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Home, who assisted regular announcer Will O’Keefe, commented, “It’s just like a day of racing in England.”
And Rappahannock jointmaster Janet O’Keefe, remembering the rainy 2002 races, added that rain and 70 degrees was much preferred over rain and 40 degrees.
While entries scratched down in all divisions, all of the races were crowd-pleasers, beginning with the small pony race. Scarlett Lovett, 10,. of Unionville, is a young barrel racer whose love of speed led her to try her barrel ponies on the Virginia circuit.
In a close small pony race, Lovett nearly caught the veteran Summer, ridden Saturday by Emily Hilcher. Her little chestnut Lassie managed to grab a slim lead into the stretch but at the wire Summer prevailed by a neck.
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