thus Brett was told to stay mount-


Church Music with her pony pal Pennywhistle


ed on Church Music while they sorted things out. “T at was a tense moment,” Suzie stated. “We knew the inquiry didn’t have anything to do with Brett but it was still a little nerve- wracking.” When the announcement was made that they were the offi cial winners, Brett just reached down and hugged the mare. “He has a special connection with that mare. He lives, breathes and sleeps that horse!” said the proud mom and trainer.


Back to the Hunt Field When the 2016 season came to a close,


Church Music went out to pasture with her best buddy, Pennywhistle, a retired pony, and


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Brett did two more races aboard other horses; the Open Flat at Potomac Hunt Races with Popcastle and the Apprentice Training Flat at the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup. In addition to the Hurdy Gurdy, Church Music was awarded the best Maryland-bred title from MSA. “T ere aren’t that many Maryland-breds that run tim- ber races anymore,” Duck commented, adding, “She’s a big good-looking mare. She proved that she can run together with the geldings and handle them just fi ne.” “I don’t think she gets enough credit as a


mare,” Brett added. “She has shown she can consistently win against the boys and I think that is cool.” Suzie and Brett started to leg up Church Mu- sic back in August, with cub hunting starting in September. Now that hunting is in full swing and the 2017 spring steeplechase season is in sight, she will be hunting a bit less and training a bit more. “T e funny thing is, I never wanted to be a racehorse trainer. Church Music just forced my hand!” Suzie added. Soon, rider and trainer will sit down with the owner and discuss what the plan will be for the impressive mare, but when asked what 2017 might have in store for Church Music, all three replied with some version of “We’ll just take each week and each race one at a time.”


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