NEWS & VIEWS continued At this point, a trial date has not been set.
Standardbred Industry Rebounds While the Cloverleaf Standardbred Own-
ers’ Association and Maryland Standardbred Breeders Association celebrated the best of the best for the 2018 season during an awards pre- sentation at Ocean City on February 8, excite- ment for the upcoming season was abundant. MSBA president Dan Myer told those who attended, “We appreciate your participation in the Maryland Sire Stakes and Maryland Stan- dardbred Race Fund programs. We’re continu- ally striving to make things better. Te new 50% Maryland-sired bonus is a huge incentive to be part of the sire stakes program.” Live Standardbred racing can now be seen at
Rosecroft Raceway and the Casino at Ocean Downs every month of the year except January. Te increase in racing is due to funds being dedi- cated to the industry from video lottery terminal revenue at the various casinos around the state. Beginning with the Rosecroft meet that start-
ed on February 6, Maryland-sired trotters and pacers can earn 50% on any purse earnings in overnight events. In addition, race preferences now include Maryland-foaled horses.
Racing Media Awards Announced Longtime Maryland trainer J. William Boni-
face, jockey Weston Hamilton, breeders Angie and Sabrina Moore and racehorse Glorious Empire were honored on February 25 at the Maryland Racing Media Association awards reception, held at Laurel Park. Boniface was given MRMA’s highest honor, the Humphrey S. Finney Award for lifetime achievement in Maryland’s Toroughbred rac- ing industry. Boniface is best known for his 1983 Preakness win with homebred Deputed
Testamony. His homebred Oliver’s Twist ran second in the 1995 Preakness. Boniface was also part of the driving force behind creating Maryland Million. Hamilton was awarded the Dale Austin
Newsmakers Award following his Eclipse Award winning 2018 season. His mounts from 2018 won just over $3.5 million and his Eclipse win made him the 11th Maryland-based jock- ey to earn the Eclipse Award for Champion Apprentice Jockey.
Te mother-daughter team of Angie and
Sabrina Moore earned the Nancy Alberts Breakthrough Award. Teir Grade I Breeders’ Futurity (Keeneland) winner Knicks Go was an Eclipse Award finalist in the champion two- year-old category. Te Maryland Horse Breed- ers Association also named him Maryland- bred Horse of the Year. MRMA named Glorious Empire, trained
out of Fair Hill by Chuck Lawrence for owner Matthew Schera, Maryland-bred Horse of the Year. He won four out of six starts in 2018 and earned more than $767,000. He was also an Eclipse Award finalist for top male turf horse.
35 Maryland Trainers Aim for TB Makeover
Te Retired Racehorse Project announced
on February 1 that 673 trainers have been ac- cepted into the 2019 Toroughbred Makeover set to take place at the Kentucky Horse Park in October. Tirty-five trainers from Mary- land made the list, including Maryland Horse Council president Neil Agate, who has partici- pated in the Makeover in previous years. Te selection process was a bit different this year with applicants being required to demonstrate their skills and expertise through competition re- sults, videos and references. A letter from a veteri-
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Pimlico’s Totally TB Show On Break Te Maryland Jockey Club announced on
February 17 that the annual Totally Torough- bred Horse Show held at Pimlico Race Course has been put on hiatus. MJC president and general manager, Sal Sinatra, along with MJC vice president of racing development, Geor- ganne Hale, are looking at calendar options for a 2020 date as well as possible different loca- tions to hold the show. Since its inaugural show in 2012, over 1,500 horses have competed, raising over $75,000 in donations for Toroughbred aftercare facili- ties in Maryland. More than $109,000 in purse money has been awarded over the years as well, providing a strong financial incentive to own and ride Toroughbreds in their post-racing careers.
IEA Expands Membership and Adds Dressage
After a three-year pilot program, the Inter-
scholastic Equestrian Association Board of Directors approved officially adding Dressage shows to its program starting with the 2019- 2020 season. Over the past three years, the pilot program has grown from fewer than 100 par- ticipants to more than 300 active members. In addition, the board voted to expand mem- bership to 4th and 5th graders starting in the 2019-2020 season. Tis would make the mem- bership-based organization open to 4th through 12th graders competing in Hunt Seat, Western, and Dressage shows across the country.
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