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because the little guy is squeezed out.”
Phillips added, “Today you see a lot of riders who come off the street, so to speak, and ride in races. They don't work full time with horses. And horse are of much better quality these days.”
Another change they have noticed is the number of horses entered and the race-day crowd count.
“I think today there are a lot of new farms which increase numbers of entries for the races,” Beach said. Added Phillips, “Also, development has increased the number of spectators, which brings in money at the gates and that is good for the hunts.”
Despite, or perhaps because of, her official capacity. Beach says she doesn’t get to watch the races like she used to. “Occasionally I’ll see a horse that I’d like to get on and race. Topeador and Dr. Blase I think are really fine horses. I like timber horses more than fiat horses.”
Phillips added, “Zeke Fergeson’s Leeds Don was perhaps one of the finest I can remember. The horse was so narrow and skinny in front, but was a beautiful mover and jumper.”
There is one race that really sticks out in Beach’s memory. “At Piedmont point-to-point a couple of years back, Eva [Dahlgren] Smithwick was riding her horse Ahwaz — that was a great race. The horse was running and jumping beautifully... Eva and another rider were neck and neck. Then, close to the finish line, she asked him to give just a little more and crossed the finish line first. It was a great example of how a horse and rider communicate and work well together,” she recalled.
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