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Never Delay for a big jump, but it didn’t work. Never Delay got in close, hooked the fence and turned over. I cracked several ribs, and Never Delay gashed her leg. That did it for the year.”
The following summer saw the pair competing in local shows, hunter trials, and combined training events. In the fall they hunted regularly, and appeared on Hunt Night at the Washington International, earning a call back following the 70 member filled hunter class.
1974 and ’75 saw Never Delay raced lightly, two races each season. “I fell off her in a race at Middleburg,” Patti recalls, “but we got around in the other starts, and we were third and fourth. Most important, Never Delay and I were learning what racing was all about, and the other riders, trainers and race followers were a big help to me in everyway.”
In 1976 Never Delay won five races, earning Patti her first Lady Rider of the Year award, a recognition which was repeated in 1977 and 1978. Never Delay accumulated a total of 15 career wins, and outgoing and enthusiastic Patti won the admiration of point-to-point fans.
A native of Fairfax, Patti now calls a small Waterford farm home, from which she commutes daily to her job with the phone company at Tyson’s Comers. Never Delay has had one foal, and she and Patti continue to enjoy trail rides and fox hunting.
Somehow, Patti also manages
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