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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Racing

Foxhall Farm Cup Team Chase opens local racing season

COCKEYSVILLE, Md.--The Foxhall Farm Cup Team Chase, on March 17 in Cockeysville opens the local point-to-point and steeplechase spring season.

Wicomico 1 1A point-to-point field
In the Fastest Time competition, there are seven teams from Elkridge-Harford Hunt, six teams from Green Spring Valley Hounds, and one team each from Cheshire Hounds and Piedmont Hounds.

In the Average Time competition, there are eight teams from Green Spring Valley, five teams from Cheshire, three from Elkridge-Harford and one from Mt. Carmel Hounds.

Both competitions will be run over a flagged course of about four miles.

Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds Point to Point will be held March 31 at Plantation Field in Unionville with a full card of timber races including three national Steeplechase Association sanctioned timber races, a side saddle race and pony races.

The timber races include an open race for amateur riders at 12:00 PM, followed by  amateur apprentice, maiden and novice races, followed by the side saddle race and two flat races.

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Virginia Korrell and Kathy Neilson have winners at Rappahannock

BOSTON, Va.--Virginia Korrell rode a winner over timber as well as two second placed horses, one over hurdles and one on the flat, while Kathy Neislon saddled a winner over hurdles and a third on the flat at the Rappahnnock Hunt Point-to-Point on Saturday, March 2.

Virginia Korrell fixedVirginia Korrell
Korrell rode Pleasecallmeback, trained by Billy Meister and owned by Larry Levy, to win the $1,000, 2 1/2 mile Maiden Timber by a nose over Karl Cares, trained by Julie Gomena.

"This was Pleasecallmeback's first time over timber," said Korrell. "He ran over hurdles last year for Keri Brion. I had never ridden him before. I was still in Ireland when Billy called and asked me to ride him. Billy said that he'd been hunting and had been schooled a lot. I just got back from Ireland about 10 days ago. He jumped very well. I'm going to ride him next in the team race."

Korrell said that her time riding out in Ireland had been great, but that she hadn't gotten to ride in a race because,with the huge mount of rain there, so many meets had been cancelled, plus the horse she'd been scheduled to ride didn't like deep going.

Korrell was second in the Maiden Hurdle on Gospel Way, also trained by Meister.

"Gospel Way ran twice last year, trained by his owner Larry Levy," said Korrell. "He jumped well."

Korrell also rode Eye of Gunfighter, owned by Celtic Venture Stable and Hickory Made Stables and trained by Lawrence Smith, who was second to Prince Khozan, trained by Betty McCue, in the $1,000 Open Flat.

"It was just a schooling run for him," said Korrell. "He ran a full circuit of the course after the finish before I could pull him up. He's going to run at Blue Ridge next, and I'll ride him."

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Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point begins spring steeplechasing

BOSTON, Va.--A sure sign that spring is almost upon us is that steeplechasing returns with the first point-to-point meet, Rappahannock Hunt, which will be held Saturday, March 2.

Billy MeisterBilly MeisterRappahannock has two hurdle races, three timber races and two flat races.

Virginia Korrell, recently returned from riding out in Ireland, has rides in four races while trainers Billy Meister and Jeremy Gillam are taking the most horses to the meet.

Meister has entries in both hurdle races and in the maiden timber, and Gillam has one in the maiden timber and entries in both flat races.

There are only two horses in the first race, the open hurdle, but the maiden hurdle has five entered.

The maiden timber drew six entries, but the open timber has only two, and the foxhunter timber has three entries.

The open flat and maiden flat drew five entries each,

First post time is 1 p.m.

The spring point-to-point schedule.

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Economic Impact of Maryland Horse Industry Grows to $2.9 Billion

REISTERSTOWN, Md.--Maryland was one of the breakout states in the American Horse Council's report on the economic impact of the national horse industry.

Md horse logoThe total economic impact of the industry grew 38% between 2017 and 2022, from $2.1 billion to $2.9 billion.

In addition, the industry's direct contribution to Maryland's GDP grew by 40.5% between 2017 and 2022.

