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Sharing, Sagamore also bred stakes winners Blamed and Where Paradise Lay. In 2019, Sagamore-bred runners made 219 starts to earn more than $2 million. T e late Taft Lil Queen was named Maryland Broodmare
of the
year, four years after her death. Owned by Charles and Cynthia McGinnes for her en- tire broodmare career, she was represented in 2019 by her last foal, stakes winner Pete’s Plav Call. Great Notion,
standing at North- view Stallion Station in Chesapeake City, earned the Maryland Stallion of the Year honors. T e 20-year-old stallion sired 94 run- ners in 2019 for earnings of over $3 million. His 55 winners won 103 races during the 2019 season. Great Notion’s biggest Maryland-bred winner for 2019 was Lewisfeld, owned and bred by Linda Zang. T e 2014 gelding won the Champion Sprinter title. Mike Trombetta was named Trainer of the
Year. Based at both Laurel and Fair Hill, Trom- betta trained horses to 62 races in Maryland alone during the 2019 season. He also had run- ners in 40 races outside of Maryland. Trevor McCarthy won 170 races at Maryland tracks in 2019, earn- ing him the Jockey of the Year title. He notched 253 wins overall for 2019 in- cluding 14 Maryland stakes races. Ellen Charles’ Hill-
wood Stable had 75 starts in 2019 with 92% of these being in Maryland.
Hill-
Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Sharing also won Champion 2-Year-Old Filly and Champion Turf Runner awards for her 2019 season.
wood Stable was named Owner of the Year with $765,528 in earnings. Two of
their horses earned titles as well with Cord- maker being named Champion Older Horse and Majestic Reason earning the Champion Older Female title for 2019. Hillwood Stables also bred the 2019 Champion 2-Year-Old Male winner Laddie Liam, who is owned by Joseph Besecker. Runnymore Racing owns the 2019 Cham-
pion 3-Year-Old Male winner Alwaysmin- ing. T e gelding was bred by Avla Pitts and is trained by Kelly Rubley. Las Setas earned the Champion 3-Year-Old
Filly title for owners Wayne Harrison, Robert Manfuso and Katharine Voss. T e fi lly was bred by Manfuso and Voss and trained by Voss. Urizar “Uri” Velazquez, who works for trainer
Brandon McFarlane, earned the Backstretch Employee of the Year for Pimlico. T e 27-year- old native of Mexico is enrolled in Howard Community College where he is taking courses in English, Grammar and History. Velazquez is known for his passion for horses and assisting any colleague in need. Troy Singh earned the Backstretch Employee
of the Year for Laurel. He is the primary assistant for Claudio Gonzalez and is a native of Guyana and started in the industry as an owner. He de- cided he wanted a more hands-on position with horses and now oversees the grooms who work for Gonzalez’s 60-horse stable at Laurel.
Swamp Cancer Vaccine T e Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company
has reported that a new vaccination program for “swamp cancer” is showing positive results. In 2018, seven of the wild Chincoteague horses
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