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ry at this spring’s Virginia Gold Cup meet. With a win on the opening week of the fall season at the Glenwood Races, Read is currently third in Virginia’s leading rider race.
Read figures it was a wellrounded riding education that has guided his success.
“Steeplechasing wasn’t my thing at the beginning, though,” said Read, 25. “I started out in pony club and really loved the games and show jumping.”
Both added depth to his skill in the saddle, Read said, but still, he added, making the jump to jump racing was a stretch.
Nearly all fun and
games
Read said his steeplechasing success is the net result of many years spent in the saddle. Without an initial “in” to jump racing, he first pursued
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