The industry is responsible for 28,434 jobs, and horse industry wages total more than $1.24 billion.

The survey, conducted in 2023 by the American Horse Council, determined that Maryland contains over 717,000 horse enthusiasts, or about 30% of the population, with a total horse population estimate of 92,749.

More than 37,000 Thoroughbreds live in Maryland, making them the most populous breed in the state.

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Bernie Houghton and Keri Brion have three winners while Graham Motion has two

GRANTVILLE, Pa.--Bernie Houghton had three winners, two of them in allowance races, while Keri  Brion also saddled three winners, two in maiden races.

Houghton Shuflle Bill Denver Equi PhotoHoughton Shuffle (Photo by Bill Denver Equi Photo)Houghton's most impressive winner was his sister-in-law Melissa Houghton's homebred Houghton Shuffle, who won his third straight race in three outings.

Houghton Shuffle won a $40,250, 6 furlong Allowance race at Penn National by 2 3/4 lengths on Feb. 7.

Houghton Shuffle won comfortably despite having to go five wide around the turn.

"He's a nice horse," said Houghton. "We liked him from the beginning. He didn't just win, he blew them away. I already have a race picked out for him. He'll run in an allowance, winners of two other than maiden or claiming. That's the next level up. The purses are so good at Penn National now."

Houghton had two winners at Penn National on Jan. 26.

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Merry Maker, trained by Arch Kingsley, wins the Steeplechase Eclipse Award

PALM BEACH, Fla.--Hurricana Farm's Merry Maker, trained by Arch Kingsley, was voted the Steeplechase Eclipse Award winner, and owner Pierre Manigault and Kingsley accepted the award at the dinner on Thursday, Jan. 25 at The Breakers Palm Beach.

Arch Kingsley and Pierre mznigaultArch Kingsley and Pierre Manigault accept the Eclipse AwardMerry Maker received 69 votes, with runner-up Snap Decision receiving 50 votes.

The 8-year-old gelding won one G1 and finished second in another

"Like everything in racing, you can't expect anything," said Kingsley. "I didn't expect it, but I was doing everything I could to believe it."

Along with Manigault and Kingsley and various relatives, jockey Parker Hendriks, who rode Merry Maker, and his girl, Tatiana Suchko were at the winner's table at The Breakers.

This was Hendriks second time at the Eclipse Awards, having ridden The Mean Queen during the season that she won the award.

"I'm so proud of this horse," said Kingsley. "I'm proud of the owner and the team that did this. It's a humbling experience. I get my name as trainer, but we're so dependent on others. It's a team effort to do this. It's a long string of people that make this possible."

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Awakened, Merry Maker and Snap Decision are Eclipse Award finalists

Awakened, Merry Maker (Ire) and Snap Decision, listed in alphabetical order, have been announced as steeplechase finalists for the 2023 Eclipse Awards

Snap Decision leads over last in Gwathmey 1Snap Decision leads overt the last fence in the Temple Gwathmey (Photo by Tod Marks)There are 250 eligible voters represented by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters that vote for the Eclipse Award winners in numerous categories..

While the finalists are determined by the number of votes they received for first, 10 points, second, five points, and third, 1 point, the Eclipse Award winners are determined solely by first place votes.

Both Awakened and Merry Maker raced as novice horses in 2023.

 Awakened,7,  by Curlin out of an A.P. Indy mare, is owned by Riverdee Stable and Ten Srike Racing and is trained by Jack Fisher.

He raced five times in 2023, winning an allowance race at Radnor and the G1 Jonathan Sheppard Handicap Stakes, in which Merry Maker finished fourth, 8 lengths back of Awakened.

He also ran second in the Jonathan Kiser Novice Stakes at Saratoga in which Merry Maker finished third, 10 3/4 lengths behind Awakened.

Awakened finished third in the G2 David (Zeke) Ferguson Stakes at Great Meadow, which was won by Snap Decision.

