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Rappahannock County on racehorses.
Aylor next took up the reins as a trainer. ?
Sending his runners mostly to nearby Charles Town race track, Aylor said that in all te trained about five or six winners before another turning point in his life,
“I was in a very bad motorcycle wreck in ’*' October of ’84,” he said. “I had a horse running that night at Charles Town. It was very foggy, but I decided to ride my motorcycle to the races [from Flint Hill] to saddle my runner. I didn’t make it there...but the horse still finished third.”
The severely fractured leg kept Aylor out of commission for two years. Riding was definitely out, as was walking without a cane, S But in 1986, he finally was able to return to his | passion. At this point, steeplechasing entered I the picture.
Since joining the ’chasing scene, Aylor has built a reputation as a true horseman. He is I; not afraid to ship his runners a distance to catch 1 the best possible conditions. His name has S been seen in race cards as far away as 1L Charleston, S.C., Louisville, Ky., Southern Pines, N.C,, and all over die Commonwealth, gVernon’s
Victory’s championship year is *$> a feather in the trainer’s cap. At long last, Aylor has proved that his education is peaking. * He hunts most of his runners with the Old Dominion Hounds, and he gallops and schools ; most ofhis own racehorses. He is a true “hands-on” conditioner. Vernon’s victory is f his own. . M
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