THE MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL Sport Horse Committee
by Kimberly K. Egan, MHC President
Te competition calendar here in Maryland takes a few weeks off in December, but there have been several excellent results for Maryland- breds since our last column went to press. In reverse chronological order:
Thoroughbred Flat Racing
Te overall sales topper at Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic December Mixed and Horses of Racing Age sale on December 5 in Timonium was an un-named Maryland-bred weanling colt by Ghostzapper out of Dance All Day (Exaggerator). Te weanling’s dam sire won the 2016 Preakness Stakes. He was consigned by Northview Stallion Station in Chesapeake City and sold for $82,000 to Machmer Hall Toroughbreds in Oklahoma.
Dressage Te 2023 US Dressage Finals were held
November 9-12 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. At this national event, qualifying pairs from all over the country compete in adult amateur and open divi- sions, at Training Level through Grand Prix, and junior/young riders at Training Level through Fourth Level. Maryland’s Hilltop Farm in Colora was
Te Virginia Horse Center Horse Trials were held the weekend of No-
vember 2 in Lexington, Virginia. Te highest placed Maryland-bred was Crazed (Orientate x Riveting (Petionville)) who won the Senior Novice Rider division. He was bred by Ann Biggs Jackson of White Hall and had 19 starts at the track through 2020. He began his eventing career in 2021. Crazed later finished fourth in the Open Novice division at Chat- tachoochee Hills in Georgia. Un-raced Maryland-bred Toroughbred Absolute Zero (Freedom Child x Still Kicking (Gold Case)) – regis- tered with the Jockey Club as Away to Free- dom – finished second in a Preliminary Rider Division in which almost 50% of the entries failed to complete. Absolute Zero was bred by Country Life Farm in Fallston. Maryland- bred Welsh Cob FCF Midnight Encounter (Menai Mister Mostyn x Strange Encounter) finished second in the Open Novice B divi- sion. He was bred by Victoria Carson of West- minster and has had an extensive dressage ca- reer competing up to Tird Level, as well as a career eventing up to the Preliminary level. Te Chattachoochee Hills CCI3*-S and
represented by three horses in the champion- ship classes.: • Hilltop-bred stallion Louisville HTF finished third in the Open Tird Level Championship division; • Hilltop-owned stallion Sternlicht Hilltop finished third in the Open Intermediate I Free style Championship division; • Hilltop-sired gelding Chapel Hill finished fifth in the Adult Amateur First Level Championship division.
Eventing Te Waredaca Starter Checkerboard Challenge Horse Trial was held at
Waredaca Farm in Laytonsville on November 11. Maryland-bred Tor- oughbred Jinx – registered with the Jockey Club as Upinthenickoftime (Will’s Way x Brit Kay (Rinka Das)) – won the Novice Rider division. He was bred by J. Noel Magee and Dr. & Mrs. Bruce C. Wells and is out of the Maryland-bred Brit Kay. Jinx had three starts at the track before moving on to eventing. Experienced international campaigner BFF Savannah (BFF Incognito x Tequila Punch (Two Punch)), bred by Lisa Reid of Union Bridge, won an Elementary division. BFF Savannah competed up to the CCI2* level in 2012 and is now teaching a new rider the ropes at the lower levels. Her sire is Maryland-bred Toroughbred/ Clydesdale cross BFF Incognito.
Bonaire, ridden here earlier this year by Ava V. Wehde of Florida, finished fourth at Chattachooche Hills in the CCI3*-S division.
Horse Trials were held in Fairburn, Georgia, the weekend of October 28. Maryland-bred Rheinland Pfalz-Saar Bonaire (Bliss MF x Avalon (A Fine Romance)) competed at the CCI3*-S level and finished a very respectable
fourth. Bonaire was bred by Elizabeth Callahan in Oxford, Maryland, and is out of her home-bred Oldenburg mare Avalon. At the national level, un-raced Maryland-bred Toroughbred Ameristan (Cosa Vera x Seeking Allie (Seeking Daylight)) won the Open Novice B division on an impressive dressage score of 25. Ameristan was bred by Lady Olivia at North Cliff LLC. Last but not least, two Maryland-breds won divisions at Te Ware-
daca Classic Tree Day Event and Horse Trial on October 28. Seasoned Maryland-bred Trakhener Olney Uncle Sam (Sonset Seiger x Aerial (Starman)) won the Training division, and Maryland-bred Swedish Warmblood Beall Spring Chanel (Black Coffee x Ma Cherie (Rubig- non)) won the Open Beginner Novice division. Olney Uncle Sam com- peted at the international levels up until 2022 and is now teaching the sport to the next generation of eventers. He was bred by Ami Howard at Olney Farm in Joppa. Beall Spring Chanel was bred by Tora Pollak of Beallsville and is starting her eventing career.
You can learn more about these horses as well as many others in our
Maryland-Bred Sport Horse Database, at
https://mdhorsecouncil.org/ sporthorses/.
WHAT IS A MARYLAND SPORT HORSE? “A Maryland Sport Horse is a horse of any breed, including a mixed breed, that was foaled in Maryland and that has participated in at least three competitions with three or more participants in each, that were judged by a disinterested judge according to a publicly available set of rules.”
DON’T SEE YOUR MARYLAND-BRED SPORT HORSES LISTED HERE? Visit our new Maryland-Bred Sport Horse Database on our website at
www.mdhorsecouncil.org/sporthorses/ and add a new horse or update the competition record of an existing horse!
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