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Virginia Gold Cup —the first Saturday in May — which was forced to leave its previous course, Broadview Farm at Warrenton, when its lease expired last year.
The fall meet at Great Meadow will act as a teat for officials at the course in preparation for next year’s Gold Cup, the first to be held at the facility.
Spectator response to the new Great Meadow race meet has been very strong and several of the resowed ticket areas have been sold out, including the Broadview Boxes, members’ luncheon tickets and steward’s stand reserve parking, according to racing secretary Bill Myzk. Tickets are selling Cut in several of the other reserved sites, especially the north and south rails.
Great Meadow opens at 10 a.m. with a pony race scheduled for noon. At 1 p.m. there will be a carriage parade and the first race gets under way at 1:90 p.m.
The course is located on Route 246 between Route 17 and the 1-66 interchange. General admission is $7. For more information call (703)253-6001 or 347-6962
Montpelier Hunt Races
The future of Virginia’s oldest races has been uncertain since Marion duPont Scott, the founder of the races, died last September.
“A good deal of litigation about Montpelier has not yet been settled,” explains V. R. Shackelford Jr., the late Mrs. Scott’s attorney and the chairman of the Montpelier races. “Everyone in Orange hopes the races will keep going, and it is my understanding that the National Trust (to whom Mrs. Scott deeded the Montpelier Estate) expects to continue to have the races there.”
But the National Trust for Historic Preservation does not yet own Montpelier.
When Mrs. Scott died the estate went to her five nieces and nephews under the
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