August 2020 Issue

EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN August 2020 Page 7 Remember...tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian! old colt. Bred by Maria Montez Haire out of the Lil E. Tee mare Lil Cora Tee, the Dominus colt made starts for trainer Doug O’Neill at Santa Anita Park, Oaklawn Park, Keeneland, Los Alamitos Race Course, and Del Mar, and was sent out in graded stakes four times. He was also second in the Cinema Stakes and finished in the top three in nine of his 16 starts. Gotta Be Strong, campaigned by Gap View Stables and Jagger, took home the champion 3-year- old filly award. Bred by Scott Naylor out of the Wild Rush mare Gotta Rush, the bay Strong Man- date filly won or placed in 11 of 14 starts in 2019. Top among her five wins was the New Start Stakes at Penn National, in which she rallied from last to win in the final strides. She also finished third in the Alma North Stakes at Laurel Park. The Uptowncharlybrown runner Midtowncharlybrown, bred by Godric out of the Spei- ghtstown mare Torchwood and campaigned by Godrick in part- nership with Uptowncharlybrown Stud, was named champion male sprinter. The Ed Coletti Jr. trainee won the Chocolate Town Sprint Stakes at Penn National and fol- lowed with a gutsy performance in the Banjo Picker Sprint Stakes. The champion female sprinter title went to Bronx Beauty. Bred by Blackstone Farm—the leading overall breeder of Penn- sylvania-breds with earnings of $2,151,160—the daughter of Liai- son and the Rockport Harbor mare Forever Sunshine made six starts in 2019, all in stakes, and landed three wins at three different tracks. She flew home for 2W Stables and trainer Anthony Margotta Jr. in the Penn Ladies Dash Stakes at Penn National, and won the Dashing Beauty Stakes at Delaware Park and the Regret Stakes at Mon- mouth Park. She was also third in the Roamin Rachel Stakes at Parx. Newstome, bred by Equivine Farm, was named champion 2-year- old colt, while the Triple Threat Stables-bred Weed Wacker was named champion 2-year-old filly. Champion steeplechaser was Senior Senator, bred by Charles McGill. The PA-preferred male was Mid- nightcharly, while the PA-preferred female was Imply. Imply also led the leading breeding fund recipient (horse) category, while Northview Stallion Station was the leading total breeding fund recipient. The late Jump Start, who was euthanized at age 20 in May of 2019, was the leading stallion. A lifetime achievement award was presented to the late Bettina Jenney, who died Dec. 22, 2019 at 86 after a battle with cancer. Champion off-track Thor- oughbred was Fairly Obvious, bred by Ghost Ridge Farm. An award of merit was presented to Touch of Kindness Sanctuary. Iroquois Awards Presented Via Zoom (Continued from page 6)