STORK REPORT
Maryland Will Miss
…Kathy Dargo, a Maryland native, who died on July 12 from injuries sustained while schooling a horse. She was 53. Although she was not a professional
Matthew Wilder Sprigg was born to Sarah Connell Sprigg and Matthew Sprigg of Monkton on August 10. Also pictured is older brother Weston.
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trainer, nor did she have a “name” in the horse industry, Kathy did teach and school horses in her spare time, and developed a network of equestrian friends and followers from Maryland to Florida. Kathy’s adult riding career began while she was a CPA for Geico, when she joined Reddemeade’s Equishare program availing herself the pool of horses provided to members to ride, school and compete. Kathy followed the general path from Equishare membership to eventually owning her own horses and training with Olympic judge (and Marylander) Linda Zang. After the death of her husband Tom Wells, Kathy immersed herself in sporting activities, traveling between the mid-Atlantic and Florida with Scrabbles the Weimaraner by her side, riding and training, and taking up a new pursuit: golf. As she did with her riding, she approached golf with drive and determination, winning the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Championship Golf Tournament. However, she will fi rst and foremost be known as an avid equestrian, aff ectionately nicknamed ‘Clippity Clop” by her non-horse friends. Perhaps more importantly, she shared that passion, as an instructor, teacher and mentor to countless young women in Maryland. A few weeks before she died, young rider Ella
Groner (Highland) was asked about her mentors for
EventingConnect.today.com, and she listed Kathy among her top three: “I think the three most infl uential people in my
riding were Kathy Dargo, Rumsey Keefe, and Lillian Heard. Kathy was one of my fi rst instructors on my 13-hand paint pony, Cherokee. I was having trouble getting him to canter without taking off bucking and trouble being a confi dent rider. Kathy is a dressage rider and trainer who helped me move from Introductory level dressage to First Level dressage. She taught me how to be a strong rider and to be tough.” Wendy Jeansonne, Kathy’s sister-in-law,
remembered how Kathy mentored her niece, Emily Miller, who took lessons at Waredaca. “She was the aunt every child wishes they had: involved, nurturing, wise, fun, funny and just the right amount of quirky. She modeled an impressive balance of: - guiding without coddling
- demanding the best without defeating - assessing in a way that motivates one to reach
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for higher and higher goals - and, of course, demonstrating the importance of casting some rules in concrete and jackhammering others. T rough [the eyes of Kathy’s
Kathy Dargo
equestrian friends], we see the way she drove herself and others — demanding the best of both. Her methods were sometimes unconventional and her style often as starchy as any drill sergeant, but the results were
students who knew they were stronger for not being coddled or pampered, but for having demanded the best of themselves and then given it.” Kathy was not known for being interested in or having the patience for Facebook or other social media platforms. She was more interested in living life, charging forward, doing, going and being. After her death, her family revived her long-dormant Facebook page, which is now fi lled with meaningful tributes to her. T e Equiery extends its sincerest condolences to
Kathy’s family and friends, and in particular her partner Harry T omas (VA) and her niece Emily Miller.
In memory of Kathy, T e Equiery asks all of our
readers to do one simple thing: if there are “people doors” in an indoor arena, please make sure that they are all closed before you ride–and that they remain closed while you ride.
…T omas Lee, former jockey and Clerk of Scales, who passed away on August 3 at the Delaware Hospice Center. He was 79. During his riding career, he resided at the 165-acre Ridgelee Farm in Finksburg before moving to Millsboro. Born in Canton, China, Lee won more than 1,500 races over a 20-year career in Delaware, New Jersey, Illinois and Maryland. Here in Maryland, he was the state’s leading rider in 1964 with 169 victories at Bowie Race Track, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course. Lee also won the Dixie Handicap Gallorette (G2) three times in four years with Cedar Key (1963), Flag (1965) and Knightly Manner (1966); won the Gallorette Handicap (G3) on long shot Double Heritage (1963) and later Sarre Green (1974), and the Woodlawn Stakes (G3) with Important Reason. In 1981 he was hired as the Clerk of Scales for the Maryland Jockey Club and stayed in that position for 18 years before retiring in 1999.
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