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Gold Cup challenge trophy for Greer in 1953 The Hall of Fame brothers eventually rode five Gold Cup winners between them.
Over the years. Gold Cup fans have witnessed many memorable events But until 1957. no single horse hud ever won the race three times and only three horses had won it twice.
Leeds Don accomplished the triple in consecutive years.
Owned by David "Zeke" Ferguson of Hume, the big gray had been bred, raised and trained on local turf by Ridgely White, son of Arthur White, jockey of the first Gold Cup winner.
It was a cold, rainy day and only four horses took on the slippery course. Leeds Don had trouble with his first jumps, even going to his knees at the seventh, but veteran jockey Joe Aitcheson kept him on his feet and pressed him to victory. Aitcheson not only won that key race, but also won five out of the six races on the card that day.
The Hall of Famer would eventually win eight Virginia Gold Cups on eight different horses — a record that still stands. The 1960s combatant trio
After Leeds Don retired the fifth challenge trophy, the most exciting rivalry in the history of the Gold Cup developed.
The contestants were three Virginia gentlemen of the turf — Paul Mellon, Sen. John Warner nnd Joe Rogers. All of them had gixxl horses at the same time, and the Cup alternated bark and forth among them
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