Month: November 2021

Q Bar J’s Adams Found Dead

John “Quincy” Adams, who consigned at the 2-year-old sales under his and his wife Jennifer's Q Bar J Thoroughbreds banner, was reportedly found dead last week at the age of 51. His family had filed a missing person report with the Levy County Sheriff's Office after having not seen him since Oct. 24 and not been in contact with him since Oct. 31. According to a release from the LCSO, he was believed to have been suffering from depression.

Blood-Horse reports that Adams was found in a vehicle outside of Gainesville and that “no foul play is suspected in his death, nor did Adams appear to die of natural causes.”

According to a previous Paulick Report story, Adams was arrested and charged with narcotics possession with the intent to distribute in June of 2020.

Adams hailed from a prominent Ocala-area family of horsemen.

Among Q Bar J's past sales graduates were a $775,000 Quality Road filly sold at the 2016 OBS April Sale; and MGSW Boardroom (Commissioner), a $40,000 FTKJUL yearling turned $475,000 OBS April seller in 2019. Q Bar J's top seller in 2021 was a filly by Cupid who brought $440,000 OBS April after being acquired for just $42,000 the previous October at Fasig-Tipton Midlantic.

Born in Jacksonville, FL to Mildred and George Adams, Adams is survived by his wife, Jennifer Adams; children, Candace McIntire (Adams), Colt Adams, Cheyenne Adams and Cash Adams; grandchildren, Kynzee Campbell, Ezekiel McIntire, Kenna Adams, Eliza McIntire and Adaline Adams; brother, James “Jimmy” Gladwell and his wife, Martha; and sister, Sally Holton and her husband, Ed; and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He is preceded in death by his father and sisters, Mary Harris (Gladwell) and Monica Cain (Gladwell).

“Quincy was one of the few true, pure cowboys left,” said an obituary in the Gainesville Sun. “He could rope, ride, herd steers, train horses. He could do it all and was all self-taught. His family often referred to him as the 'horse whisperer.' He passed on all his cowboy ways to his children.”

A funeral was held for Adams Tuesday.

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Observations: Half to Pyledriver Set For Wolves Debut

16.05 Wolverhampton, Nov, £6,500, 2yo, 7f 36y (AWT)
William Muir and Chris Grassick trainee STOCKPYLE (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) is an unraced half-brother to last term's G1 St Leger third and this year's G1 Coronation Cup-winning stablemate Pyledriver (GB) (Harbour Watch {Ire}). He encounters nine rivals including Godolphin's once-raced Silent Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is a homebred half to three black-type performers headed by G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-winning sire Ultra (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}), from the Charlie Appleby stable.

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Free Pie and Live Racing: A Laurel Park Thanksgiving Tradition

Courtesy Maryland Jockey Club

No matter the time of year, or the occasion, holiday traditions mean different things to different people.

For more than three decades, aside from hosting its annual live race card, Thanksgiving Day has meant only one thing at Laurel Park–pies.

Tens of thousands of the tasty treats–apple or pumpkin, take your pick–have been handed out since the late Frank J. De Francis Jr.  purchased Laurel and historic Pimlico Race Course in late 1986.

“He's the one that started it, as a way of doing something special for the fans that come out,” Maryland Jockey Club Vice President of Racing Development Georganne Hale said. Hale first joined the MJC in 1984 as assistant racing secretary and has held various roles since, including racing secretary and Vice President of Racing.

“People look forward to it every year,” she added.

After spending several million dollars on innovative facilities improvements at Laurel and Pimlico, reviving the historic Pimlico Special in 1988 following a 29-year absence, spearheading legislation to authorize Sunday racing and telephone wagering in Maryland and the landmark tax reform act of 1985 which provided tax relief to the state's racing industry, De Francis passed away in August 1989.

His son, Joe, a successful attorney who had worked with his father for several years on Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing issues, became MJC's President and CEO at age 34. And the pie giveaway went on.

It continued when Magna Entertainment purchased majority interest of Laurel and Pimlico in July 2002 and following the transition to The Stronach Group and now 1/ST Racing. A pandemic canceled the pie giveaway last fall, only the second time in Hale's memory where it didn't take place. Already purchased, the pies were instead given away to members of the backstretch and local food banks.

Before online wagering and off-track betting, the MJC handed out as many as 10,000 pies. This year, it has 2,250 family sized apple and pumpkin pies ready for distribution, made by Clement's Pastry Shop in Hyattsville, Md.

“People love it. The line stretches out as far as you can see,” Hale said. “If we have any pies left over, we make sure everyone on the backside gets one and the rest we donate to the soup kitchens.”

Though Laurel is not the only jurisdiction racing on Thanksgiving–there are cards at six other Thoroughbred tracks in five states and Canada including Golden Gate Fields, Laurel's sister track in Albany, Calif.–the pie giveaway is one that sets Maryland apart.

“I've had people from California e-mail me asking if we're doing the pies again this year,” Hale said. “Everybody knows we do it. It's a great tradition.”

Laurel will open its doors at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day with a special 11:25 a.m. post for the first of its nine live races.

Fans will be able to choose a family sized pumpkin or apple pie with purchase of a racing program, with a maximum of two pies per person, while supplies last. Pies will be distributed until 4:30 p.m. at the grandstand entrance.

Free donuts, coffee, cider and hot chocolate will be available at the grandstand and clubhouse entrances from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Laurel will also host a Thanksgiving buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Terrace Dining Room. To make a buffet reservation, call 301-725-0770.

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