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Month: June 2022
Maryland Horse Breeders Association Reveals New Board Of Directors
The Maryland Horse Breeders Association membership has selected one incumbent, one returning and three new members to the 2022 Board of Directors.
Dictated by MHBA bylaws, the annually held election fills five open seats on the board. Those elected will serve for the next three years. Returning to the board are Michael Horning, current secretary-treasurer of the MHBA who was first elected in 2019, and Kent A. Murray, the MHBA secretary-treasurer from 2018 to 2020 who had served six consecutive years from 2015 to 2020 and was back on the ballot this year. Joining the board for the first time are Amy Burk, Grace Merryman and Gina Robb.
Amy O. Burk – Coordinator of the University of Maryland's Equine Studies Program since 2001, including overseeing a Thoroughbred breeding program from 2014-2019, Burk has a Ph.D. in equine nutrition and has taught Equine Reproductive Management at UMD since 2018. Many of her more than 100 students in equine reproductive management are now employed at breeding farms or as veterinarians. The Howard County resident, a governor appointee to Maryland Horse Industry Board and past board member of the Maryland Horse Council and Equine Science Society, looks to “foster recruitment and retention of youth in the breeding industry, to enhance workforce development opportunities, and to improve quality and management of horses bred through education.”
Michael F. Horning – The current secretary-treasurer of the MHBA as well as the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Horning is a retired insurance executive from Potomac (Montgomery County) who has bred and owned numerous Maryland-bred stakes winners with his wife Debbie. His plans are to continue to “promote the Maryland horse breeding industry and encourage new participation in the sport. . . to work to maintain the revenue stream from VLTs and ensure stability of the Bred Fund that is critical to the breeding industry in the state. . . and assist MHBA to optimize its financial position and investment portfolio to enhance its resources.”
Grace Merryman – Owner of Anchor & Hope Farm in Cecil County with her husband Louis Merryman since 2016, where they stand four stallions, Merryman graduated with an Animal Science degree from the University of Delaware and worked for nearly a decade at Walnut Green Farm in Pennsylvania. Breeder of juvenile stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Raging Whiskey (by home stallion Bourbon Courage) and breeder/owner of 2021 stakes winner Exculpatory, Merryman notes she brings a unique perspective of the Maryland industry. “I own regional stallions and breed to them for both breed-to-race and breed-to-sell, plus I have a Kentucky-sired horse currently in training. I can appreciate the benefits and challenges of the current policies and programs within Maryland racing. I look forward to continuing on with the traditions and focusing on ways to better the industry as a whole.”
Kent Allen Murray – A program manager for Northrop Grumman Corporation, Murray has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's in business administration. He grew up on his family's Murmur Farm in Darlington and performed all duties associated with farm life. Murray continues to be a consultant and account manager for the farm owned by his mother Audrey Murray, which stands one of the state's leading sires, Blofeld. He also owns, with his wife Donna, Twin Oaks Farm, a horse boarding facility in Aberdeen (Harford County). Murray wants to “represent Thoroughbred horse breeders and owners from Maryland by encouraging new thoughts, listening to input, and acting in the best interest of the members.”
Gina Robb – The owner of No Guts No Glory Farm in Woodbine (Howard County) since 2017, Robb has had a varied career in the industry, having worked in Thoroughbred sales, as an assistant trainer, and as a former television racing analyst. With her husband, trainer John Robb, she has bred and campaigned a number of stakes horses, led by the durable and speedy 11-time stakes winner Anna's Bandit.
Of the five directors whose terms expired this year, Richard F. Blue Jr., Louis Merryman and Sabrina Moore were ineligible to stand for reelection because of having served six consecutive years as a member of the MHBA Board. Those whose terms have not expired are George Adams, Ellen M. Charles, Michael D. Golden DVM, Michael J. Harrison DVM, Christy Holden, Ann B. Jackson, A. Leonard Pineau VMD, William Reightler, Thomas J. Rooney and Adair B. Stifel.
The MHBA's Annual General Membership meeting will be held Wednesday, June 29, starting at 12 p.m. in the Vista Room at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. The meeting agenda includes a presentation by Ned Worthington, Valleys Planning Council Executive Committee Member, on The Equine Legacy Area.
