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By LOUISA WOODVILLE
Arundel Newspaper* Staff Writer
The steeplechase meet at Morven Park this fall might well be teeming with a new kind of activity.
Spectators’ eyes will dart back and forth between the tote board and horses in the stretch, should the Virginia Racing Commission accept the first application for legalized wagering.
“All the indications are favorably disposed to granting a license (to conduct pari-mutuel wagering) to Morven Park. By July 1, we intend to give (Morven Park race organizers) some kind of solid indication to go ahead and do it,” said Donald Price, executive secretary of the Virginia Racing Commission.
He said after the commission meeting last week that the license would be contingent upon such factors as background checks on all owners, trainers, jockeys, officials and grooms and clarifying the issue of medication.
Should the VRC accept the application that the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation submitted April 17, spectators at Morven Park would be able to bet on their favorite horses via one of the 40 sell-cash terminals that would offer daily double, win-place-show and exaeta wagering.
“There is also an excellent chance that we will simulcast the Breeders Cup that day,” said Dr. Joseph M. Rogers, director of the Morven Park meet, referring to the $250,000 steeplechase race at Fair Hill, Md., also held on Oct. 12.
Organizers of the Morven Park Steeplechase Meet met with the Vir
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