Betsy Parker
Named 517 times. These are the 400 blocks the name was read from (the first 400 kept), in the order the paper printed them.
- Sep 22, 1999 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Strength in By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Strength in numbers, they say. To wit: the National Steeplechase Association will offer 19 race meets during the longer-than-ever fall racing season stretching from Sept. 25 to Dec. 4. Purses total in excess...
- Sep 22, 1999 NORTHERN VIRGINIA ...Manager: John Toler Assistant General Manager: Barbara Norris Managing Editor: Robin Earl Writers: Betsy Parker, George Rowand, Galen McBride Advertising Manager: Kathleen Keller Advertising Representatives: Pam Symington, Dawn Martin, Cathy Carlton, Kathy Mills Production: Kim Gross, Jackie Colvin, Stephannie Addison,...
- Sep 22, 1999 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Pick a By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Pick a course. Any course. It is a sure bet that steeplechase spectators this fall will find what they want — history, pageantry, friends,
- Sep 22, 1999 Times Newspapers Photos/Betsy Parker The Foxfield race course near Times Newspapers Photos/Betsy Parker The Foxfield race course near Charlottesville is laid out for infield tailgate parties. Flat, hurdle and timber tracks surround the party area, though racing purists might prefer the outer rail parking.
- Sep 22, 1999 Times Newspapers Photo/Betsy Parker Making, and taking, bets among Times Newspapers Photo/Betsy Parker Making, and taking, bets among friends at the season’s steeplechase meets is easy. Use the simple mathematical formula listed here to increase your ‘odds' of winning. The horse out of a hat’ method, for instance, is...
- Sep 22, 1999 Times Newspapers Photos/Betsy Parker Middleburg’s Glenwood Park is popular Times Newspapers Photos/Betsy Parker Middleburg’s Glenwood Park is popular both with horsemen and spectators. The natural amphitheatre offers great viewing.
- Sep 22, 1999 Times Newspapers Photo?'Betsy Parker Race day crowds are always Times Newspapers Photo?'Betsy Parker Race day crowds are always large at the International Gold Cup races at Great Meadow, left, and at the Montpelier Races in Orange County, above. All spectators at Great Meadow are narked on the outside of...
- Sep 22, 1999 Times Newspapers Photos/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Photos/Betsy Parker Fashion yes, fashion no Two of the four footwear fashions above are suggested foi steeplechasing, two are not. Can you guess? In top photo, duck shoes - in rainbow colors - are a definite fashion yes,...
- Sep 22, 1999 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker DRIVING FINISH: Competition at the rich International Gold Cup is always close. Here, horses race to the wire at last year’s event.
- Feb 23, 2000 £umes ...John Toler Assistant General Manager: Barbara Norris Managing Editor: Robin Earl Section Editor: Betsy Parker Writers: Julie Reardon, Galen McBride Advertising Manager: Kathleen Keller Advertising Representatives: Pam Symington, Dawn Martin, Cathy Carlton, Kathy Mills Production: Stephannie Addison, Kim Phillips, Maryanne...
- Feb 23, 2000 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Get to the point Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Get to the point of Virginia’s point-to-point racing season
- Feb 23, 2000 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Like narcotics By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Like narcotics and rabid dogs, there is no stopping steeplechase addiction once it takes hold. The rush-at-you sport of jump racing overflows with action to beguile — shiny, fit thoroughbred horses eager to...
- Feb 23, 2000 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Full fields are expected Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Full fields are expected in series divisions and open races when the steeplechase season opens this Saturday at Casanova.
- Feb 23, 2000 series and the SHR Fred novice flat series. Other ...hunt-sponsored hunter pace prizes; and the Meadow Outdoor Foundation pony prizes. — By Betsy Parker
- Feb 23, 2000 By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer MIDDLEBURG By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer MIDDLEBURG — Gray lamplight washes the barnyard, splashing the tired facade of stable walls with eerie man-made rays. The hens in their snug house purr quietly as the unmistakable metal on metal...
- Feb 23, 2000 Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Bobby Simmons spends part of Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Bobby Simmons spends part of his morning at Middleburg’s Sunny Bank Farm in the ‘hurry up and wait’ mode. Here the Woodville Award recipient awaits horses returning from the gallops so he can hotwalk, water and...
- Feb 23, 2000 Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Amateur Woods Winants, shown above Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Amateur Woods Winants, shown above winning with Jiva Jr., is a lifetime horseman with special skills on hard-to-ride’ horses.
- Feb 23, 2000 Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Virginia horsemen such as Middleburg-based Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Virginia horsemen such as Middleburg-based trainer Dorothy Smithwick and steeplechase and show hunter owner Gary Baker are an integral part of the state’s equestrian tradition.
