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By Betsy Parker
Times Newspapers Staff Writer
There are three contenders
for the title as America’s
steeplechase hub: Maryland’s Hunt Valley area west of Baltimore, southeastern Pennsylvania’s farm and hitting country, and, of course^ Virginia’s Piedmont region.
Though horsemen in the other two areas may simper; in our judgment, Virginia’s the runaway winner.
With 13 solid weeks of steeplechase action this spring, including 13 point-to-point races, four National Steeplechase Association meets and nine hunter paces (many of which overlap), Virginia is miles ahead of Pennsylvania (with four) and Maryland (six) pointto-points each (and two, and four, NSA meets, respectively.)
Add in Virginia jump racing every Sunday of the six-week summer pari-mutuel meet at Colonial Downs east of Richmond, and a healthy fall circuit, and the Commonwealth gets the crown.
As paper of record, then, in what well call Steeplechase Central, the Times Community Newspapers produces three special steeplechase supplements each year. Spring Steeplechase and Fall Steeplechase, plus a Virginia Gold Cup section in May.
In 2007 Spring Steeplechase, follow along as we take a look deep inside Virginia’s jump
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