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and Field Sports editor Louisa Woodville included a write-up of the St. Louis Steeplechase beside her Call Louis-Gold Cup story. The lead? “In the featured Bradley Hurdle, a horrific pile-up at the last fence sent two jockeys to the hospital. When L.B. Dumpling came down while leading at the last, I Feellikeasnake and Tennessee-based jockey Betsy Burke on the inside fell hard over the other horse.
“Injured riders Kirk Griggs and Burke were admitted to the St. Louis Hospital; Griggs is being treated for dual broken collarbones and toes. Burke remains in critical condition in a coma. ”
Why is this an important part of the modern Fauquier Times-Democrat? Because the former Betsy Burke did in fact recover from that injury and is now the Democrat’s Horse and Field Sports editor, Betsy Parker.
Did You Know?
1927 Cup winner Dum
Dum traces to foundation
sire Lexington,
through a tail-male line.
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