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Great Meadow, near The Plains, and close to capacity crowds are expected based on the sale of advance tickets.
The day’s feature race, the $15,000 Virginia Gold Cup, has attracted a field of 12 including two former winners, the 1982 winner Prince Saran and the 1983 winner Private Gary.
Pony races will begin the day of racing at 12:30 p.m. and will be followed by a skydiving exhibition before the first of seven jump races, scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.
Juggernaut II, the 1981 Gold Cup winner, will be given a retirement gallop over the new course before the Gold Cup which is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.
General admission to the races is $7 in advance or $10 on race day and allows a car with 6 people admission to the course. For more information call (703)347-2612 or 253-5001.
Route 17 design
hearing set
A public hearing on the design and location of the widening of Route 17 will be held May 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Warrenton Junior High School.
Eleven homes will be tom down or moved because to make way for the $11 million construction set to start next summer.
The work on the 10-mile highway
90.9%