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Because of its value, the new trophy will have to be won by the same owner five times before it can be retired. The six previous Gold Cups had to be won only three times in order to be retired.
“We wanted it (the Gold Cup) to be retireable,” said Gold Cup chairman Melville Church III. “Mr. Coleman looked at the history of the Gold Cup and saw that in some cases the trophy had been retired in a few years. He wanted it to be a bit harder to retire — they were his conditions.
“I think it will be a much bigger feather in the cap for the person who retires this trophy. It will make it harder to win and there will be much longer between retirements.”
There will be six other races on the program beside the Gold Cup.
The day’s first race will be a 2-mile maiden hurdle contest. Of the 46 entries made at the NSHA offices, only 14 will go to the post. Of these the most exciting is Leesburg horseman Richard G. Stokes’ Rivalero. Tins 9-year-old gelding is a multiple stakes winner on the flat and is the most successful son of Riva Ridge, who died last week at age 16. This will be the first start over jumps for Rivalero who fin
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