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Graham Motion wins three, includining a Stakes, Hewick wins in England, Brion, Houghton, Matz and Merryman have winners

Graham Motion saddled three winners, including a Stakes win, over the past two weeks, while Hewick, the 2022 Steeplechasing Eclipse Award winner, was a winner in one of England's most prestigious races.

Graham Motion Coady PhotographyGraham Motion Coady PhotographyTeam Valor International's Romagna Mia, trained by Motion, won the $150,000, 1 1/2 mile Via Borghese Stakes at Gulfstream Park by 7 lengths on Dec. 26.

"She came to us from Italy to run in the Beverly Stakes at Colonial Downs in August," said Motion. "She was third in that and then won the G3 Reed & Riddle Dowager Stakes at Keeneland, and then won at Gulfstream."

"They took that race off the grass and ran it on the all weather track," Motion said. "She'll run next in the G3 Le Prevoyante turf race at Gulfstream."

The 5-year-old Romagna Mia ran a number of times abroad, including a win in a Group 2 race in Rome.

Motion also saddled Amerman Racing's Trikari to win a $70,000, 1 1/16 mile Maiden Special Weight on the all weather track at Gulfstream by 1 1/4 lengths on Dec. 28 in her second ever start.

Cayton Park Stud's homebred Marksman Queen, trained by Motion, won a $71,000, 1 mile and 70 yards Allowance Optional Claiming race by a head at Gulfstream on Dec. 30.

Hewick won the 2022 Eclipse Award after winning the Grand National at Far Hills  by 11 1/2 lengths in his only race in this country.

He was a long shot in the King George VI Chase, a prestigious G1 National Hunt steeplechase held annually at Kempton Park on Dec. 26 during the Christmas Festival.

That race challenges horses aged four or older over a demanding 3-mile course with eighteen tough fences.

Hewick, a horse bought for €850 at a Goresbridge auction, defied expectations.

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Taylor Kingsley won a Fegentri race for amateurs in Morocco

CASABLANCA, Morocco--Taylor Kingsley of Camden, S.C., got what she termed was a crazy opportunity and turned it into a fantastic experience by winning a Fegentri sponsored race in Casablanca.

Taylor Kingsley winningin CasablancaTaylor Kingsley winning in CasablancaFegentri is the International Federation of Gentlemen and Lady Riders, in other words young amateurs, founded in 1955 that now has a membership consisting of 25 different countries.

Don Yovanovich is the American member of the board of directors and the executive director.

"I couldn't have dreamed it up," said Kingsley.

"I'd been riding horses at Laurel on a very cold day and then getting a horse ready to run," she said. "The horse was on the way to the post when I got a text from my mom to call her. I dreaded calling her, wondering if I'd done something wrong. So I called her and we discussed the race, and then she said, `Would you like to go to go to Casablanca?'"

Kingsley said that the Amateur Riders Club of America pays for most of the expenses, including the airfare,so the riders chosen just have to pay for extras.

Kingsley and Elizabeth Scully were the two American girls chosen to compete in Morocco.

"We flew over separately," said Kingsley. "I left on a Friday, but for my flight, we had plane delays, so flights were missed. It was so bad that there was a question of whether I'd get there in time for the race."

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Todd Wyatt saddled Kiyomori to win steeplechasing's final Stakes at Aiken

AIKEN, S.C.--To finish his year on a high note, Todd Wyatt saddled Kiyomori to win the final steeplechase Stakes race of the year, the $35,000 Sport of Kings Three/Four Year Old Hurdle Stakes at the Aiken Fall Steeplechase on Saturday, Nov. 18.

Kiyomori right leads Total Joy over last in 5th 1Kiyomori, right, leads Total Joy over last in the 3/4-year-Old Stakes (Photo by Tod Marks)Kiyomori, a homebred belonging to Gregory D. Hawkins and ridden by Graham Watters, won by 3/4 length over Total Joy (Ire), trained by Leslie Young, finishing the 2 1/8 mile race in 4:02..

