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ByANNETINSDALE

Democrat Staff Writer

The land in Virginia is just as good as Kentucky for raising horses, in my book. Virginia gets a little more bone on the horse than Kentucky does. The Blue Grass is hard to beat, but if Virginia had the same number of good mares and good stallions, Virginia would be way ahead.

--Marion du Pont Scott

Marion duPont Scott could well be called the Grand Dame of Steeplechasing in Virginia, and her dream of Virginia equine superiority could well be on its way to realization with the completion of the first phase and opening of the Marion du Pont Scott Equine Veterinary Medical Center this fall at Morven Park in Leesburg.

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