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well developed, he recalled. “So about IS years ago, 1 asked Don Yovanovich to train some horses for me to race on the circuit.” And the rest, as they say, is history.
Russell’s first Virginia champion was Marat, Seven Comers timber champ in 1986 and ’87. The stellar gelding was also voted Timber Horse of the Year in ‘87. News Special, a hurdles specialist, was two-time Owner-Rider Hurdle champion in the ’80s. His 1995 champion was Coman Tan in the Pageland OwnerRider Hurdle series.
To stay fit during the racing season, Russell said that he hunts occasionally in North Carolina, often traveling to Virginia to partner his own horses in the field up here. “1 also have made it a tradition to take two weeks off each year to hunt in Ireland.
“I have a few older horses on my farm in North Carolina that I ride,” he added. “I don’t run or jog myself, but I do play tennis three or four times a week. That keeps me fit” The main trick to rider fit
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