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who tested the brush course, w here red and w hite flaps indicated future hurdles.
They were followed by lady riders Anne Fenwick, Nina Pout and Wendy Arundel, led bv former leading lady steeplechase jockey Joey Ruhsarn, as they galloped over the short timber course.
Finally the family set of
Arundel^ (Sally, John and Tom accompanied by their father) and Fenwicks (Charlie and Ann with their three children) made the last test. Little Charles finished first.
Afterwards the riders conferred with designers of the course to voice their opinions. They were unanimous in saying that the final turn was too sharp. Other comments were that the first turn was also too tight, and that one of the timber fences would be too close to a turn for a good approach.
Roth Charlie Fenwick and Charles Fleischmann suggested that because the Meadow is so large, it would be possible to go farther out across the stream, making the course longer and thus easing the turns.
“Then it would be possible to finish over two fences in the stretch, making for a more exciting race," said Fenwick. “After you have made the changes, let us come back and gallop again,” he added. “We’ll go at speed. That’s the only way to learn how a course really rides.”
Comments from riders and spectators alike were high in praise of the beauty of Great Meadow , the panoramic view of the whole course and the unbelievable turf. That such a transformation from a weed and rock
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