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her modesty.
Lack of rain caused a number of latt scratches in the timber races, including the three-horse ladies race, but Waterman wa: full of praise for racecourse managers. “Tht ground was as good as it could be,” she said “I didn’t think ‘how hard’ as I gallope< around. It was even and well-cared for, espe dally considering what they had to repai from last year’s deep going The course rod< well.”
Michael Hoffman’s Lounge Lizard cam< within “one hoof’ of taking the division lea< in the Seven Comers timber series. But fo one hoof left on the wrong side of the las fence, he possibly could have caught flyinj leaders Courageux and Mike DuPont on tht run-in. But that’s not how it happened in tht two-horse race.
“I can’t rate my horse,” said winne DuPont afterwards. “That’s why we were st far out in front [early in the going.] Ant when Lounge Lizard fell, my horse jus coasted home.”
Virginia bred by Marsyl Hammond Courageux soon found his way into curren trainer Mairead Carr’s stable. “He is a ver difficult horse, and I finally just gave him t< Mike. He’s spent that past two years work ing with him, doing dressage, hunting, ant everything else. He’s done a helluva job.
With “difficult” Courageux, DuPont i enjoying a racing renaissance. / Middleburg resident, he rode the Sevei Corners division actively from 1975-’82 taking the year-end trophy witl Estremadura. But for want of a suitabl horse, he sat out competition until thi spring. With all of DuPont’s hard work Courageux, just 7, looks on course for long and successful steeplechasing career.
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