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By BETSY BRANSCOME
Rappahannock Newj Sun Writer
BEN VENUE — Marylander jQhn Myers freely admits “One good race ; does not a horse make.” • But it would be a rare horse train! er that doesn’t imagine the bright I future of a promising youngster who \ impresses in one of his very first starts. ; Myers knows the steeplechasing game from the inside out. The owner ; of Myers Feed Inc. (long-time supplier to Maryland’s flat tracks) and life< time horseman realizes all too well • that over-facing a horse is the fastest ; way to ruin a runner, and that luck ; plays a big hand in making a jumping - career. You couldn’t blame Myers, I though, for his barely veiled enthusi; asm after his wife Frances Hill Myers’ ; Un Momento led at almost every call ! to win the Leeds Don open timber fea‘ ture at Saturday’s Old Dominion ; Hounds Point-to-Point. • Apprentice David DeMichele picked up the ride (“John called me | just this morning to take the mount,” | said the winning jockey) and made the • most of the horse’s natural speed to let ! the chestnut relax on the front end. ! “He jumped green, but you can tell ; he’ll improve off of this,” DeMichele • said. Though runner-up Summit Point, ! Greg Ryan up, briefly took the helm at ; the half-pole, Un Momento fought ; back to lead over the last and through • the stretch to win by a length and a . half. ; “The most special part of this win • is that Zeke Ferguson [owner of legendary race namesake Leeds Don, v Virginia-bred three-time winner of the
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