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In this special section, readers can find their way around Virginia’s steeplechase circuit, with a pull-out map and calendar of the venues. Combining work and pleasure as part-time horsemen and women, amateur riders have their work cut out for them to keep both their “real life” jobs secure while training, or helping train, their horses and keeping themselves fit for racecourse competition. Part-time champions share their secrets of success in a feature article.
Amateur jockeys do not accept payment for their riding services; likewise, many racing officials are also unpaid, yet, like the horsemen and women, their skills are at professional levels. Race officials discuss their work in another feature layout in this section. Combining their love of horses with their professional line of work, handlers and grooms are often overlooked in favor of steeplechase champions. “A day at the races” from a groom’s point of view is the subject of this spring’s photo layout on pages 12 and 13. . . .Enjoy the spring, enjoy jthe races, but most of al, enjoy and appreciate the athletes making the game real-/
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