"Janet Elliot sent him to me in September when things began to change for her," said Wyatt. "Since then he's run three times, including Aiken, with two wins and a third. Janet had a lot to do with his wins."

"He's a lovely horse," said Wyatt. "He's nice to train.He's a good jumper, and he has a good mind. He just wants to do right."

"We'll put him away for the winter,"said Wyatt. "I'll talk to Janet, and she'll talk to Mr. Hawkins about what he'll do next, but he'll probably run in novice races next year."

"It's been a little quiet for us this year, so it was nice to have this to pick our heads up at the end of the year," said Wyatt.

Watters, who had both the Rider, Races Won and Rider, Money Won titles sewn up before Aiken, the final race meet of the year, but he added three wins on Saturday to finish with 23 wins and $776,900 to Harry Beswick's 17 wins and $597.150.

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Lightning Ridge, trained by Keri Brion, was an impressive Stakes winner at Charleston

HOLLYWOOD, S.C.--Lightning Strike, trained by Keri Brion, won the $35,000 Sport of Kings Three-Year-Old Hurdle Stakes by an impressve 21 lengths at the Steeplechase of Charlestonon Sunday, Nov. 12.

Gerard Galligan on Outperform Gerard Galligan on Outperform winning the Ratings HandicapOwned by KMSN Stable and ridden by Graham Watters, Lightning Ridge went right to the lead, opening up immediately by 8 or 9 lengths and just widening the lead throughout the 2 1/16 mile race to finish under wraps while leading second placed Clifton Down (Ire), trained by Leslie Young, by 21 lengths.

"Graham said he never even tried," said Brion. "He just galloped all the way."

Despite  being eased at the end, Lighting Ridge finished in 3:50 4/5, the fast time of the three 2 1/16 mile races.

"He's a homebred of Kevin and Diana Galraith's," said Brion. "The Galbraiths were with Jonathan Sheppard, and when he retired they came to me."

"We ran Lighting Ridge on the flat at a 2-year-old," she said. "He won a maiden race at Penn National, but he didn't like running on dirt. He comes from a steeplechasing family. He''s a half brother to High Sierra and Inverness, a handicap winner over fences. Parker Hendriks did all his schooling over fences."

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Graham Motion had two stakes winners, Keri Brion and Michael Matz have winners

GRAHAM MOTION had four winners, including two stakes winners, while Keri Brion saddled two winners and Michael Matz also had a winner.

Graham Motion Coady PhotographyGraham Motion (Photo by Coady Photography)Toupie, owned and bred by Wertheimer et Frere and trained by Motion, won the $120,000, 6 furlong Stewart Manor Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on the turf by 2 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct on Nov. 4.

This was Toupie's second win and first stakes win after winning a maiden special weight at Laurel in her first outing in July, finishing second in the Exacta Systems Rosie's Stakes at Colonial in September, then finishing 10 in a Keeneland Stakes in October before her win at Aqueduct.

Madaket Stables' Easter (Fr), trained by Motion, won the $105,500,1 mile Lure Stakes for 3 year olds on the turf by 1/2 length at Santa Anita on Oct. 28.

Easter ran in France in 1920 and 1921 with two wins before being imported in 2022 and since winning two allowance races along with two seconds and a third in allowance races and a fourth in the G1 Man o'War Stakes before winning at Santa Anita.

Robert LaPenta and Madaket Stables' Naptown, trained by Motion, won a $111,600, 7 furlong Maiden Special Weight for 2 year olds by 5 1/2 lengths at Woodbine on Oct.29.

Sycamore Hall Thoroughbreds and Hillwood Stable's Hardspun Reason, trained by Motion, won a $48,900, 1 1/8 mile Allowance race on the turf by 3 3/4 lengths at Laurel on Oct. 26.

BRION saddled Rising Sun Racing Stables' Fun Lovin Criminal to win a $29,800, 1 1/16 mile Claiming race on the turf for 3 year olds and up by a nose at Laurel on Nov. 3.

