By, Fred Hudson
This Sunday, April
15th the Maryland State Racing Commissioners will take to the sulkies and
compete in three scheduled non-betting events at Rosecroft Raceway. The race
has been named the In Your Pace Championship.
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| Maryland Racing Commissioner Clarissa Coughlin |
The Racing
Commissioners will race in two eliminations consisting of four Commissioners
each, with the two winners returning for the Championship match race. The
Commissioners participating include David Hayden, Clarissa Coughlin, Mike
Algeo, Tom Bowman, Konrad Wayson, Tammy Lafferty, Mike Hopkins and Ron Thomas.
Gina Maybe the acting
Vice President of the Cloverleaf Standarbred Owners Association stated that,
“We are excited to be hosting the Maryland Racing Commissioners this upcoming
Sunday as they compete against one another. For some of them this will be their
first opportunity to sit behind a standardbred and we are overjoyed with their
enthusiasm.”
Gina also thanked the
many horsemen and women of CSOA for donating their horses and time to make this
race the success that it will be, because without them we could not have done
it.
Mike Copperthite of
the Washington, D.C. famed Copperthite Pie Company has donated a pie to be
presented to the winning Commissioner. Mike's family dates back to his
grandfather who built a racetrack and was an owner and driver who competed
horses in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia and on the Grand Circuit in the
early 1900's .
There was some
friendly kidding when Clarissa Coughlin announced that she would be racing in a
race bike while the others would be racing in jog carts. This immediately
brought objections from the other Commissioners. Coughlin was overruled by the
other Commissioners and will participate in a jog cart as the others.
Post times for the
elimination races is 4:45PM and 5:10PM and the Championship match race will
take place after the 4th race.
1st Elimination
Post time, 4:45
1, Crab Cake – David
Hayden
2, Old Bay – Clarissa
Coughlin
3, Natty Boh – Mike
Algeo
4, Rochfish – Tom
Bowman
2nd Elimination
Post time, 5;10
1, Route Fifty –
Konrad Wayson
2, Patuxent – Tammy
Lafferty
3, Charm City – Mike
Hopkins
4, Assateague – Ron
Thomas
Match race
Championship after the 4th race