- Feb 23, 2000 By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer The By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer The Y2K National Steeplechase Association season opens in just 10 days, a full three weeks earlier than ever before. Virginia’s first NSA meet is April 15. The NSA calendar includes all the...
- Feb 23, 2000 Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The National Steeplechase circuit will Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The National Steeplechase circuit will carry top runners not only around the U.S. this year, but to Japan and England as well. The NSA calendar also features a race in Florida to open the calendar.
- Feb 23, 2000 jockeys to capture that championship. Kinross timber horses Company ...bonus prize, Ann Stem’s 11-year-old gelding has earned well over $500,000. — By Betsy Parker
- Feb 23, 2000 * Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Stops on the National Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Stops on the National Steeplechase Association circuit include Richmond’s Colonial Downs and Louisville’s Churchill Downs.
- Feb 23, 2000 Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker TAKE-OFF: Glenwood Park in Middleburg Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker TAKE-OFF: Glenwood Park in Middleburg is one of the nation’s finest steeplechase courses, both for horses and spectators. A natural amphitheater is formed by the hillside at right.
- Feb 23, 2000 By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer Thoroughbred By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer Thoroughbred horses don’t have a lock on the spring steeplechasing season: ponies and horses of questionable, or unknown, heritage are invited to participate at 10 Virginia point-to-point events this spring. The junior...
- Feb 23, 2000 TimesNewspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Middleburg’s Loring Heard, here leading TimesNewspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Middleburg’s Loring Heard, here leading aboard Timber Way to win at the Piedmont Point-toPoint, captured his first Pageland owner-rider hurdle series championship in '99.
- Feb 23, 2000 By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer The By Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Writer The metal, rubber or nylon bit is an important tool of communication for rider to horse. In addition to the regulation “pull left to go left, pull right to go right, pull...
- Feb 23, 2000 Times Community Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Times Community Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Jamaica Bay was one of a very few horses who prefers no bit at all. He acted so well in his hackamore that he won the 1993 International Gold Cup timber classic in near...
- Feb 23, 2000 Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Steeplechase horsemen follow a long Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Steeplechase horsemen follow a long tradition of working in the racing sport. Racing over fences followed foxhunting from England along with the Jamestown settlers.
- Mar 1, 2000 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The annual point-to-point race will be in full gallop on Saturday, March 4 at Brandywine Park in Culpeper.,Rappahannock races to be held at new course *
- Mar 1, 2000 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer The March By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer The March 4 Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point have a new - possibly temporary - home. The annual event will be held at Brandywine Park south of Culpeper. The Rappahannock races were previously held at...
- Mar 8, 2000 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Amateur steeplechase jockey Matt Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Amateur steeplechase jockey Matt van der Woude of Warrenton rides Lone Mountain like a pro, jumping in ideal form at Saturday’s Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point to win the foxhunters’ timber race. See Page B1 for more...
- Mar 8, 2000 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer RAPIDAN — By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer RAPIDAN — There’s a bunch of ways to make a buck in Virginia’s billion-dollar horse business. Exercise rider to equine dentist, feed vendor to farrier, insurance agent to instructor, working horsemen and related...
- Mar 8, 2000 ——■.j Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker David Bourke and ——■.j Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker David Bourke and Dothe Bucket prepare for the Rappahannock races Saturday.
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- Mar 29, 2000 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The construction By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The construction is complete. The trucks are gone. The workers no longer tramp in and out, tracking sticky Virginia clay on the new hardwood floors. But what they left behind is more than...
- Mar 29, 2000 (Times ...General Manager: Barbara Norris Managing Editor: Robin Earl Writers: Stephanie Kenyon, Brian Minter, Betsy Parker, George Rowand, Deborah Shepherd, Regina Yurkonis Advertising Manager: Kathleen Keller Advertising Representatives: Pam Symington, Angela Allison, Marie Rossi, Kathy Mills Production: Stephannie Addison, Kim Phillips,...
- Apr 12, 2000 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer BEN VENUE By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer BEN VENUE — They’re like night and day. Literally. Soft-spoken Gregg Ryan is slim, an athlete. He can make weight, racing trim, without struggle. He’s a stockbroker, given to wearing natty tweeds and...
- Apr 12, 2000 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker How fast? Mojave Gold streaks past the camera at Old Dominion this past Saturday en route to his fourth straight victory with Blair Waterman._
- Apr 26, 2000 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Virginia’s steeplechasing By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Virginia’s steeplechasing circuit travels south to Charlottesville for racing this Saturday, April 29, at the Foxfield Races. Post time is 1 p.m. for the first of five on the card. Foxfield’s course is...