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racecourse.
Gates open to the public at 10 a.m. and the first race takes off at 1 p.m.
The first race, the Foxhunters’ Bowl, will take maiden horses across a mile and six furlongs dotted with National Fences. A $7,500 purse is the offing for a first-time winner.
The Thomas and Talbot Bowl will follow. This is a maiden claiming hurdle over a mile and six furlongs. A $5,000 purse is up for the winners.
The Piedmont Hunt Cup runs next —again a maiden race but this time over the park’s sturdy new timber course. The first completing the 3-mile course claims the $10,000
purse.
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