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The legendary annual Virginia Gold Cup steeplechasing classic, now run before a sellout crowd of 50,000 people, comes from much simpler
Steeplechasing in Virginia has been a way of life since early Colonial times when the horse was the primary way of transportation, farming and war.
Organized steeplechase races have run in Fauquier County since 1844, with one of the first jump meets held at White Sulphur Springs (now the Fauquier Springs Club), then a fashionable spa near Warrenton.
On April 3, 1922, eight sportsmen met at the Fauquier Club in Warrenton and decided to organ
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