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eys ride racehorses. At just 15 years old and currently in ninth grade, Yomar is back this year assisting with the jockey demos. Yomar has an all-around love for horses and ponies. “My dream is to become a jockey like my dad,” he said. Yomar currently horse shows, fox hunts, and rides in pony races.
Sally Eck Sally Eck has
taken many Sunrise Tours and
in said the being
past a
tour guide is some- thing she always wanted to do! Sally enjoys
Maryland
racing at Pimlico and also works at the annual Maryland Horse Breeders Association Yearling Show prepping horses for Chanceland Farm. Sally also works at the Fasig-Tipton Yearling and Mixed Sales and has helped with T oroughbred Day at the Maryland State Fair. Sally has had the pleasure to be around such great racehorses as Cord- maker, Aloha West and Cathryn Sophia during her many years at Chanceland.
Donna Sullivan Donna Sullivan’s
love of horses takes her from foaling babies to horse showing and haul- ing horses for oth- ers. Donna and her family own a horse farm in Jarrettsville where she has a few brood- mares and enjoys raising babies to train and show. Her horses have competed at many of
the major horse shows up and down the East Coast. Donna continues to assist with foaling for some major T oroughbred breeding farms in Maryland as well. She spends her free time raising Pembroke Welsh Corgis. Donna enjoys the Sunrise Tours as they allow her to meet people and educate them about racing and the history of Old Hilltop.
Katherine Powder Katherine
Powder has lived and worked with horses,
mainly
Thoroughbreds, for 40 years. She foxhunted in Car- roll County and is an avid trail rider. She and her hus- band breed T oroughbreds on a small scale and are fi erce advocates for rehoming of T orough- breds after racing. Katherine and her husband retrain many of their homebreds after racing to go on to other careers. Katherine has worked at a large T oroughbred breeding farm and was an equine vet assistant for 13 years. Katherine said, “Sunrise Tours introduce people from all walks of life to these amazing creatures as well as the history of racing and the history of Pim- lico in particular.” She went on to add, “Horses bring people together; it’s wonderful to see the joy in the faces of children and adults.”
Wendy Albert
Wendy Chapin Albert of Ruxton has been a horse lover throughout her entire life, having grown up where many “backyard horses” were located within walking distance from her home. She received her fi rst pony, Tangerine, when she
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was 12 years old. As a Green Spring Pony Club member, she enjoyed fox hunting,
eventing and
showing her pony, and later her horse. Wendy was a member of Sweet Briar College’s IHSA team and loved traveling to shows. Her husband’s family has had racehors- es for several generations and she now enjoys watching their own foals grow, be trained and start careers at the track. T e part Wendy likes best about Sunrise Tours is introducing people to Pimlico and taking guests to the Stakes Barn and the Winner’s Circle. “Our historic track, cu- pola and artistic treasures are always special to point out,” Wendy explains.
Erika Taylor Crowl Erika Taylor
Crowl grew up rid- ing with Elkridge- Harford Hunt Pony Club. When she was 15 years old,
she started
hot walking hors- es at Pimlico on the weekends for one of her Pony Club instructors. A year later, she started gal- loping for Kevin Boniface at Bonita Farm in the mornings before school. “Kevin was very instrumental in my riding career,” Erika said. After college, Erika began working for the late Tom Voss, which is when she started riding steeplechase races. T anks to FEGENTRI (the continued...
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