Son of Bandbox Named MHBA Grand Champion
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Photo: Courtesy Maryland Horse Breeders Assoc.
A son of Bandbox put his name in the record books July 24, as the Hillwood Stable homebred was named grand champion of the 88th Maryland Horse Breeders Association's Yearling Show in Timonium, Md.
The champion captured the first class of the day, for colts and geldings by Maryland stallions foaled in Maryland. The gray or roan colt is the third foal out of the Scrimshaw mare Dearie Be Good to win a class at the show—the colt's full sister was reserve champion in 2018 and his half sister (by Great Notion ) was reserve champion in 2021. All are homebreds for Hillwood Stable, the nom de course of Ellen Charles, who also campaigned Bandbox. A winner of four stakes, including the 2014 General George Handicap (G3), Bandbox stood his entire career at Northview Stallion Station before his death last year.
Bandbox also took home the Northview Stallion Station Challenge Trophy as the show's leading sire for the third time, thus retiring the trophy.
The reserve champion is a bay Force the Pass filly owned and bred by Katharine M. Voss, who has bred or co-bred the champion or reserve champion five times in the last eight shows. The winner of Class III, for fillies by Maryland stallions foaled in Maryland, she is out of the Dance With Ravens mare Corbeau, herself a class winner in 2008. The filly's sire Force the Pass stood his first season in 2020 at Anchor and Hope Farm in Port Deposit before being sold.
For complete results, see here.