The evening before, Brion saddled Sterbenz Racing's homebred Two Bronze Stars to win a $26,500, 4 1/4 furlong Maiden Special Weight for Va-bred 2 year olds by 5 3/4 lengths at Charles Town on Nov. 3.

MATZ saddled John T. Behrendt's Tequilera to win a $59,500, 1 1/16 mile Allowance Optional Claiming race for fillies and mares 3 and up on the turf by 1/2 length at Laurel on Nov. 4.

Charlie Fenwick's Royal Ruse, trained by Sanna Neilson, won the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup

UNIONVILLE, Pa.--Charlie Fenwick scored another victory in the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, this time as an owner, when his Royal Ruse, trained by Sanna Neilson and ridden by Gerard Galligan won on Sunday, Nov. 5.

Royal Ruse takes jump early in PHC 1Royal Ruse over a fence early in the Hunt Cup (Photo by Tod Marks)Royal Ruse won the $35,000, 4 mile Hunt Cup impressively by 24 3/4 lengths over Awesome Adrian, trained by Kathy Neilson, with Shootist another 17 lengths back in third.

Royal Ruse finished in the very fast time of 7:33 2/5, just a few seconds off the track record.

Monbeg Stream (Ire) fell heavily over the second to last fence but got up after a while and, according to the announcer on the live stream both horse and rider were okay, while Renegade River was pulled up and according to Equibase had to be vanned off.

The Neilson sisters have now placed first and second in this year's two biggest timber races, with Kathy saddling Withoutmoreado to win the Maryland Hunt Cup over Royal Ruse.

Fenwick has now won the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup as a rider, a trainer and an owner, and three generations of his family have now won the Hunt Cup.

"My grandfather Howard Bruce won the race in 1927 with Billy Barton, and my Mother, Rosalie Culver, owned Dosdi, who won it three times in the late 70s," said Fenwick. "For 96 years and three generations my family has had the same colors. My Mother inherited the colors from her father, my grandfather, and I inherited them from her."

"Billy Barton went on to win the Maryland Hunt Cup in 1928," said Fenwick. "There were 66 starters, according to family lore, and only two finished, and Billy Barton got his picture on the cover of Time Magazine."

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Jack Fisher won two $75,000 Hurdle Stakes, one at Montpelier and one at Callaway Gardens

MONTPELIER STATION, Va.--Jack Fisher had the winners of both $75,000 Hurdle Stakes on Saturday, Nov. 4, the G2 Noel  Laing Hurdle Handicap Stakes at Monpelier and the Novice Hurdle Stakes at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga.

Jack Fisher Fair Hill 2Jack Fisher Wasdell Properties' Zabeel Champion (GB), ridden by Bernie Dalton, won the $75,000, 2 1/2 mile Noel Laing Hurdle Stakes by 3 1/4 lengths over Scorpion's Revenge, trained by Cyril Murphy at Montpelier.

"Zabeel Champion seems like a pretty nice horse," said Fisher, who has just had the horse since late summer when he was imported from Great Britain where he won two hurdle handicaps in 2022. "He won on soft going at Far Hills and now he's won on firm ground at Montpelier. I wasn't there, but I heard Bernie gave him a great ride."

That was the third race for Zabeel Champion in this country after finishing sixth in a handicap at Foxfield and then winning the Appleton Hurdle Stakes at Far Hills.

Riverdee Stable's Cool Jet (Ire), ridden by Graham Watters, won the $75,000, 2 3/8 mile Novice Hurdle Stakes at Callaway Gardens by 2 lengths over The Hero Next Door, trained by Leslie Young.

"Cool Jet (Ire) won at Nashville, and now he won here," said Fisher, who said he went to Callaway Gardens because he enjoyed staying with Jill Johnston there.

Cool Jet has run six times for Fisher since being imported in 2020 with three wins, two seconds and a fourth.

Fisher had a second winner at Montpelier with Riverdee Stable's Potus, who won the $25,000, 2 3/8mile Ratings Handicap Hurdle by 11 1/4 lengths over Withoutdestination, trained by Todd Wyatt.

