D O G W O O D VOL. XXXVIII No. 1

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Three Chimneys Buys 50% of Palace Malice …He Might Race in 2015!

Dogwood has sold half of Palace Malice. And if he is pronounced unequivocally, 100 percent sound when examined 90 days after the discovery of the original bone bruise, he would race as a five-year-old in 2015 in the name of “Three Chimneys Farm/Dogwood Stable,” and in Dogwood colors. Eventually when retired, Palace Malice will stand at Three Chimneys. Interestingly, the famed Three Chimneys Farm had earlier purchased for 2015 stud duty a half interest in Will Take Charge, a longtime foe of Palace Malice. The incomparable Seattle Slew, Dynaformer and Rahy all had their breeding careers at Three Chimneys, while the current roster includes such stallions as Yes It’s True, Sky Mesa and Exchange Rate. In November 2013, Goncalo Torrealba of Brazil acquired a significant interest in Three Chimneys Farm from Robert and Blythe Clay. Palace Malice is a great horse because he has talent – but also because he enjoys racing. He is young (his fifth birthday will be on May 2) and has run only 17 times in three years. His prognosis from Dr. Larry Bramlage, arguably the world’s greatest surgeon, states: “favorable… he should come back to form again.” Our veterinary advisor, the distinguished Dr. Robert Copelan, confirms the likelihood of a bright prognosis on November 15. Palace Malice will return to Aiken to Brad Stauffer and Ron Stevens of Legacy Stable. They will get the colt legged up before he ships to Florida to resume his racing career. The Palace Malice partnership is made up of Paul Oreffice, Margaret Smith, Carl Myers, Charlie Pigg, and Mike and Kari Schneider. Palace Malice has made 17 career starts during his three years of racing, with seven wins (six in graded stakes), four seconds and a third for $2,676,135 in earnings. Highlights of his career include a pair of G1 wins in the Belmont Stakes and the Metropolitan Handicap; a trio of G2’s – Jim Dandy Stakes, Gulfstream Park Handicap and the New Orleans Handicap; and a win in the G3 Westchester Stakes. Palace Malice is by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin and out of the Royal Anthem mare Palace Rumor. He has been trained brilliantly throughout his career by Todd Pletcher – and that will not change.

“Shocker” in the Whitney… And the Reason

Biggest surprise of the Saratoga racing season may have been when Palace Malice went off as the 3/5 favorite in the G1 $1 million Whitney Stakes, and finished sixth, failing to come with his patented charge at the end. At the time he was the highest ranked Thoroughbred in America. To say that the racing world – and the unbelievably supportive city of Aiken – was shocked by PM’s defeat is a masterpiece of understatement. This shockingly uncharacteristic race brought about blood tests, scoping, ultrasounds, and X-rays. No problem was revealed. Still, the horse was not completely (continued on page 4)

OCTOBER 2014

Cot Campbell: Doctor of Humane Letters!

Cot Campbell getting “hooded” at commencement exercises at the University of South Carolina Aiken this past spring.

Editor’s Note: We bring you the 17th edition of Anne Campbell’s everpopular Saratoga Diary. July 10: Though we don’t leave for another week, Saratoga has started before it starts. We are taking more with us than ever before. It’s not shoes this time, but the hopes and good wishes of the Aiken community. One couple even composed a rhyme: We wish you health, we wish you mirth, we hope Palace Malice tears up the turf. So we begin this season with high anticipation that momentous things might happen. We are, to put it mildly, excited. Observations and Highlights, July 17: We’re here! Oh so nice to finish unpacking and grocery shopping and sit on our lovely patio with a vista that includes an apple tree, a red barn, a quiet sunset, a Maker’s Mark… and Cot. Coming into a familiar house and 78 degree temperature makes it even sweeter. Trip to the barn to see Palace Malice. 2

Cot Campbell has never shied away from letting people know of his meager educational record. Surprisingly, then, on May 8 he was made a Doctor of Humane Letters at the University of South Carolina Aiken where he made the commencement address. “We are making history here tonight,” said Campbell in the beginning of his speech. “Nowhere in America in the next few weeks will there be a commencement speaker who never completed grammar school, high school or college. My grammar school certificate was withheld for absenteeism, I joined the Navy the day I was 17… and after the war I flunked out of college. These are my unusual credentials.” Dr. Sandra Jordan, Chancellor of USCA, cited Campbell for his “outstanding vision and leadership in the equestrian community; for his strong commitment to high standards and ethical principles; and for his exemplary and unparalleled dedication to the horse racing industry.” Highlights of Campbell’s life and the history of Dogwood Stable were remarked upon by Dr. Jordan in her introduction, and she covered everything from the major runners campaigned by Dogwood to the awards bestowed upon Campbell.

