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sanova, led the flying field over the first three fences but soon relinquished the lead to Dawn Dugan and a very head-strong Patagonico.
“The pace was fast,” Snodgrass offered. “I saw the leaders slipping as they raced down the hill and around the turns, so I just told Tom to go easy. He’s usually eager to go, but today he was eager to mind!”
Dugan held the lead down the hill the final time, but Snodgrass had her strategy set. “I let Dawn lead around that sharp bend [at the bottom of the hill].
“That way Tom saw it and was balanced, ready to turn himself,” she continued. Tom’s War held the inside track around the all-important final bend and drew off to the wire. Two lengths separated Tom’s War and second-placed Three Bells For Me, with Patagonico just a halflength back in third. Uno Skipper came on gamely in fourth.
The 2'/i-mile novice timber drew a field of five, including ’91 winner, Joseph Rogers’ Blue Rocket. Don Yovanovich took command in the early running with Dunlogin. The pair retained the lead up to the second last, infamous, downhill jump. Dunlogin crept underneath that one, nearly biting it on the landing side, but Yovanovich held him together.
The bobble was just enough for Blue Rocket to get momentum to launch his bid. The two runners battled up the stretch, with Blue Rocket up by a length and a half over Gary Baker’s Dunlogin at the wire.
“Blue Rocket ran second in the first-ever Alfred Hunt race at Middleburg [in ’91],” said Cockbum.
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