"All three of them will be turned out now, turned out days and taken in at night, over the winter,"said Fisher.

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Jack Fisher won four races, including both features, one withSnap Decision

THE PLAINS,Va.--Jack Fisher had a spectacular weekend, saddling four winners plus three seconds in the eight races at the International Gold Cup on Saturday, Oct.28.

Snap Decision leads over last in Ferguson 3Snap Decision leads over West Newton over the last fence in the Ferguson (Photo by Tod Marks)Fisher saddled the winners of both the features, including,most importantly, Snap Decision in the G2, $75,000, 2 1/8 mile  David L "Zeke" Ferguson Memorial Hurdle Stakes.

Snap Decision was winning his second G2 stakes this year while giving away up to 20 pounds and beating the G1 Jonathan Sheppard Stakes winner Awakened by 5 lengths and stakes placed West Newton by 3 lengths.

By winning two Grade 2 races as well as finishing second and fourth in two of the five grade1 races, Snap Decision has put himself in the forefront of the Eclipse Award picture.

Snap didn't run in the two G1 races in Saratoga because of the prohibitive amount of weight he would have had to carry.

Snap Decision hates soft going, and the G1 Grand National at Far Hills was run over very soft, holding ground, and Snap was pulled up.

Fisher said that as Snap hates soft going, the idea of scratching him was discussed, but that his owners, Charlie Fenwick, Mike Hankin and Charlie Noell, partners in Bruton Street-US, felt that with the Eclipse Award on the line, Snap should run.

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Pennsylvania's number of foals dropped 25.5 percent from 2022 to 2023, Merryman, Motion, Matz, Brion and Houghton have winners

The Jockey Club announced that the number of foals born live in 2023 dropped 2.5 percent, with only four states reporting more foals born than in 2022.

Witty James McCueWitty winning the Maryland Million Turf Sprint (Photo by James McCue)Pennsylvania's number of foals dropped 25.5 percent, with only 250 live foals reported this year.

In 2022, there were 340 live foals reported from 448 mares reported bred.

Considering the fact that only a much smaller percentage of those 250 foals will ever make it to the track,it might be hard to fill some Pa-red races starting in 2025.

And considering the terrific breeder's award program in Pennsylvania, breeders might consider breeding more mares this year.

Maryland was one of only four states that reported a rise in the number of live foals, with a rise of 3.5 percent.

Maryland had 498 foals in 2023 as opposed to 481 in 2022.

Kentucky, New York and Indiana were the other three states that reported an increase in the number of foals.

Also dropping in the number of foals reported were California ,Florida, Louisiana, Ontario and Oklahoma.

LIZ MERRYMAN saddled Witty to win the $102,030 Maryland Million Turf Sprint Stakes on the turf by 1 1/4 lengths on Oct.14.

That was Witty's fifth stakes win, and the 4-year-old gelding now has 6wins and seven seconds from 18 starts and $464,460 in earnings.