He is still very keen on peppermints but Linda Alexander at a cozy downtown reshas morphed from a boy to a man. He is no taurant, a casual dinner at the Grille at the longer a big kid – he is a stud!! Little Club with Paul and Jo Ann Oreffice, Within several hours of being in this a delightful meal on the patio at Prime with town and seeing old friends I feel com- Tracy and Todd Pletcher, several meetings pletely at home, relishing the joy and ex- with Saratoga WarHorse personnel, and citement… 48 hours later, after two parties, one night at home top off Week One. two days racing, hearing the Red Hot FeetJuly 25: A perfect day for our 55th warmers, playing golf (Cot only, I have retired), and about a hundred warm embraces, I’m in. Love Joe Drape’s (New York Times sportswriter) reference to Cot as “a throwback owner to Joe Palmer’s day. He knows the money is in breeding but the fun is in racing.” Mandatory day trip to Vermont… shopping in Manchester, lunch in Dorset, lovely visit The patio at the Campbell’s Saratoga house – pure bliss. with Fred and Judy Buechner in their pastoral paradise. anniversary. Gorgeous weather, lunch at Palace Malice’s tastes are becoming a sidewalk café, devouring the Northshire more sophisticated as he gets older. He Bookstore, backgammon, long nap, and a now relishes carrots and (rather exotical- stellar, traditional meal at Chez Pierre. Perly) LOVES watermelon. The folks at Todd fect celebration. Fifty-five years… can it Pletcher’s barn are convinced that PM’s be? Nobody’s had it better. Southern respite this past winter rubbed July 27: Mack Miller the horse gave us off on him. a rousing and popular win. Who didn’t love An intimate dinner with Frank and Mack, the legendary trainer?

The crowd at USCA’s Convocation Center numbered 4,800. Here are some highlights from his speech: “When I was a young man, had I been one of a thousand randomly selected peers, I would have been voted least likely to succeed. Yet, I must have gotten better because here I am as your commencement speaker! I have written for two newspapers, four advertising agencies and have written three books. I have started two companies that have flourished. There are reasons for this turnaround, and I hope hearing about some of them will help you… knowing as I do, that you are hankering to get your diploma, perhaps hungover or texting one another about getting hungover. “The early part of my life, so tumultuous, so colorful, and often so miserable by my own doing, really contributed to the latter part of it. Because it taught me what is important and what is not important. Overall, I have led the most exciting,

unorthodox, wonderful life a person could lead. “I learned that if you are down and out, people are anxious to give you a hand up. Every one of you is going to have some sort of adversity in your future life. Some of it is not going to be your fault, and some of it will be. So remember this. You give people a reason to pull for you and they will be in your corner. “There may be in this graduating class perhaps a couple of geniuses… there are more that might be considered brilliant. However, most of us do not fit either category. But most all of us can be enthusiastic, and we can be energetic, and those characteristics are priceless. Enthusiasm! Be responsive. Smile, applaud, act like you’re interested. And, remember: energy and enthusiasm is sometimes better than brilliance. “But remember this: whatever you do, be committed. Commitment! Think of it in terms of a breakfast of eggs and bacon. The chicken is involved… but the

There is an unparalleled magic in Sara- daughter who arrived today) observed that toga. Here’s an example: On Tuesday (no only horse people would pay rapt attention racing) an impromptu visit with Palace while drinking in an Irish pub! Malice, a golf cart trip around the backThe hype and excitement about the cerstretch savoring the good vibes of barbe- tainty of PM’s win is pervasive. There is no cues, picnics and Latin music. And, I am one in this city who isn’t CERTAIN it will happy to say, all taking place in front of the happen. It’s the buzz everywhere we go. new dorms NYRA has provided. Pressure’s on, although the horse doesn’t Week of the feel it. But I do. Whitney: PM and Big thrill when Dogwood are the None Like Nolan talk of the town. wins today (July Every publication 31). There’s an has its article. appealing story The post position behind this horse draw was what that made this win we hoped for and especially sweet. the horse continWhitney Day: ues to dazzle. Cary and AnWe are weldrew (daughter coming diversions and son-in-law) from horse talk are here now. and here’s what We wile away as we found: Bolshoi much of the day What a “high five” really means. The chaplaincy Ballet to basketas possible. It acbenefit basketball game between jockeys and ball… the Russian tually helped that trainers. Tall ringer is Will Walden ballet company’s Cot had to change performance of Don Quixote at SPAC was clothes after a mishap with a hot dog. We perhaps the most memorable, spectacular get to the track around 3:00, still three “show” we’ve ever seen. From this sub- hours to go. We all do a lot of “stall walklime evening we move on to the next night ing.” for the chaplaincy benefit basketball game Finally it’s time. PM gets a good break between jockeys and trainers. from the gate, finds the perfect spot to Cot is interviewed for a radio show at launch his big move… and you know the 9:00 (P.M.) at the Parting Glass, a popu- rest.Why is it so hard to remember how lar Irish pub where horse players re-hash unimportant this is in the big scheme of the races and drink lots of suds. Lila (our things???

