Team Senior Senator & The Challenge Cup, continued...


form, jumping in the front of the field as he likes to do. Near the end of the course however, Drift Society and Our Town came up next to him. Our Town fell at the 19th fence and Drift Society pulled out in front, but that is exactly what Poretz needed to light a fire in Se- nior Senator. “He loves to chase horses. He needs another horse up with him to kick into gear,” he explained. Senior Senator kicked into another gear, but nearly fell at the road crossing after the 20th fence. “I think Joe described it like a phoenix rising from the ashes,” remarked Vicki. “One minute he was nearly down and the next, he just leapt out of this cloud of mulch!” Senior Senator chased Drift Society


down, jumped ahead at the last and sim- ply opened up in the stretch, winning by four lengths. “He came down the stretch and was just gone!” said Poretz. “Not many people can say they won the Hunt Cup, let alone three times with the same horse, and I’m just glad I’m the one who gets to do this with him.” “With Senior Senator’s victory, all


to be used as the next Challenge Cup, but the [Maryland Hunt Cup] committee said no, and that they have never accepted a cup back after it had been retired,” Skip stated. But a third win and retiring the Challenge


wonderful thing as I hope Senior Senator shows others that you can get started in this sport right here in the U.S. You don’t have to go to England to get great horses and riders.” Davies added, “His story proves that Ameri- cans do have talent and we can bring along young American horses and young Ameri- can riders and have them go on to great things. I hope he inspires other owners to invest in American horses and riders.” Since this year’s epic win, England seems


The newest and oldest Challenge Cups with 2019 winner Vicki Crawford and Stiles Colwill, whose father J. Fred Colwill was the jockey of Blockade, winner of the first Challenge Cup in 1940.


prior winning owners with two legs on the tro- phy are wiped out and must start again,” ex- plained Worrall. Te actual Cup now belongs to the Crawfords. “We offered to donate it back


Cup doesn’t mean the end of Senior Senator’s Hunt Cup career. “He has a great lung capac- ity and the right attitude to make him a great competitor,” said Davies. “And his wins are a


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to be on the mind of many of Senior Sena- tor’s fans. “People have been pushing for us to run him in England next year but we aren’t sure as winning a fourth Hunt Cup would be really cool too,” said Skip. Win- ning a fourth Hunt Cup would be a histor- ical feat as no horse has ever accomplished it. “Right now the most likely scenario is to stay right here and run roughly the same pattern next spring with the Hunt Cup in mind. If all that goes perfectly, then look at England for 2021,” Davies added. Either way, one thing is for sure… all eyes


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