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Association administers a bonus purse fund that pays to Virginia-bred winners of races, over fences and on the flat.
Wis for Weights: Weight
assignments in steeplechases range from 130 for a maiden 3-year-old in the late spring of their freshman year of‘chasing, up to 176 which was the highest-ever weight assigned to a hurdle horse.
Yis for Yoke: A yoke is a
thin strap of leather that wraps around the horse’s neck and another piece runs down between the front legs to the girth.
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