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Finally, of the horse himself, perhaps it was long ago said best this way:
“Out from the past, the dim bloody, shifting past, came this noble animal, the horse, side by side with man, fighting with him the battles of progress, bearing with him the burdens of the centuries. Down the long hard road, through flint or mire, through swamp or sand, wherever there has been a footprint also will be seen a hoof print. ”
Virginia and its people would not have happened without him.
A brief chronology
1610 — Six mares and a full horse arrive from England at Jamestown.
1691 — The first American stakes race is held in Virginia.
1730 — Bulle Rocke, America’s first thoroughbred stallion comes to Virginia.
1853 — The Upperville Colt & Horse Show is established and today is the longestrunning show in America.
1922 — The first Virginia Gold Cup is held.
1973 — Secretariat wins racing’s first Triple Crown.
1997 — Virginia’s first legalized betting on horses begins at the new Colonial Downs track near Williamsburg.
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