hog is COMMITTED. “Another reason for any success has come from knowing what I don’t know. I am really good at a few things. I am not good at many, many more. And it’s helpful to know the difference. And I make this point to you: we all know the Internet is incredibly wonderful, so is Facebook, Twitter, email, but remember this: there are times when the spoken word, the handwritten word, looking someone in the eye, a handshake or a hug is what is needed. Not an email.” Now that a several months have gone by since he was given the honorary title of Doctor of Humane Letters, Campbell was asked if this title has changed his life in any way. “I’m very proud of it, but one is stymied in communicating that news to other people,” he explained. “You simply cannot walk up to someone at a cocktail party and say, ‘I am a Doctor of Humane Letters.’ Maybe I’ll hire somebody to follow me around and drop the information, so that I can then gloat.”

After the Whitney… no explanation.

We have a delightful dinner at the Reading Rooms on that revered veranda and picked our spirits up with good food and libation. This is one time when I wish Cot could be a drinking man! Next Day: Instead of prolonging the shock, we went to a delightful cocktail party where all our pals, having been through the same scenario, know to lay off the sympathy and post mortems. Other Happenings: Being at the sales as a spectator and not a player was a little bittersweet for Cot. (continued on page 4) 3

The Saratoga Yearling Sale, however, is quite a “happening” under any condition. An unexpected, unwanted guest – SHINGLES – appeared on Cot’s waist yesterday. Somebody told him that shingles were caused by stress. Cot said, “Yes, I believe that. My stress popped out at the three-sixteenths pole during the Whitney.” This week is filled with dinners, cocktails, Jockey Club meetings (three), Racing Museum Ball, racing, Saratoga WarHorse winner’s circle presentation, for starters. Cot had to skip the JC black-tie dinner, but I, at his insistence, had a girls’ night out with some of my faves. We pigged out on the lavish barbecue/lobster roast at the Reading Rooms. Not even the shingles could defeat my intrepid dance partner at the Museum Ball. We did a mean jitterbug to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy! Never too late to learn new tricks, my OTHER dance partner Rick taught me the bachata. Exciting stakes win by Miss Frost (August 11), makes it three wins for us. We are pretty high up on the Leading Owner list. A Few Days of Potpourri: Lunch and racing with Jim and Martha Wolf from Aiken and our granddaughter Campbell; spectacular Midkiff-Hall engagement party complete with fireworks worthy of July 4; the annual chaplaincy brunch attended by 150 people (started out with 38 a few years ago); a memorial service; a birthday party; and an authentic Italian dinner at home (not ours). Special Occasion: Saratoga WarHorse Recognition Reception. I am the emcee, Cot is the speaker. He is eloquent and entertaining as always. This time he talks about the romance and bond between man and horse throughout history. We hear from three veterans whose lives

have been changed by the program and We got what we wanted but it came from from one mother of a deceased vet. Mov- our other Curlin baby – the three-year-old ing beyond words. A poignant rendition of filly Miss Frost. She annihilated the field Amazing Grace by five bagpipers nearly in the Riskaverse Stakes. Won by five finished off the 200 attendees! T a l k ing about the weather can be pretty boring, but needing sweaters and turning on the heat in the chilly evenings is pretty noteworthy for August. Aiken is melting with 100-plus degrees. I feel guilty. Seeing Rembrandts and Rubens just up the road in Glens Falls at the Bagpipers at the Saratoga WarHorse function, and event emcee Anne Campbell. Hyde Museum is quite a perk. During this last week of August we are lengths and looks like a serious contender. enjoying a respite in Montreal. Good tim- Ah, the vagaries of horse racing. ing. What a lovely, civilized city. Stellar I am beginning to feel nostalgic about sites… and food. Must admit the techno- going home. I’ve been on high alert for logical level of devices (lights, shades, glamor and excitement for so long pereven “toiletry”) in our hotel far exceeds haps I’ve come to take it for granted. It’s our own. We can barely figure out how to probably time to take it down a notch, go turn the lights off and on and, even more back to the real world. dramatically, the toilet has a panel that ofSaratoga maintains its magic. I think fers 16 mutations/options!! I have loved it more than ever in spite of Our last weekend has an unusual twist. the twists and turns of fate and the woes We were hoping for a stakes win by one of of shingles. I thank God for the experience Curlin’s progeny (PM in the Woodward). and for Aiken to go back to.

