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New Zealander Craig Thornton in ^2 and *98 — were not American-born.
“You have to figure that the riders that move here from other countries are not the very best, the leading riders, in their home nation,” said NSA’s Mary Teter. “So, though there are many talented foreign-born riders here, still, the veiy best from the U.S. usually claims the title.”
“Don’t think you can come to America with an untalented horse and win,” said English trainer Dai Williams when here this spring with two horses training 'for the Virginia Gold Cup. “The racing in America is just so different from ours at home — different footing, different fences. But the quality is here.
“So a trainer is fooling himself if he thinks he has a ‘top of the ground’ horse in England that can’t quite make the grade there and he imagines it can be a world-beater here in the U.S. Just doesn’t work that way,” Williams went on. “American steeplechasing has found its niche market — good purses, spring and fall seasons so your horse can run often. It works for you, and it’s enough to attract the foreigners.”
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