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By BETSY BRANSCOME
Timet Newspaper! Staff Writer
Races on the Virginia point-topoint circuit began offering ladies’ timber events about 45 years ago to allow more competitive racing for the “gentler sex” who could then ride against only each other carrying lighter weights appropriate for women jockeys.
Twenty-year old Jill Waterman seems to appreciate the separation of the sexes on the modem race circuit, but she did not really need the help, thank you. At Saturday’s Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point at Thornton Hill Farm, she not only won the restricted ladies’ timber race, but she also beat the boys, at their own game and equal weights to win the Ben Venue, a Seven Comers ownerrider timber series event won in its first 35 meetings by men only; including in 1978 by her father, Randy. »!. Miss Waterman.is actually no stranger to “gentlemen’s only” competition; in 1992 she rode in the Rokeby Bowl at the Piedmont races, a race previously open only to male riders.
v Partnering her own High Speed Drill, she sallied confidently into the Seven Comers division for the first time Saturday, carrying co-highweight of 180 pounds to score by four lengths.
Forward placed at all points during the 2 1/2 mile timber ’chase Miss Waterman said that High Speed Drill ran and jumped spot perfect. “He is one of the only horses [in my string] that I didn’t take hunting too much though,” she said, explaining that High ‘Speed Drill’s jumping prowess is easiest to control on the racecourse rather than trying to remain behind the master. “He is pretty tough,” she laughed. “I enjoy hunting most of my horses, but not him!” ' Regardless of hunt field antics, the chestnut son of Melyno looked
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