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Saratoga worth the effort
The rich New York schedule was an important driving farce to the health of the American 'chase industry. But by 1970, steeplechase horsemen wondered if the end was in sight: New York racing wanted the jumpers out.
Virginian Randy Rouse stepped in to save steeplechasing, say industry officials.
Taking an Irish model, he designed a standardized 'chase fence from man-made materials. The jump persists today at flat tracks like Saratoga and Virginia's Colonial Downs, at dubsponsored "hunt meets'* and at poant-to-points around the region.
The Fall 2007 Steeplechase special takes the subject and runs with it, breaking down the driving forces behind the creation of the "national fence."
We interviewed Rouse, now 90 years old and still active on Virginia's circuit NSA officials Bill Gallo and safety inspector
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