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timber victory was taken from Hillside Spring for interferrence over the last obstacle, but he still ran right with eventual, put-up winner Snow Maker and can match strides with the best.
His come-from-behind victory at Glenwood Park at the Middleburg Spring Races was telling of a horse with a strong late run. A kick in the final stages of the marathon Gold Cup has proved valuable in past years, and could make or break Hillside Spring.
Shining Beacon, winner of the secondary timber event at the April 10 My Lady’s Manor, has been nominated by his owner, Sheila Williams Fisher and husband-trainer Jack Fisher. The Fisher team scored with Williams’ parents’ Push and Pull in last year’s Gold Cup. They also won with her Call Louis in ’89.
Fancy Hill Farm’s No Triskadekafobia took the Murray at Butler last season. The Nancy Knox-trainee is a Maryland-bred, sired by T. V. Count.
Third in last year’s Gold Cup, Song of Songs looks to improve her finish in the stake. Joe Rogers’ 8-year-old mare has excelled in local point-to-points and could be tough.
Pacific Parley, a regally-bred son of Hawaii out of a Round Table mare, in ’92 won his only sanctioned start — the allowanceapprentice timber contest at the Gold Cup meet. Trainer Joe Gillet gave the first woman to win the Gold Cup Sanna Neilson a leg up for that victory, and she could partner the gelding again.
Locally connected Friendly Retreat, a former Virginia champion pointer, finished second in the ’89 Gold Cup to Call Louis. The gelding is three-for-three in point-to-points in ’93, and the unSee
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