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Pony power...
Junior riders gain experience
in race course competition
Long a tradition connected with the Virginia steeplechasing circuit, spring and fall, pony racing will be highlighted at the Oct. 18 International Gold Cup races at Great Meadow in The Plains.
Junior riders will contest a course of about a half-mile in length in divisions for small, medium and large ponies. The competition gives young riders the chance to demonstrate their skills in the saddle before large race crowds expected at the October National Steeplechase Association-sanctioned meeting which features the $50,000 International Gold Cup open timber feature, America’s richest timber race this year.
The experience is especially important to juniors planning to make race riding a career. Among those who have graduated from the pony ranks to take leadership roles in horse racing and steeplechasing are Speedy Smithwick, Chuck Lawrence, Jill Waterman, Ricky Hendriks, Bernie Houghton and others.
Entries are now open for the International races. Marshall-based horseman James Lawrence is available to assist junior riders in preparation for the races. For more details on. how to train and prepare a pony for racing competition, call Lawrence at (540) 364-2420. To enter the pony races, up until 11 a.m. Oct. 15, call Central Entry at (703) 777-2575.
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