Cary Jackson retires grand champion trophy at MHBA Yearling Show

Longtime Maryland breeder Cary W. Jackson exhibited a Langfuhr colt to win the grand championship at the Maryland Horse Breeders Association’s 76th Annual Yearling Show on June 27, taking the top prize with a homebred for the third time in the last six editions of the venerable event.
As a three-time winner, Jackson gained permanent possession of the Chanceland Farm Challenge Trophy, which was donated by Robert T. Manfuso in 1999, following his third win.
Aiken, S.C.-based bloodstock agent Cary Frommer, serving as judge for this year’s show, described Jackson’s champion colt as a “lovely, elegant individual – balanced and athletic.” Bred by Jackson from the Regal Intention mare Millashand, the chestnut, who is a March 10 foal, topped 15 entries in Class III for out-of-state-sired colts and geldings.
The grand champion is catalogued for the Fasig-Tipton July sale as hip number 296 on the second day of the auction to take place July 13 and 14 in Lexington, Ky.
Jackson, who maintains a select broodmare band at his Fox Harbor Farm in White Hall, won consecutive grand championships in 2005 and ’06. Judge Ben Perkins Sr. pinned Bianchi’s Boy, a future stakes-placed colt by Cryptoclearance—Lady Tiara, by Vice Regent, and a year later judge Tim Ritchey selected a colt by Louis Quatorze—Carna, by Dehere.
Additional stars at this year’s show included Marilyn and George Doetsch’s homebred Fantasticat filly (out of Dingle Dandy, by Conquistador Cielo), who took reserve championship honors. Frommer described the filly as “very pretty and elegant, with a great walk.”
It was a busy weekend for the Doetsches, who hosted the Yearling Show Crab Feast at their Marama Farm in Ellicott City the evening prior to the show.
The reserve champion, who took first place among nine entries in Class IV for Maryland-sired fillies foaled prior to March 20, was one of two class winners for Fantasticat, a son of Storm Cat standing as property of Maryland Stallion Station at Bonita Farm in Darlington.
Fantasticat took the Northview Stallion Station Challenge Trophy presented for the show’s leading sire.
Complete results follow:
Class I. For colts and geldings foaled in Maryland prior to April 12 (eight exhibited):
1. b.c., 3/22/2009, Great Notion—Happy Sylvia, by King of Kings (Ire). Owned and bred by Carol A. Kaye-Garcia, Woodbine, Md.
2. JANGO, dk.b./br.c., 4/05/2009, Seeking Daylight—Alpine Cat, by Forest Wildcat. Owned and bred by Carol A. Kaye-Garcia, Woodbine, Md.
3. b.c., 3/09/2009, Louis Quatorze—Sonata (GB), by Polish Precedent. Owned and bred by Mr. and Mrs. E. Allen Murray Jr., Darlington, Md.
4. RUMPUS, b.c., 3/23/2009, Gators N Bears—Sheer Bluff, by Pine Bluff. Owned and bred by Michael J. Harrison DVM, Butler, Md.
5. ch.c., 2/03/2009, Gators N Bears—Distant Star, by A.P. Indy. Owned and bred by David DiPietro, Owings Mills, Md.

Class II. For colts and geldings foaled in Maryland on or after April 12 (nine exhibited):
1. b.c., 4/22/2009, Not For Love—Hurricane Hazel, by Polish Numbers. Owned and bred by Mr. and Mrs. John T. Crane, Lusby, Md.
2. dk.b./br.c., 5/14/2009, Scipion—Harp Innis, by Phone Trick. Owned and bred by Mr. and Mrs. E. Allen Murray Jr., Darlington, Md.
3. TUSCANY’S EXPRESS, dk.b./br.g., 5/18/2009, M Eighty—Miss Tuscany, by Allen’s Prospect. Owned and bred by Tuscany Farm LLC, Columbia, Md.
4. SCIP TOO MUCH, dk.b./br.c., 5/23/2009, Scipion—I Am Too, by I Am the Game. Owned and bred by Albert J.A. Young, Monkton, Md.
5. b.c., 4/14/2009, Dance With Ravens—Golden Court, by Slew o’ Gold. Owned and bred by Michael J. Harrison DVM, Butler, Md.

