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Betsy Parker ’Chasing started out directly tied to the foxhunting field, and some races, such as the unique Steeplethon at Great Meadow, keep that tie alive.
offered a permanent home to the valuable Tfemple Gwathmey trophy the previous year. The Temple Gwathmey from its inception in 1924 until 1989 was contested at New York City's Belmont Park. Fifty years ago when the former Russell Arundel started boosting the timber circuit, the Gwathmey stood as steeplechasing's most lucrative prize with $75,000 in the purse.
The $100,000 Virginia Gold Cup is just the latest development in the long history of strident support of steeplechasing fay many of the nation’s leading horsemen.
Jackie Burke is a research writer based in Orlean.
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