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  1. Noah and the Ark dominates in the $250,000 Grand National Hurdle Stakes at Far Hills
  2. Leslie Young wins two more, Mr. Fine Threads breaks his maiden at Genesee
  3. Sean McDermott trained and rode the winner of the Handicap Hurdle at Foxfield while Leslie Young had three more winners, two over fences
  4. Leslie Young saddled three winners at Shawan Downs to extend her lead in the Trainers, Races Won
  5. Motion has 3 Stakes wins, Matz, Merryman, Brion and Fisher have winners
  6. Snap Decision carries high weight against seven rivals in the G1 Lonesome Glory Handicap
  7. Kathy Neilson saddled Bercasa to win the $100,000 Life's Illusion Hurdle Stakes Stakes
  8. Houghton and Motion have multiple winners, while Jenkins, Matz, Hendriks and Kingsley have winners
  9. Richard Valentine saddled Master McGrath to win at Colonial, Riverdee had another well-bred winner
  10. PA Day at the Races ran a hugely successful, well filled card of 13 races,including seven $100,000 races
  11. The Houghtons made it a family affair in winning a Stakes at Penn National
  12. Mark Beecher and Arch Kingsley saddled Maiden winners at Colonial
  13. Cyril Murphy saddles another winner, Gold Charm in a Colonial Stakes
  14. Arch Kingsley won a flat race, which was meant to be just a prep race, with Cainuothetwist
  15. Cyril Murphy saddled his second Saratoga winner, McTigue in the Kiser Novice Stakes
  16. Eight to compete in the Kiser Novice Hurdle at Saratoga on Wednesday
  17. L'Imperator won the $70,000 Allowance at Saratoga easily and impressively
  18. Go Poke the Bear wins at Colonial, Leslie Young extends her Trainer Won lead
  19. Belfast Banter won the G1 A. P. Smithwick over Historic Heart and Freddy Flintshire
  20. Arch Kingsley saddled Cibolian to win the summer season's first hurdle race at Colonial Downs
  21. Fisher and Brion each saddle two in search of G1 A.P. Smithwick score
  22. Graham Motion had 8 winners, including a G3 Stakes win, and Houghton, Matz and McLane Hendriks also had winners
  23. Graham Motion, Bernie Houghton and McLane Hendriks have two winners each
  24. Michael Matz had four winners, Motion and Houghton had winners
  25. Taylor Kingsley won a bumper race in Ireland on Chef d'Etat, the first American jockey in this century to win in Ireland
  26. Keri Brion won four flat races, Bernie Houghton won two, and Motion, Matz and Meister had winners
  27. Mr. Fine Threads, trained by Joe Davies, won at the Potomac Hunt Races
  28. Leslie Young wins two more at Radnor, now leads by 11 in Races Won
  29. Leslie Young won two at Willowdale, moves into big lead in Trainer, Races Won
  30. Graham Motion won eight races this past month
  31. Kathy Neilson won the race honoring her father Paddy at Winterthur
  32. Mark Beecher had a Maiden Timber winner at the Middlbeburg Hunt Point-to-Point
  33. West Newton won the $60,000 Handicap Hurdle Stakes at Foxfield
  34. Laurel resumed training on its track on April 27 and plans to resume racing on Saturday, April 29
  35. Vintage Vinnie is the one to beat in the Maryland Hunt Cup
  36. Doug Fout saddled two winners at the Loudoun Hunt Point-to-Point
  37. Monbeg Stream won the Grand National, and Teddy Davies tries an unusual fix for a broken collarbone
  38. Snap Decision to run in Gwathmey, while four of seven entered in Grand National prepping to Md. Hunt Cup
  39. Two jockeys win their first races at successful Wicomico
  40. Blue Ridge had only flat races
  41. Jack Fisher and Sandra Webb, a former assistant, dominate Tryon
  42. Leslie Young wins two, including the Stakes at the Manor
  43. Aintree Grand National and My Lady's Manor, races to watch on April 15
  44. Joe Davies has three winners at Elkridge-Harford
  45. Jack Fisher trained both first and second placed horses in the Old Dominion Filly & Mare Maiden Hurdle
  46. Royal Ruse won at Green Spring Valley, headed to the Manor
  47. Leslie Young won three races at the Carolina Cup, including the Novice Stakes
  48. Joe Davies, trainer, with son Teddy riding, won the Open Timber at Brandywine Hills Point-to-Point
  49. Joe and Teddy Davies team up to win at Piedmont, Houghton has four winners, Motion and Meister have winners
  50. NSA sanctioned races bring top timber horses to Cheshire Point-to-Point
