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of the Columbus, Ga., races wanting the Breeders’ Cup steeplechase at their meeting. Rumors that included a great deal of money readily available while the people at Fair Hill still had at least $100,000 to raise.
“George Strawbridge and I met ^ and decided we could raise $100,000 ** over the weekend,” Mr. Groat explained. “We did! We called everyone we knew and the Cecil County people (who hold their breeders’ fair at Fair Hill) came up with $10,000 from their Special Event funds. Then the State of Maryland completed the funding with $65,000 and we could guarantee television production costs.”
On August 1 at Saratoga the formal announcement was made that there would be a $250,000 Breeders’ Cup steeplechase race at Fair Hill.
Mr. Colgan elaborated on the lengthy negotiations. “Breeders' Cup at first felt it unfair to take even a portion of the monies away from the flat people and put it into steeplechasing. Most of our runners are geldings and not breeding stock. We pointed out to Breeders’ Cup the importance of expanding into jump racing. All our horses are Thoroughbreds after all, and a lot of these horses have already been nominated to the Breeders’ Cup program and could support such a race.”
Among steeplechasers nominated to the multi-million dollar program is Peggy Steinman’s Dirham, sire of New York Turf Writers Cup
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