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in Japan
Virginia-based ‘chaser Gliding is settling well into the Nakayama racecourse near Tokyo, according to email reports by exercise rider James Piper.
Keeping up via a daily journal to the Steeplechase Times, Piper said that the day-long trip from The Plains to New York to Anchorage to Tokyo went well, and that the Doug Fout-trained gelding is handling the change of scenery well. He’s due to run in the $1.5 million Grand Jump April 19.
Log onto www.st-publishing.com, click “The Times” and read Piper’s reports.
Stable Tour
approaches
The annual Hunt Country Stable Tbur is set May 24-25 around the Middleburg area, with an insider look at stables, training facilities and historic sites in Virginia’s storied “horse country.”
The self-driven tour runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, with the tour’s home base at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville. Tour details are at (540) 592-3711 or log onto www. middleburgonline.com
Carriage day at
Morven Park
1 Carriage drivers are invited to take part in a special benefit driving day at Leesburg’s Morven Park April 20. Drivers depart at 1 p.m., with a picnic to follow the carriage drive. Call (703) 779-1894 for more details.
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