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the entries here is Randy Rouse’s Anxious Talker, a runner in the ladies’ races this season. George Ohrstrom’s Olympic Run, winner of the ladies race at Old Dominion is also entered as is William T. Reed Ill’s Paddy’s Punch, a winner at Warrenton and February Farm’s Honey’s Fuel, a winner at Old Dominion.
Fourth race on the card is a 2-mile brush allowance race with 12 entries. Lumba Wallah is cross-entered in this race, as is Fat Chance Farm’s The Cog- ; nescenti which finished third at Strawberry Hill last weekend. Mr. Cramer has entered his Threatening Arch which won last week at Oatlands.
A non-sanctioned foxhunters’ timber race follows.
Double Wrapped, one of the top ! hurdle horses in the country, is entered in the optional claiming race for a price tag of $50,000. Jerry Fishback, the leading jump jockey in the country, is listed to ride the mare which belongs to Kerry Fitzpatrick, owner of South Lake Stable in New Jersey.
Middleburg resident Mrs. Michael Sanger’s 1984 Virginia Steeplechase Horse of the Year, Uncle Edwin, is also entered in this race as is Calvin Ryan’s Publisher, trained by Barbara Me Wade of Middleburg.
The day’s final race is a lV2-mile turf contest which has 26 entries. Only 14 of these will be allowed to start as the race will not be split, according to the NSHA.
Besides an exciting day of racing spectators will also be able to enjoy a carriage display and a display of foxhounds by Melvin Poe, huntsman for the Orange County Hunt.
Tickets are available from the ticket office located behind the BP station in Middleburg. The office will remain open until noon on Sunday. For more information call (703)687-6545.
“We expect a big crowd,” said race chairman Chris Dana. “The reserved enclosure is full and from the number of phone calls we have had there are a lot of people interested in coming.”
There will be no schooling allowed on the course this year, Mrs. Dana said. The national fences had not arrived Tuesday and officials felt that to save the course, which was last used three weeks ago, no horses should use it until race day.
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