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“Shocker…” right in his daily training. We flew him to Lexington to Rood and Riddle Veterinary Clinic, where the renowned Dr. Larry Bramlage supervised exhaustive tests and discovered the reason for his poor performance: a bone bruise on the inside of his left hind cannon bone. Dr. Bramlage made it clear that this demineralized bone would fully strengthen in 60 days. But, it was a no-brainer that racing for the balance of 2014 was out. Palace Malice was then taken to Sunnyside Farm in Paris, Kentucky, under the supervision of our longtime veterinarian, Dr. Robert Copelan. Over the past year and a half, a total of 14 breeding farms from the U.S., Japan and Ireland had expressed interest in Palace Malice for stallion duty. He was examined by many of them, and on Friday, 4

September 12, sealed bids by interested parties were made at the law firm of Stoll, Keenon and Ogden in Lexington. *** Back to Saratoga, our Curlin filly Miss Frost knocked out two grass hundred-grand stakes during the meeting, and now heads for Keeneland for the possibility of the $150,000, G3 Valley View Stakes on October 17. Edgar Prado rides her and Tom Albertrani trains her. While our roster is greatly reduced in quantity from previous years as a result of our 2013 merger with Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Dogwood’s performance at Saratoga was quite good: 13 starts, four wins (two in stakes), a second and three thirds – and $289,803, with no help from the “Big Horse,” Palace Malice.

A different view of the winner’s circle. None Like Nolan (see page 5 for backstory).

The stable has now moved to Belmont Park, with Todd Pletcher, Gary Contessa and Tom Albertrani. We will race some in Kentucky at Keeneland in October. We have some two-year-olds and three-year-olds in Aiken, and they will be joining the racing stable in Florida in November.

They Used to Say It With Flair… Neither the characters, nor the expressions of the race track today seem as colorful as they used to be. Here’s a handful from yesteryear… and a few still in use today: “That filly is as sharp as jailhouse coffee!” “He’s as game as Dick Tracy.” “We’re going to put him on the Bill Daly.” “We’re gonna get the money when the banks are closed.” “She can run a hole in the wind.” “Tired of whiskey… tired of steak. Had a chill last night and I was too tired to shake.” “Just cause you bring donuts to the tack room… that don’t mean you’re a horseman!” “All that horse will get is hot and dirty!” (Prospects for an overmatched horse) “He lost his best friend.” (Won a maiden race and now has to face winners) “He’s faster than the word of God!”

Campbell to Receive Joe Palmer Award Cot Campbell has been honored with the Joe Palmer Award for meritorious service to racing by the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters and will receive the prestigious award at the organization’s annual dinner on October 29 in Arcadia, California. Campbell is the 50th recipient of the Joe Palmer Award, named for the esteemed New York Herald Tribune turf writer. Past winners of the award include owners such as Raymond Guest, Paul Mellon, Nelson Bunker Hunt, Sonny Werblin, and Alfred Vanderbilt. “I will be in the company of some of my racing heroes – and what an honor that is,” exclaimed Campbell. “Joe Palmer was a hell of a writer and gone from the sport too soon. He penned one of my favorite lines about Saratoga: ‘A man who would change Saratoga would stir champagne.’”

Editor’s Note: Like many horses, Dogwood Stable’s None Like Nolan has a particular reason for his name – and it’s a deeply personal one for Brian Spearman. None Like Nolan is named for his son, who passed away in 1995 at two and a half years of age. The colt won at Saratoga on July 31 and a few days later, Joe Clancy’s column in The Saratoga Special featured the story behind the name (reprinted below).