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Ashford Stallions Front and Center Sunday in Japan
In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Hanshin and Tokyo Racecourses. Sunday's racing at headquarters features the G3 Unicorn S., a race won in 2020 by future multiple Group 1 scorer Cafe Pharoah (American Pharoah) and which includes the progressive Ju Taro (Arrogate) trying stakes company for the first time. Also in the field are G2 UAE Derby participants Combustion (Jpn) (Discreet Cat) and Sekifu (Jpn) (Henny Hughes):
Sunday, June 19, 2022
2nd-HSN, ¥9,900,000 ($75k), Maiden, 3yo, 1400mT
LA LA GARGOUILLE (c, 3, Classic Empire–Sweet Saturday, by Any Given Saturday), a $150K Keeneland September acquisition, is out of a winning daughter of the stakes-placed Dawn Raid (Vindication), most notably the dam of 2016 GI Preakness S., GI Haskell S. and GI Santa Anita Derby hero Exaggerator (Curlin). The colt's three-times stakes-placed third dam was responsible for Sovereign Award and dual Grade III winner Embur's Song (Unbridled's Song) from this sire line. China Horse Club purchased dam Sweet Saturday for $70K at the 2016 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. B-China Horse Club International Limited (KY)
6th-TOK, ¥13,400,000 ($99k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400m
ADVANCE PHAROAH (c, 2, American Pharoah–Fair Huntress, by Tiznow) was a $140K purchase by trainer Hideyuki Mori at KEESEP last fall and is out of an unraced half-sister to John Gunther's part-owned GIII Chicago H. victress Devil By Design (Medaglia d'Oro). Gunther's name was on the docket when this colt's dam fetched $22K at KEEJAN in 2017 and saw the mare's value increase when Devil By Design's daughter Competitionofideas (Speightstown) won the 2018 GI American Oaks. Yutaka Take has the debut riding assignment. B-John D Gunther & American Pharoah Syndicate (KY)
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Galileo’s Changingoftheguard Gets Royal Winner Number 80 For Aidan O’Brien
All the rage for Friday's G2 King Edward VII S., Changingoftheguard (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) issued a display of resolute galloping in the Westerberg silks to make it a landmark 80th Royal Ascot winner for Aidan O'Brien. Fifth in the Derby only 13 days ago, the G3 Chester Vase winner was taken to the lead by Ryan Moore soon after the start and was asked several questions on the long journey to the home straight, but kept responding to pressure to see off all bar the Derby 11th Grand Alliance (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}). Whereas the run to the line was straight and true for the heavily-backed 11-10 favourite, the Charlie Fellowes trainee was off on a tangent and drifting left with Danny Tudhope in the closing stages. That meant that when the moment of truth came, the short-head verdict went the way of the Ballydoyle runner, with a four-length margin back to Lysander (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) in third.
Following on from the successes of Kyprios (Ire) and Magical Lagoon (Ire) on Thursday, Changingoftheguard was supplying his remarkable late sire with a Royal Ascot treble in 2022 and puts him one behind his great rival Dubawi (Ire). John Magnier was on hand to witness the latest Galileo to lay down a particular milestone. “The secret's out,” he quipped in his inimitable manner. “It's well-known and well-discussed that Galileos have their will to win and it's coming through with his sons and daughters. It is all over the place really.” When asked about the now 899 group winners for Aidan O'Brien, he reflected, “That does the talking–he doesn't have to do it. It's refreshing to see a modest approach, I think. You see it with Chris Waller too. Their records show it.”
Aidan O'Brien said of the winner, “Changingoftheguard is a tough hardy horse–very genuine and he'll stay further. We think the horse might be very happy going the St Leger trip. He doesn't surrender.” Moore added, “He was not at his best today–he was having a look and wasn't focused. The runner-up has run across the track, but I needed a bit of help really. He is a very honest horse, but he just gallops. He could have done with a bit of company and he wasn't getting a lot of it, so we were sitting ducks but he does have that bit of class.”
Fellowes said of the runner-up, “To have a really good one for the Roys is fantastic. They have been supporters of mine for quite a long time now and the lads have done such a great job with the horse. He is not straightforward. He has his own ideas about the game, but he's very talented and is a pleasure to have around the place. He'll have his day–it's not today, but he will. The St Leger has been mentioned. Whether he'll stay that far, I don't know.”
Changingoftheguard's dam Lady Lara (Ire) (Excellent Art {GB}) registered five wins in stakes company, with the pinnacle being the GII Honey Fox S. and GIII My Charmer H. The fourth dam Dancing Rocks (GB) (Green Dancer) captured the G2 Nassau S. before producing three black-type winners headed by the Listed Cheshire Oaks winner and G1 Yorkshire Oaks-placed Rockerlong (GB) (Deploy {GB}), while she is also the ancestress of seven group one winners including the 2000 Guineas-winning sire Footstepsinthesand (GB), as well as the European champion Superstar Leo (Ire) (College Chapel {GB}) whose wins featured the G3 Norfolk S. at this meeting. Lady Lara's unraced 2-year-old Galileo's Compass (Ire) is, as his name suggests, a full-brother to Changingoftheguard who was bought by BBA Ireland for Yulong Investments for €250,000 at the Goffs Orby, while she also has a filly foal by Wootton Bassett (GB).
Friday, Ascot, Britain
KING EDWARD VII S.-G2, £250,500, Ascot, 6-17, 3yo, c/g, 11f 211yT, 2:30.44, g/f.
1–CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Lady Lara (Ire) (MGSW-US, SW & MGSP-Eng, $781,203), by Excellent Art (GB)
2nd Dam: Shanty (GB), by Selkirk
3rd Dam: Pippas Song (GB), by Reference Point (GB)
O-Westerberg, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-B V Sangster (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £142,059. Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-0, $319,658. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Grand Alliance (Ire), 128, c, 3, Churchill (Ire)–Endless Love (Ire), by Dubai Destination. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Mrs Susan Roy (IRE); T-Charlie Fellowes. £53,858.
3–Lysander (GB), 128, c, 3, New Approach (Ire)–Darting (GB), by Shamardal. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (120,000gns Ylg '20 TATOCT). O-Highclere Thoroughbred Racing (Beehives); B-Highclere Stud (GB); T-William Haggas. £26,954.
Margins: NO, 4, NO. Odds: 1.10, 10.00, 7.50.
Also Ran: Ottoman Fleet (GB), Dark Moon Rising (Ire), Savvy Victory (Ire). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
Another for Ryan Moore! Changingoftheguard JUST holds on from Grand Alliance the King Edward VII Stakes… #RoyalAscot pic.twitter.com/NI9w104afg
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) June 17, 2022
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