Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 29 · column 1 of 4 · from the scan, no model involved
By Tina Skinner
Arundel Xewspapers Staff Vinter
Lilith Wilson came onto the steeplechase scene in 1987. Her first season training Joe Richards' Colonel's Request was a smashing success which culminated in a race for timber horse of the year.
Miss Wilson saw her first steeplechase in the fall of 1986 at Fairfax. She had only lived in Virginia for a month and a half.
"1 sat there with my father and watched my first timber race and said 'that's not anything 1 couldn't do.' 1 thought it was so slow. It seems slow till you ride your first one.''
The first time John Wilson saw his daughter ride he warned, "1 don't want to see you do,that again.'' That, from an otherwise encouraging father, wasn't enough to stop Miss Wilson.
"You know how it is," Miss Wilson said, "you just get hooked. Now it's really hard because I want to ride. I really wish I had a ladies' timber horse because I'm really competitive."
What Miss Wilson does have is a stable full of other people’s horses to train, among them Colonel's Request. Owned by Joseph Richards II and trained by Miss Wilson, Colonel's Request was beaten by a nose in the final race of the 1987 season in Georgia. He ended the season only three points behind Jaughs for national timber horse of the year honors.
73.0%