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Nolan’s Horse

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When a Dogwood Stable horse named None Like Nolan won Thursday’s second race, I just BY JOE CLANCY wanted to say congratulations and find out who Nolan was. You see, I have a Nolan. He’s 13, the youngest of three sons and he went home with his mother and my wife, Sam, Tuesday afternoon. He’ll be back in a week, but I missed him. He was going to help paint a mural on Wednesday and had a trip to Hershey Park planned for Thursday. He was going to walk Katie the dog, watch TV, read a book, go fishing. Saturday, he went to a baseball clinic. The Nolan the horse was named for didn’t get a chance to do much of that. He died almost 20 years ago. His father, Brian Spearman, tried to put it into words after watching the race replay on a clubhouse television. “My son was born in 1993 and he passed away in 1995 at 2 1/2 years old,” Spearman said. “The kids and I have thought for a number of years about what we could do to honor him.” A Connecticut resident with roots in Saratoga Springs, Spearman has been a partner in several Dogwood horses but told stable founder Cot Campbell about wanting to own a horse outright and name it after Nolan. Dogwood could manage the horse and it would run in the green and yellow silks, but the horse would belong to the Spearmans. Campbell was all for it, and showed Spearman a few horses during a trip to the farm in Aiken, S.C. The Spearmans picked a bay son of Malibu Moon that Dogwood purchased at Keeneland September for $135,000 in 2012. He became the Spearmans’ horse. Back home, the family ran a contest of sorts to come up with a name. The list on the refrigerator grew, but Spearman’s daughter Laura won easily. “Well Dad . . . there was none like Nolan.” And a horse had a name. None Like Nolan made his debut for trainer Todd Pletcher last June at Belmont Park and finished second, then missed more than a year with “a little setback” before returning to the races in 2014. After stumbling at the start and getting bumped, he was third at Belmont going 6 furlongs May 11. Going long at Belmont 30 days later, None Like Nolan finished last of nine. Sent to Monmouth Park in July, he finished second. Then came Thursday, where he refused to be passed late and won by a nose going 1 1/8 miles on a track made sloppy by a pre-race deluge. The horse was even money, but a big payoff for Spearman. He grew up in Saratoga, went to Central Catholic High and owns a house here. His mother still lives here. An executive with Pepsico, Spearman told Campbell not to force it, but that it would be nice if the horse could run at Saratoga. Thursday, he ran and won and made a man think about his son. At one point during our conversation, Spearman took a long pause to compose himself. The silence lingered, he took a deep breath, apologized (needlessly) and talked some more. Laura Spearman,whose middle name is Noel, is 17 and a senior in high school. Her younger brother, Aidan Nolan Spearman, is 15. Their brother would have been 21 this year. “It’s been a while, but we think about him all the time,” Spearman said. “He passed away Christmas morning, which is the other sort of difficult part. All these years later, we wanted to do this as a family and here we are.” Thanks Nolan 5

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1. “Doctor of Humane Letters” surrounded by family at USCA commencement (see story on page 2). 2. In frenzied anticipation of the illustrious commencement speaker. 3. Palace Malice, age two months. Who knew? Saratoga… 4. Attention being paid to freshly arrived stable star. 5. Saratoga jiving! 6. Ian Smith, Jim Perella, Brian Spearman, Margaret Smith, and Paul Oreffice in the paddock. 7. Anne uncharacteristically cozy with (museum) horse. 8. Anne, Cot and Helenita (nee Kleberg) Groves on the Reading Rooms porch. 9. Todd Pletcher making one of 500 daily phone calls. 10. Riotous behavior with Linda and Frank Alexander. 11. Dogwood supporter? 12. Eclipse President Aron Wellman and pretty wife Talya at the incredible engagement party of Lee Midkiff and Adrienne Hall.

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13. Antidote to Palace Malice’s performance in the Whitney? 14. Dining at “Jack Dillon’s:” Dean of turf writers Steve Haskin and wife Joan, Anne, Cot, Rob and Pam Johnston, and Jack Sadler. 15. Somewhere under the hats: Jo Ann Oreffice and Carl Myers. 16. Sharp Pletcher barn. 17. Museum Ball. Laurie and Wayne Lukas and Campbells. 18. Jo Ann and Ball emcee Paul Oreffice. 19. John Velazquez livens up the introduction of the Hall of Famers at the Ball. 20. Jennifer and Gary Contessa – at Saratoga WarHorse benefit. 21. Jo Ford and her grandson Joseph. Different approaches to a light snack. 22. Miss Frost after stakes win. Jockey Edgar Prado shakes hands with Tom Albertrani. 23. Palace Malice clocks the crowd prior to the Whitney.