  51. Keri Brion wins two, including the 4-year-old Stakes, at Aiken
  52. Elkridge-Harford won Fast Time in Foxhall Farm Team Chase and Green Spring Valley won AverageTime.
  53. Massive entries in two steeplechase meets this weekend predict a great racing season
  54. Richard Valentine had two winners at the Warrenton Point-to-Point meet that featured 82 starters
  55. Bruton Street's Franco de Port placed third at Cheltenham, while Graham Motion, McLane Hendriks and Bernie Houghton had winners & Brooklyn Strong had an Allowance 3rd place
  56. Arch Kingsley saddled Thundra to win at Rappahannock Point-to-Point
  57. Billy Meister, Brion, Houghton, Motion and McLane Hendriks have winners
  58. Parker Hendriks rides for Gordon Elliott and Motion and Houghton have winners
  59. Graham Motion's G1 Stakes win, Brion and Houghton have winners
  60. Keri Brion has two flat winners and a stakes placed 2-year-old, Houghton, Jenkins and Motion have winners
  61. Bernie Houghton won five, including three allowance races
  62. Keri Brion won two at Charleston
  63. Caravel, bred by Liz Merryman, won the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint
  64. Mystic Strike wins the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup for the third time
  65. Leslie Young had three winners at Callaway Gardens plus two at Montpelier
  66. Keri Brion wins three at Montpelier and goes over $1 million in money won
  67. Matz had three 2-year-old winners, Motion and Houghton had multiple winners, and Jenkins had a win
  68. Keri Brion has two winners in Aiken, both three year olds
  69. Ani'amu and Down Royal win the two $75,000 Stakes at the International Gold Cup
  70. Virginia Korell's Tiepolo won the featured timber race at the Cattail Point-to-Point
  71. Graham Motion trains two Stakes winners, with one aimed at the Breeders Cup
  72. Correction - Teddy Davies rode second placed Shootist in the Timber Stakes at Geneseo
  73. Andi'amu won the Geneseo Timber Stakes,, Leslie Young extends her lead in Trainer, Races Won
  74. Mark Beecher trains three winners, including two in featured races
  75. Bill Pape's Deciding Vote wins MATCH Championship
  76. Brion and Parker join up for three wins at Foxfield
  77. Houghton 1st & 2nd in Stakes, Motion, Brion and Matz have winners
  78. Storm Team wins the Shawan Downs Timber Stakes for Jack Fisher
  79. Both overwhelming favorites beaten in steeplechase races at Aqueduct
  80. Shawan Downs kicks off the fall season of steeplechase racing on Sept. 24
  81. ARCA ladies compete abroad in Fegentri races
  82. Snap Decision goes for fourth G1 victory in Lonesome Glory Handicap
  83. Houghton has two allowance winners in one night while Ricky Hendriks had a winner bred by The Queen
  84. Keri Brion has a first-time 2-year-old winner and Motion, Houghton, Matz and Kingsley have winners
  85. Awakened wins another thriller for Jack Fisher
  86. Keri Brion's Theocrat and Freddy Flintshire place first and second in Saratoga
  87. Bargary again rides two winners, one for Fisher and one for Beecher
  88. Graham Motion and Bernie Houghton have Stakes winners
  89. Leslie Young wins two at Colonial, including the Stakes with Our Bab
  90. Graham Motion has 7 race win streak, while Eons, Fille d"Esprit/Kaylasaurus, Beren & Mr. Speaker lead their MATCH divisions
  91. Wendy Hendriks, at the top of a dynasty, Ricky Hendriks, Bernie Houghton and Michael Matz train winners and Brookly Strong is Stakes placed
  92. Jamie Bargery rides winners for trainers Ricky Hendriks and Neil Morris
  93. State of Affair wins for Todd Wyatt at Saratoga
  94. Sean McDermott and Richard Valentine saddle steeplechase winners at Colonial Downs
  95. Keri Brion saddles another winner with Howyabud in the Jonathan Kiser Novice Stakes
  96. Pleasecallmeback wins a maiden steeplechase for Keri Brion at Colonial
  97. Project Two wins a Maiden race for Leslie Young at Colonial
  98. Keri Brion and Jack Fisher have flat success, Motion, Houghton, and McLane Hendriks have winners and Strawbridge has a winner in England
  99. Freddy Flintshire wins a $70,000 Allowance Steeplechase at Saratoga for Keri Brion
  100. Bright Eyed Eagle wins a Maiden steeplechase for Kathy Neilson

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