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trious races were made by horsemen -on Monday, April 19, with supplemental nominations accepted at the time of entry. The NSA office in Fair Hill, Md., accepts entries for all race meetings on the Monday prior to the race date. Hence, at press time, a final list of entries was unavailable. See the Horse and Field Sports section of the April 28 edition of the Fauquier Times-Democrat for a complete rundown of those entered in all races.
Virginia Gold Cup
On the strength of his prior racing record, Turney McKnight’s Kuujjuaq could be the odds-on favorite for the fourmile Gold Cup. The leggy chestnut, bred in Maryland by his owner, won at Great Meadow last term, taking with ease the Virginia Silver Cup maiden timber ’chase.
By Run The Gauntlet, the 11year-old was an allowance-class hurdler before switching to the solid obstacles last year. He did not race after his score at The Plains until this spring. This April 17, the gelding romped home an unchallenged, 10-length victor in the $10,000 Benjamin Murray Memorial at the Grand National meeting in Butler, Md. He was ridden by John Bosley, winning rider of Joe’s OK in the 1990 International Gold Cup over the same course.
In the Murray, Kutujuaq dealt a sound beating to Gold Cup nominee Snow Maker. However, Snow Maker won the Murray last year, and he has shown, his liking for Virginia soil this spring and is likely to be a local favorite.
Ridden by owner Chick Owen’s stepson, J.W. DeLozier III, Snow Maker scored a hardfought victory at the April 4 Warrenton Hunt Point-to-Point. The 13-year-old gelding followed up
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