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Editor’s Notebook Dogwood Room to be Unveiled at Aiken Thoroughbred Hall of Fame and Museum The Dogwood office and the Campbells’ home are filled with trophies and photos which span the stable’s nearly five decades of racing… and a glorious life. A significant part of this collection will now be on permanent display in the new Dogwood Room in the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum. The Dogwood Room will be “unveiled” in a ceremony on October 26. “Aiken, South Carolina, is one of the greatest racehorse towns in the world – right there with Newmarket, England, and Chantilly, France,” explained Cot Campbell. “The fact that Dogwood is being honored with this special recognition in our wonderful Aiken racing museum is a very big deal to us. The museum already honors Mack Miller, Jim Maloney and Pete Bostwick with permanent displays. That we would belong in such a select group is very meaningful to us.” The Thoroughbred Hall of Fame and Museum is nestled within Hopelands Gardens and has been open to the

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public since 1977. There are 39 Thoroughbreds enshrined in the Hall of Fame (including Dogwood’s champion filly Storm Song) as well as displays honoring Aiken’s notable horsemen. The Dogwood Room is located on the second floor of the museum and will house trophies that range from silver trays to punch bowls. Photos tell a pictorial history of the stable from the earliest runners to the most recent stable star, Palace Malice. “Dogwood Stable has been a key component in Aiken’s equine history for many years, so the creation of a permanent room in the Hall of Fame dedicated to their successes was very appropriate,” said Lisa Hall, supervisor of the museum. The official room opening and ceremony will take place at 2:00 on Sunday afternoon, October 26. For further information and directions to the museum, visit aikenracinghalloffame.com.

Wade Named New Treasurer at Dogwood

Mark Your Calendar! WarHorse Event in Aiken Announced

I am seriously excited to announce the Buckaroo Ball. It will be a blow-out gala at the Aiken Training Track on February 27, 2015, celebrating the inauguration of Saratoga WarHorse’s first satellite program in Aiken, S.C. This is really a big deal! The funds raised from our benefit will go towards putting 100 veterans suffering from PTSD through our Aiken program in 20142015. The Saratoga WarHorse “connection” classes will take place at Aiken Equine Rescue thanks to the largesse of Jim Rhodes (President and Operating Director), who has graciously made the rescue’s off-the-track Thoroughbreds and the 90-acre property available to Saratoga WarHorse. The black-tie Buckaroo Ball will include a virtual adoption auction handled by Walt Robertson, VP of Sales at the Keeneland Association. Walt is a world-class auctioneer who has sold (at least!) half a billion dollars of Thoroughbred bloodstock during his career. We are enormously proud that we will have a solo performance by Jesse Colin Young, founder of the Youngbloods. All of Aiken wants to be involved. We all feel accountable to help these veterans who sacrificed so much, only to come home to abysmal government services. If you would like to find out more about the program – or to make a donation – please go to saratogawarhorse.com. -ADC

Robert Wade has been In his leisure time Wade named Dogwood Stable Treaenjoys golf and the beach. He surer, after enjoying a brief is a trustee of the Junior Inviretirement from Elliott Davis tational Golf Tournament held Wealth Management, where locally each year and is treahe was a member of the firm’s surer and board member of executive committee and a Aiken’s Mead Hall Episcopal managing shareholder of their School. CPA office. Wade replaces Bill Victor, “It was a stroke of luck to who was Dogwood’s treaget Bob Wade’s services,” said surer for 22 years and is now Cot Campbell. “He underthe chief financial officer of stands the world of ThoroughEclipse Thoroughbred Partbred racing through an earlier ners, which has taken over Bob Wade business relationship, and our the syndication of new horses somewhat reduced volume of horses suited from the downsized Dogwood operation. his appetite.” “I am proud of the longevity of our DogWade is originally from Aiken and a wood people,” Campbell said. “Bill is an graduate of Wofford College. After a brief example. He is stint in the banking industry in Columbia, a fine money W. Cothran Campbell, President S.C., he returned to his hometown in 1975. man and he Mary Jane Howell, Editor He and his wife Henrietta have two chil- made numerAddress: 702 Chafee Lane, SW dren – Ellen and Benton. ous contribu Aiken, South Carolina 29801 “I enjoy the horse world and have en- tions to DogTel: (803) 642-2972 Fax: (803) 642-2747 joyed trips to Saratoga and Belmont Park, wood’s success so to work for Dogwood at this stage of my throughout his DOGWOOD E-mail: [email protected] life is terrific,” Wade explained. tenure.” STABLE, INC. Web address: dogwoodstable.com