Meet This Year’s Pimlico Tour Guides!
ing a position with HRH the Princess Anne and Captain Mark Philips. She spent a year as a working student of classical dressage in Vienna, Austria, before landing in the U.S. and discov- ering a deep love of racing. Julia spent 17 years training racehorses at East Coast tracks and then joined the Retired Race- horse Project in 2017 as Development Man- ager to promote and contribute to the growth of RRP and horses in careers after racing. Julia believes that children are the future. Each
year she loves to see the “rapt little faces” as they watch the horses enjoy a post exercise bath.
Sally Eck
Sally Eck is the new- est Sunrise Tour guide to join the team.
She
has taken many Sunrise Tours in the past and said being a tour guide is something she always wanted to do! Sally enjoys Maryland Racing at Pimlico and also works at the annual MHBA Yearling Show prepping horses for Chanceland Farm. She also works at the Fasig-Tipton Yearling and Mixed Sales and helped with T orough- bred Day at the Maryland State Fair. Sally has had the pleasure to be around such great race- horses as Cordmaker, Aloha West and Cathryn Sophia during her many years at Chanceland.
Frank Douglas
Frank Douglas grew up in the Panama T or- oughbred horseracing industry. His grandfa- ther and father were owners and many of his family members are still involved in racing. At age 19, he enrolled in Panama’s prestigious
jockey school, which is named after Hall of Fame jockey Laf- fi t Pincay Jr. Frank moved to
the U.S. shortly af- ter that to pursue his
jockey His 20-year
included over 1,223 winning mounts and 32 stake races. He mentions riding a
horse named Capbodgit as a career highlight as well as riding in the 1998 Preakness Stakes. He retired in 2004 and is currently a jockey’s
agent representing jockeys Kevin Gomez and Johan Rosado. Frank says, “T oroughbred rac- ing is a sport for many, and for me it’s always been my passion.” Frank will be at the Sunrise Tour jockey stop.
Katherine Powder Katherine
Powder has lived and worked with horses,
mainly
Thoroughbreds, for 40 years. She foxhunted in Carroll County and is an avid trail rider. She and her husband breed T oroughbreds on a small scale and are fi erce advocates for rehom- ing of T oroughbreds after racing. She and her husband retrain many of their homebreds after racing to go on to other careers. Katherine has worked at a large T orough- bred breeding farm and was an Equine Vet
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Assistant for 13 years. Katherine says, “Sunrise Tours introduce people from all walks of life to these amazing creatures as well as the history of racing and the history of Pimlico in particular.” She went on to add, “Horses bring people to- gether; it’s wonderful to see the joy in the faces of children and adults.”
Erica Gaertner Erica Gaertner
grew up just out- side of Baltimore and spent time go- ing to the races as a child. She rode on the hunter/jumper circuit and was a steeplechase jockey before changing careers and going to medical school. Erica remains in- volved in racing as an owner and as the Medical Director for the National Steeplechase Asso- ciation. She enjoys riding and competing her ex-steeplechase horse, All the Way Jose. Her favorite part about Sunrise Tours is introduc- ing new people to the race horse industry.
Wendy Chapin Albert Wendy Chapin Al-
bert of Ruxton has been a horse lover throughout her entire life, having grown up where many “backyard horses” were within walking distance from her home. She received her fi rst pony, Tanger- ine, when she was 12
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