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Generations of legendary horsemen, both pros and amateurs, have paraded under those grand oaks: Courtland Smith, Cappy Smith, Eugene Cunningham, Theo Randolph (who once owned the show site), and her daughter Nina Bonnie; Ennis Jenkins and his son Rodney; J. Arthur Reynolds and his children Bucky and Betty Reynolds Oare; Delmar Twyman and his son Noel; Bobby Burke, Lisa Burke Horkan, Oliver Brown, Jones and his own father Tbm — a list that could never be complete and is too long to mention.
It’s nice to imagine that spirits of past shows, should they drift over the tall oaks, would feel at home at today.
All of them would know the main ring and many would recognize the grandstand, built in 1891.
New to them would be the adjacent pony ring and the grand prix jump field across U.S. 50, where Upperville — a charter member of the American Grand Prix Association since its founding in 1972 — annually holds its jumper classic.
No matter what subtle changes are made to the class list or major improvements come to the grounds, Jones hopes that the sense of hospitality, the “01’ Virginney” feeling, and the founder’s emphasis on the promotion of sport horses, will always remain part of America’s oldest horse show.
Jackie Burke is an author, avid foxhunter and former rated show judge based in Orlean. She can be reached by e-mail at equal2@earthlink.net.
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