On September 19, 2011, the Maryland Hunt Cup Association presented the S. Bryce Wing silver trophy to Julia Fisher Colhoun.

This award honors the memory of Mr. Wing, who was a member of the Maryland Hunt Cup Association from 1939 until his death at age 85 in 1975. He was secretary of the Maryland Hunt Cup from 1956 to 1966 and also president of the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association (now the National Steeplechase Association) from 1948 to 1964. He was also a member of The Jockey Club and a Master of Foxhounds at Elkridge-Harford. Mr. Wing’s devotion to horses, hounds, and racing was lifelong.

“This award is given to those who have made an outstanding contribution to Maryland timber racing,” stated Sherlock Gillet, the current race secretary, in making the presentation. “Significantly, the award is not given each year, but only when the Committee feels it is genuinely deserved.”

Julia Fisher Colhoun is the daughter of Janon Fisher Jr., the legendary trainer of Blockade and Mountain Dew. Julie grew up in a tradition of first-rate horsemanship, hunting with the Green Spring Valley hounds and exercising her father’s horses in the days before women were permitted to ride races. As an adult, Julie, her husband Dan, and her children, especially son Danny, have campaigned a number of runners over timber in the Sportsmans Hall family silks.

The Colhouns have also been active in polo and were the first to place their farm in the Maryland Land Preservation Foundation over 30 years ago.

“Based on her family’s success and her competitive nature, it is natural that Julie always dreamed of having a Maryland Hunt Cup horse of her own,” Gillet continued. “Anyone who wants an example of the difficulty in making a Hunt Cup winner need only review the career of Private Attack. Happily, 38 starts and seven years after his 2004 beginning, Private Attack was entered in his fourth Maryland Hunt Cup where his connections enjoyed a trip to the Red [winners’] Wagon. The end of a long Fisher dry spell. In keeping to her Fisher roots, Julie has lived a life of service to Maryland farms, Maryland families, and Maryland traditions.”

The first Bryce Wing award was presented in 1976. In the following 35 years, the trophy has been awarded 25 times.