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prepared for the distance and the task. There is a jockey, carefully tutored and practiced, fit for the assignment. There is a racecourse, carefully manicured, watered, groomed and decorated for the day.
Elementary.
This annual guide to Virginias spring steeplechasing circuit provides the tutelage to take you through the season, start to finish, with plenty of insider information to help demystify the often-arcane world of horse racing, taking it down to its very base.
Here, you’ll find a map and calendar to follow the action, feature stories on some of Thoroughbred racing’s greatest players, and interesting facts and figures about steeplechase racing — hiyit country’s healthiest spectator sport.
Start with this quick primer: Steeplechasing takes place in three main “categories.”
Virginia’s point-to-point circuit, made up of benefit events organized by area foxhunting clubs, features local talent in amateur divisions along with national stars in professional races carded along with the
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