b'2019 STATE BREEDERS OF THE YEAR North CarolinaDr. E. Clinton Lowry and Carol LowryTypically racing his West Virginia homebreds atpreferred yearling sale.Charles Town Races and Slots in the Mountain State,Lowrys Dionysus Chalice, also bred in West veterinarian E. Clinton Lowry found enough successVirginia, earned more than $15,000 racing in 2019. in 2019 to secure top breeder honors in the Tar HeelThe 4-year-old Fiber Sonde gelding competed in four State. stakes at Charles Town, earning fourth-place finishes The West Virginia ties make sense, not only becausein both the Immortal Eyes Overnight Dash Stakes as North Carolina does not feature a track with race dateswell as the Last Enchantment Stakes. but also because Lowry was born in the MountainIn his career through Aug. 1, 2020, Dionysus State. Chalice has earned more than $155,000. The strong Some of Lowrys top homebreds of 2019 include2019 season followed Dionysus Chalices being named Dr. E. Clinton Lowry Henry Standingbear, who won his maiden debut atthe North Carolina Thoroughbred Associations Male Charles Town and then earned a stakes-placing whenAllowance champion of 2018. Dionysus Chalice is he finished second in the West Virginia Futurity. Forout of the winning Civilisation mare Athena Grand, the year, the juvenile son of AtreidesIndiancreekwho also has produced winner Poseidons Prize, by Maggie, by Roanoke, earned $31,805. Pure Prize.Indiancreek Maggie, also a homebred for LowryLowry homebred Cayenne Creek, also bred in West and his wife, has been a terrific broodmare, producingVirginia, capped a three-race win streak when he five winners from as many starters, including twoopened 2019 with an allowance win at Charles Town. other stakes-placed runners in Tribal Heat, by BringThe son of MisrememberedHot Creek Risin, by the Heat; and Windsor Warrior, by Windsor Castle.Bring the Heat, competed in three stakes at Charles Lowry acquired and initially campaigned IndiancreekTown in 2019 and earned $53,369 for the season.Maggies dam, the Steady Beat mare Aly GrandarOther 2019 winners bred by the Lowrys include who won at least one race in each of her four racinghomebreds Bikini Hunter, No Altar Boy, Allegheny seasons, for $2,000 at the 1989 Fasig-Tipton KentuckyDbl Lime, and Charitable Heart.Frank AngstOhioMapleton Thoroughbred FarmThe philosophy at Mapleton Thoroughbred Farmvery important. The last thing you have to do is hope is to breed, raise, sell, and race the best accredited andthey go into the right hands. Thats what we try to do. registered Ohio Thoroughbreds in the Buckeye State.We try to get them in the right hands.There is no doubt Drs. George Sikora and John BrykMobil Solution, a champion Ohio-bred, continued have certainly done their best to achieve that goal,his winning ways in 2019, taking the Governors resulting in Mapletons earning the title of top breederBuckeye Cup Stakes and the Ruff/Kirchberg Memorial in Ohio.Handicap. Grizabellas big 2019 score came in the Miss The farm, located near Polk, dates back to 1878,Southern Ohio Stakes, and the Lunarpal mare also but it was not until 2009 that the focus of its currentplaced in five other stakes.connections turned to Thoroughbreds. The twoAs his name suggests, Mobil Solution is by Dr.George Sikora veterinarians own the 300-acre farm, with SikoraCanadian champion Mobil, who has become one of serving as managing partner and Bryk as residentthe perennial leading sires in Ohio. Mapleton also veterinarian and farm manager. currently stands Cowtown Cat, who was the second In 2019 Mapleton was represented as a breederoverall leading sire in the state in 2019. New for 2020 by stakes winners Mobil Solution (by Mobil), andis Medal Count.Grizabella (by Lunarpal), as well as by stakes-placedThe broodmare band at Mapleton consists of about runners Authentic Cowtown, Dr. Zarnett, and30 mares, which help support the stallion roster. A Sweetnessncharm, all three by Cowtown Cat. Infull-service farm, Mapleton also offers lay-up services addition to be being bred by Mapleton, all of the horsesin addition to boarding and breeding, as well as racing are by Mapleton stallions.partnership opportunities. You have to have good genetics, and you preferablyThe care Mapleton horses receive is a point of pride have better mares than your competition, said Sikora.for the operation, and the success of Mapleton-bred The next thing is you have to do a good job raisingrunners on the track goes to show that those at the them, and I think we do a good job with that. Whenfarm have every right to be proud.we sell a yearling, they have had their schooling. ThatsAmanda Duckworth 44 TOBA NATIONAL AWARDS DINNER/2020'