[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8316]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1910
                     CONGRATULATIONS, PALACE MALICE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, when Dogwood Stable's 
Palace Malice of Aiken, South Carolina, won the 145th running of the 
Belmont Stakes Saturday, he fulfilled all the promise that Dogwood's 
president, Cot Campbell, foresaw in the colt. As Palace Malice crossed 
the finish line with a defining first place victory, the people of 
Aiken County, identified by The New York Times as one of the world's 
greatest equestrian centers of excellence, were overjoyed by the 
horse's accomplishment.
  Congratulations to W. Cothran ``Cot'' Campbell, president of the 
Dogwood Stable, and his wife, Anne; his partners, Paul Oreffice, Mike 
Schneider, Margaret Smith, Carl Myers, and Charlie Pigg; Todd Pletcher, 
who trained the award-winning horse for the race after he departed 
Aiken; jockey Mike Smith, who rode Palace Malice to victory; and Brad 
Stauffer, the individual responsible for training the horse over the 
Aiken Training Track.
  Palace Malice continues a winning tradition to be trained over the 
Aiken Training Track and win the third jewel of Thoroughbred Racing's 
Triple Crown as Danzig Connection won the Belmont Stakes in 1986. The 
Aiken Standard today correctly identified this as ``a win for every 
single Aiken resident.''
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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