Class III. For colts and geldings foaled in Maryland, produce of mares covered in states other than Maryland (15 exhibited):
1. ch.c., 3/10/2009, Langfuhr—Millashand, by Regal Intention. Owned and bred by Cary W. Jackson, White Hall, Md.
2. gr./ro.c., 4/14/2009, Bob and John—Too Fast to Catch, by Nice Catch. Owned and bred by Dark Hollow Farm and Herringswell Stable, Upperco, Md.
3. LOVE THE HEAT, dk.b./br.c., 3/05/2009, Latent Heat—Mary Anne’s Love, by Not For Love. Owned by Spring Meadow Farm, Cooksville, Md. Bred by A. Brice Ridgely.
4. ASHTON’S HUMOR, ch.c., 3/15/2009, Friends Lake—Final Humor, by Distorted Humor. Owned by Spring Meadow Farm, Cooksville, Md. Bred by A. Brice Ridgely.
5. ch.c., 3/23/2009, English Channel—Primequest, by Coronado’s Quest. Owned by Carol A. Kaye-Garcia and Dragon’s Lair Farm LLC, Woodbine, Md. Bred by Carol A. Kaye-Garcia and Barbara Smith.

Class IV. For fillies foaled in Maryland prior to March 20 (nine exhibited):
1. FRIDAYS GIFT, dk.b./br.f., 2/13/2009, Fantasticat—Dingle Dandy, by Conquistador Cielo. Owned and bred by Marilyn and George Doetsch, Dayton, Md.
2. TURNAGAIN BAY, b.f., 2/16/2009, Medallist—Slick Punch, by Two Punch. Owned by Daniel O’Ryan, Columbia, Md. Bred by Bowman and Higgins Stable and Quin C. Bowman.
3. b.f., 2/04/2009, Fantasticat—Gemstone’s Jewel, by Clever Trick. Owned by Jane Allen and Georgia Desper, Woodbine, Md. Bred by Preston I. Moffett and Stephanie M. Litz.
4. PLAYFULLY, b.f., 3/07/2009, Seeking Daylight—Americelebration, by Ameri Valay. Owned and bred by Lydia A. Williams, Parkton, Md.
5. gr./ro.f., 3/17/2009, Two Punch—Poinciana, by Horse Chestnut (SAf). Owned and bred by Robert T. Manfuso, West Friendship, Md.

Class V. For fillies foaled in Maryland on or after March 20 (eight exhibited):
1. dk.b./br.f., 4/22/2009, Fantasticat—Love Me Twice, by Not For Love. Owned and bred by Carol A. Kaye-Garcia, Woodbine, Md.
2. dk.b./br.f., 4/25/2009, Dance With Ravens—Psyche, by Two Punch. Owned and bred by Robert T. Manfuso and Katharine M. Voss, West Friendship, Md.
3. NASTAR MEDALLIST, dk.b./br.f., 5/13/2009, Medallist—Experts Only, by Power of Mind. Owned and bred by Rosalie Davison Revocable Trust, Baltimore, Md.
4. ch.f., 5/04/2009, Two Punch—Potomac Bend, by Polish Numbers. Owned and bred by Bowman and Higgins Stable, Rebecca Davis and Anthony Dutrow, Chestertown, Md.
5. b.f., 3/24/2009, Rock Slide—Sally Q, by Norquestor. Owned and bred by David DiPietro and Herbert A. May III, Owings Mills, Md.

Class VI. For fillies foaled in Maryland, produce of mares covered in states other than Maryland (12 exhibited):
1. ch.f., 1/25/2009, Mr. Sekiguchi—Waltz, by Pleasant Tap. Owned and bred by Robert T. Manfuso and Katharine M. Voss, West Friendship, Md.
2. ch.f., 3/22/2009, Pure Prize—Bamba, by Not For Love. Owned and bred by Dark Hollow Farm, Upperco, Md.
3. b.f., 2/14/2009, Malibu Moon—Your Out, by Allen’s Prospect. Owned and bred by Mr. and Mrs. John T. Crane, Lusby, Md.
4. b.f., 2/01/2009, Artie Schiller—Seductiva, by Lure. Owned by Carol A. Kaye-Garcia and Morris Stable, Woodbine, Md. Bred by Artie Schiller Syndicate, Carol A. Kaye-Garcia and Morris Stable.
5. b.f., 2/23/2009, Dixie Union—Big City Dream, by Horatius. Owned and bred by Mr. and Mrs. John T. Crane, Lusby, Md.

Amateur judging contest: Cathy Degges, Henry Walters