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Jill, 13, also dreams of a career as a steeplechase jockey. The pony races, she said, will help her attain that goal.
"Learning how to ride a course and how to train them will help," she said. 1 always walk the course with my father and he helps me with how to ride it. We [the cither kids and I] don't normally trv to kill each other, so it's not too rough or anything."
This summer, Jill's father helped her break a new, 3-vear-old pony for the races this season. She may not get to do much riding in Virginia, but she expects to do most of her racing in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Gus Brown, 13, on the other hand, isn't sure if his winter spent training his ponv will pay off — he may not get to race as far away as Pennsylvania and Maryland. The pony races, he said, are a big help in reaching his goal of a career with steeplechase horses.
His two years of racing so far "helped me to learn a lot more than just riding around the farm and foxhunting. The more races I get now, the more valuable it will be for me. 1 learn how much exercise and how to bandage, all sorts of things like that."
Gus is very safety-conscious when he rides. "I try to stay out of the way and not hurt anybody, more than winning. That was the first thing my dad told me." The second thing was "just try your hardest."
The liability issue has, according to steeplechase trainer and point-to-point advisory council member Don Yovanovich, "brought about the biggest scare I've ever seen in a sport. No matter what race you run there that day, you have the same risk for everyone. To say We'll cut out the kids and that will take care of it' is stupid."
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