THE MARYLAND HORSE COUNCIL Sport Horse Committee
by Kimberly K. Egan MHC President October is Horse Month, as we have all heard by now, which means
competitions in our region abound. Maryland-breds have been on the campaign trail at multiple marquee events in dressage, eventing, and Toroughbred Racing, and they also waved the Maryland flag at the Re- tired Racehorse Project’s Toroughbred Makeover in Kentucky.
Dressage
Dressage at Devon (September 26-Oc- tober 1) in Devon, PA, is one of the most prestigious dressage shows in our area, and Maryland-breds did well in the breed and performance divisions. Hilltop Farm, Inc., based in Colora, had
four horses in the breed divisions. Teir Ha- noverian yearling colt Finley HTF (Founda- tion x Relevè) won the Yearling Colts/Geld- ings class, and their Hanoverian yearling filly Sirena HTF (Sezuan x Qadence HTF) was Reserve Champion in the USDF East Coast Filly Championship. Rounding out the Hilltop Farm breed division entries were Kensington HTF (Kjento x Elfenfleuer), who finished fourth in the Yearling Colts class and seventh in the Hanoverian class; and London HTF (Louisville HTF x Allegra Q), who finished eigth in the USDA Filly Championship and tenth in the Hanoverian class. Hilltop Farm also entered one horse, Qennett HTF (Qredit Hilltop x Unicum-D), now owned and ridden by Erin Bonneville, in the perfor- mance division. Tis nine-year-old Hanoverian gelding won the CDI1* FEI Intermediate I Freestyle class, placed fifth in the CDI1* FEI Prix St. Georges class, and seventh in the CDI1* FEI Intermediate I. Two other Maryland breeders had entries in the Devon show. BellaVis-
Autumn is the time of year for the U.S. Dressage Federation’s regional finals and USDF Regional Championships. Maryland is in Region 1, but Maryland-bred dressage horses compete all over the country. Tree horses bred by Hilltop Farms competed in the Region 1 finals in
Erin Bonneville of Middletown rode her own Qennett HTF, bred by Hilltop Farm, to win the CDI1* FEI Intermediate 1 Freestyle at Dressage at Devon.
Lexington, Virginia. Four-year old Hanoverian stallion Denmark HTF (Desperado x Unicum-D) took first place in the Open Training (Test 3) Finals and fourth over all in the division. Louisville HTF (Lord Leat- herdale x Unicum-D) a six-year old Hanove- rian stallion, finished fourth in USDF Region 1 Finals Tird Level Open. And five-year old Hanoverian mare Nuance HTF (Negro x Raj Mahal HTF) finished fourth in the USDF Region 1 Finals First Level Freestyle. Tree other Maryland-breds competed at the Region 1 Finals. Victoria Carson’s 12-year-old Welsh Pony Cross FCF Mid- night Encounter (Menai Mister Mostyn x Strange Encounter XX) placed fifth in the USDF Dressage Seat Semi-Finals (14-18). Kent Island Sporthorses had two horses in the finals – 13-year-old Oldenburg stal- lion Royal English KIS (Rosall x Atlanta) finished second in the Fourth Level Test 3 Open; and six-year-old Oldenburg stallion Drachenprinz KIS (Dracula d’Avalon x
Royal Princess OBX) finished fifth in the Second Level Test of Choice and 5th in the Second Level Test 1. Maryland-breds also made a splash at the USDF Region 8 Champi-
onships at HITS on the Hudson in Saugerties, New York. High Point Hanoverian’s five-year-old Oldenburg gelding Reputation (Royal Vic- tor x Celebrity) took the Training Level Champion title, while its nine- year-old Hanoverian mare Faustine HP (Furst Impression x Russian Roulette) placed sixth in the Open First Level Championship class.
ta Farm, based in Jefferson, entered its nine-year old Cleveland Bay geld- ing BellaVista Chancellor (Idlehour Lion’s Share x Carolina Rainbow), and he took second in the Cleveland Bay breed class and seventh in the 4-year-Old and Older Stallions and Geldings Under Saddle. BellaVista Farm is a heavy hitter when it comes to preserving the Cleveland Bay breed in the United States – read our June 2020 Equiery article about their work at
https://equiery.com/preserving-the-cleveland-bay/. High Point Hanoverians in Chestertown entered four-year old stallion Remington (Rosenthal x Fifferling) at Devon. He earned Champion Four Year Old Sport Horse Prospect Stallions/Geldings; took Reserve Champion in the 4-Year Old and Older Sport Horse Prospect Final; and also took Reserve Champion in the 4-Year Old and Older Stallions and Geldings under Saddle.
Eventing Maryland is the epicenter of Eventing in the U.S. and the last few weeks
have demonstrated why. Maryland hosted the U.S. Eventing Associa- tion’s Area II Championships the weekend of October 6 at Loch Moy Farm in Adamstown and the Young Event Horse East Coast Champi- onships at the Fair Hill Special Event Zone on October 19-20. Mary- landers traveled across the Potomac to the Morven Park International in Leesburg the weekend of October 13, and over the Mason Dixon line to the Radnor Hunt Horse Trials in Pennsylvania the same weekend. Te main event of October, of course, was the Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill, one of only seven competitions of its kind in the world and one of only two in the U.S. Maryland-breds did well in each of these competitions. Ten-year-old Maryland Toroughbred gelding Point Nemo (Son-
gandaprayer x Wood Not) won the Area II Preliminary Championship, continued...
WHAT IS A MARYLAND SPORT HORSE? “A Maryland Sport Horse is a horse of any breed, including a mixed breed, that was foaled in Maryland and that has participated in at least three competitions with three or more participants in each, that were judged by a disinterested judge according to a publicly available set of rules.”
DON’T SEE YOUR MARYLAND-BRED SPORT HORSES LISTED HERE? Visit our new Maryland-Bred Sport Horse Database on our website at
www.mdhorsecouncil.org/sporthorses/ and add a new horse or update the competition record of an existing horse!
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