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reened down Rappahannock’s infamous hill, where George with Tim Wyatt took over the lead.
“Watch out. You don’t know where these horses are going,” cried a spectator as the seven-horse field galloped to the next fence.
Eben Sutton kept his Dot Smithwick-trained Uncle Reg off the pace in third until an eighth of a mile from home, when he rallied his horse down the stretch, passing George to post a seven length victory at the wire.
Spice with Dell Ennis was third and Miss Moncacy, Marlin LeGore up, fourth.
Sutton commutes from South Carolina to hunt with Middleburg and race in the foxhunters’ timber. It was his first win, and he got drenched.
On the five-eights of a mile flat race, Michael Harris’ Inaugurated snatched the lead from Lamont Cranston, Yves Henry up, after a quarter of a mile, lengthening it to an eight length advantage at the wire.
“I’ve learned more from David [Bourke] than anyone,” said Harris, who works and lives in Charlottesville.
Bourke rode second-place finisher Medal Play in the first division of the turf race, won by the Michael Pearson-trained Bourque with Greg Ryan. As Bourke tried to pull him up, Medal Play stepped in a hole and somersaulted down a hill, pitching Bourke over his head. Bourke smashed his hand which ballooned out to the size of a grapefruit.
In spite of his pain, Bourke rode last year’s Young Rodney over timber in the next race, placing fifth.
A hotly contested field of two mules — a third refused to start — kept spectators entertained. Though Bert, Barry Edwards up, crossed the finish line first, Redbud’s rider, Scott Edwards, snatched the cash and made a run for it at the last minute.
Juniors opened the day at noon with two divisions of pony races. In the first, a sea of grays galloped with their child owners. Wild Illusion with Casey Hinsdale took the lead but proved too slow for Charlie Conaway on Heavenly Specter, who ran within striking distance of this frontrunner and achieved a half-length victory at the wire against Meleksha David on Phantom of the Opera. Helen Whitney on Peek-a-Boo was third.
Charlie Conaway is from Westminster, Md. His father, Charlie Conaway, Jr., rode Sporting Finish to fourth place on the flat.
Casey Hinsdale of Linden made up for her initial loss by winning the second large pony division with Somerset in a hotly contested field of five ponies. Casey is a member of the Post & Rail 4-H Club.
In the last race of the day, hound dogs showed their hunting prowess. T.E. Olinger’s Wrangler proved the fastest and was judged the best, with Kelly Corbin’s Slick second.
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