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By Betsy Parker
Times Newspapers Staff Writer
Pony racing for junior riders has long been part of Virginia’s spring steeplechase circuit, with many of the sport’s national champions graduating from the ranks of short sprints cm tiny ponies.
A creative solutkm to felling entries replaced the classic pony races in 2006, and the new “field masters chase” series has been rewarded with expanded entries and burgeoning interest in the controlled introduction to horse racing.
“We’re trying to create horsemen for the fiiture” explained Graham Alcock, a former ‘chase rider who officiates at many Virginia meets.
The junior field masters chase series attracts more entries than the old pony races because, according to Alcock, young riders were able to compete with their regular foxhunting mounts rather than needing
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