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NationsCup is expected to again attract a varied group of jumpers to. run for the $20,000 purse.
Foxhunters will also use the Arundel course for an unprecedented amateur race limited to “fairly hunted” horses. The Paul Mellon ’Chase was designed to encourage more grassroots support for steeplechasing — by limiting participation in the Mellon race to amateur riders that have not won any sanctioned races, the event should attract new talent which may then go on to become involved in tlic steeplechasing sport further.
Visitors to The Plains on the first Saturday in May will be exposed to the best the steeplechasing sport has to offer. Not only will thoroughbreds race over the solid, imposing “timber” fences found on the Gold Cup course itself, but three races are set over “hurdles” or simulated brush obstacles meant to equate natural hedges. Since steeplechasing has its roots in 18th-century Ireland — where sporting foxhunters would challenge each other to race to the nearest visible
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