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From northern Loudoun County to southeast of Richmond, the Virginia spring circuit introduces people from all walks of life to the bounty of the great outdoors.
Steeplechase racing is good for the people, good for the psyche. Spending a sunny Saturday or Sunday afternoon in the wealth of beauty that is the Virginia countryside, watching flashing silks and listening to — no, feeling — the thundering hooves as they pound past en route to the finish line may be one of the best ways to enjoy and appreciate the Old Dominion’s green belt.
If ever there was a place to test the efficacy of Barbour coats, Wellington boots and four-wheeldrive urban assault vehicles, pointto-point meetings held in northern Virginia are it. Point-to-point racing is for the purist, the sportsman at heart, the spectator that wants to become almost one with the action, he who doesn’t mind a little mud on the tires.
Virginia steeplechasing today still offers the essence of the leisure side of country living in America. Citydwellers ilock to the casual and at once country-elegant one-day race meets for a chance to “get away from it all”, while locals
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