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 20, 2000 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Many parts of the Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Many parts of the puzzle must be pieced together to make a steeplechase winner. Here, 1999 Virginia timber champion Gold Quoit, leading, guts it out for a Glenwood Park victory: Putting together the jump racing...
Sep 20, 2000 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer lb the By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer lb the casual racing fan, the shiny horses circling the paddock Saturday afternoons on the Virginia fall steeplechase circuit are just background ambiance — part of the festive countryside sporting events that headline...
Sep 20, 2000 Community Newspapers NORTHERN VIRGINIA Executive Editor/General Manager: John Toler ...VIRGINIA Executive Editor/General Manager: John Toler Assistant General Manager: Barbara Norris Section Editor: Betsy Parker Managing Editor: Robin Earl Writers: Jackie Burke, Galen McBride, Julie Reardon Advertising Manager: Kathleen Keller Advertising Representatives: Pam Symington, Angela Allison, Marie Rossi, Kathy Mills,...
Sep 20, 2000 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Change is By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Change is in the air for this fall's steeplechase season in Virginia. Though most of the cornerstone race meets remain the same, several important changes are included in this autumn's schedule. The season...
Sep 20, 2000 Owner Ray Moffett Jr. says that older steeplechasers like ...the gelding was training for the fall season. Times Community Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker
Sep 20, 2000 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Fall 2000 Virginia steeplechase calendar • Sept. 23 - Fairfax Races. Morven Park, Leesburg. Post time 2 p.m. Six races. Information: (703) 532-2257. • Sept. 24 - Foxfield Races. Barracks Road course, Charlottesville. Post time...
Sep 20, 2000 Times Community Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Trainer Don Yovanovich, Times Community Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Trainer Don Yovanovich, former champion rider on Virginia’s circuit, also owns several steeplechase horses. Here his Ponsonby, bred by the late Robert O’Brien of Upperville, wins at the Warrenton Hunt Point-to-Point. The Electric Blue...
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Sep 20, 2000 ' *"-■ ” —' '* ..^r » - -* ...'* ..^r » - -* ---^ - ^■vC'-:V:«^:-\-.,^ 1 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Simon Hobson, leading at center aboard Direktor at his all-time ‘favorite course’ Brandywine Park, is a lifelong horseman. During racing season, he adds soccer to riding...
Sep 20, 2000 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The International Gold Cup Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The International Gold Cup races Oct. 21 include a full race program of seven events over hurdles, timber and on the flat.
Feb 21, 2001 Looking into the 2001 spring steeplechase season in Virginia, ...Editor John Toler Managing Editor Robin Earl Production: Kim Phillips Cover photographs, design: Betsy Parker Cover layout: R.B. Gassie Advertising consultants: Pam Symington, Sylvia McDevitt, Marie Rossi, Kathy Mills, Jack Crank Advertising assistant: Stephannie Addison
Feb 21, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff ptiotos/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff ptiotos/Betsy Parker On your mark. Get set. Go! Race starter Terry Hanback ‘keeps the boys in line’ when setting up a race at Morven Park last spring. This year’s steeplechase season begins this Saturday, Feb. 24 with...
Feb 21, 2001 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Yes, Virginia, By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Yes, Virginia, the steeplechasing sport is alive and well in the 21st century Commonwealth. Though jump racing in America as a whole is undergoing a period of adjustment — with the highest purse...
Feb 21, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Attendance at Virginia spring races is ever-increasing; here, nearly 20,000 cheer at Foxfield last year.
Feb 21, 2001 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Registration number By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Registration number 9304222. Dark bay or brown colt. Sire: Theatrical. Dam: Active Voice. Dam's sire: Pretense. Bred in Ontario, Canada by Hill N' Dale Farms. Born: 1993 Marks: Large irregular curved star open...
Feb 21, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Wendy Clatterbuck and ’00 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Wendy Clatterbuck and ’00 hurdle champion Direktor visit at Sunny Bank Farm in Middleburg following their early morning ride.
Feb 21, 2001 Times Newspapers Photo/Betsy Parker Direktor turns tail to the Times Newspapers Photo/Betsy Parker Direktor turns tail to the camera to show his winning quarters. home, goes with his head sorta low, but he loves to gallop. He'd run all day if you asked him to." Direktor won three races...
Feb 21, 2001 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Virginia-owned and By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Virginia-owned and trained Segregation Lane, America's top-rated juvenile hurdler, is entered to run in the Elite Racing Club Triumph Hurdle March 15 at the international National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham RaceB. G. Sowder,...
Feb 21, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Trainer Neil Morris has ‘always dreamed of running at Cheltenham.’
Feb 21, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker So long, Saluter After a record 21 victories over timber in a seven-year racing career, Virginia-bred Saluter was retired last year.
Feb 21, 2001 2. Artie Fox (Joseph Kincheloe), Blaefr Forest (Michael Brown), ...8 Flat Division 1 Harbor Light (Rory McClendon), Millie Feori (Emily Wheeler), Socrates (Betsy Checchia), Padiddle (Emily Wheeler), 8 2. Royal T (Betsy Parker), Lane Loner (Rebecca Schaefer), Jasper (Sue Bopp), Black Jack (Charlie Bopp), Savannah (Cathy Spicer), Prayers Answered...
Feb 28, 2001 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker STEEPLECHASE ACTION: The March Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker STEEPLECHASE ACTION: The March 3 Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point at the Bleu Rock Inn near Washington marks the first time in two years for steeplechasing in the county. Last year’s Rappahannock races were held in Culpeper....
Mar 7, 2001 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Writer : WASHINGTON — By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Writer : WASHINGTON — Ladies first. This proved the case for the first three races ever held on the Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point’s new Bleu Rock Inn course. Though the Rappahannock Hunt held point-to-point races from...
Apr 18, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Helicopter hiking is an exciting way to see the Rocky Mountains.
Apr 18, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Australia is as large Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Australia is as large as the United States and definitely as diverse — from the beaches of the northern shores to the mountains that surround Sydney.
Apr 25, 2001 Gold Cup wide Gold Cup wide open affair after his retirement By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Big money. Big, big money. One hundred and fifty thousand dead presidents are on the line at the 76th running of the Virginia Gold Cup...
Apr 25, 2001 NORTHERN VIRGINIA ...TimesDemocrat advertising and editorial departments, and the Loudoun TimesMirror production team Editor — Betsy Parker Writer — Sarah L. Greenhalgh Photographers — Betsy Parker, Sarah L. Greenhalgh, Douglas Lees, R.B. Gassie Cover design, photographs — Betsy Parker Cover layout —...
Apr 25, 2001 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Members of By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Members of America’s steeplechasing community are enjoying the good times as the
Apr 25, 2001 , Times Community Newspapers Photo/Betsy Parker Virginia-owned and -bred Times Community Newspapers Photo/Betsy Parker Virginia-owned and -bred Saluter practically owned the Great Meadow racecourse: he won an unprecedented six Virginia Gold Cups and two International Gold Cups in an eight-year timber racing career. Before this year’s event, the bay...
Apr 25, 2001 ay goodbye, • , .r'r: State-bred Sit ^-f'"ZesfM "“»* ...S uter disappoints, Priceless K om thrills in timber classic Mr ^ By Betsy Parkeb S3 . ^ Time*-Democrat 9uff Writer EF^ By Betsy Parker Times-Democrat Staff Writar j S PLAINS — It wasn’t enough i 8tem!^Saluter to just win
Apr 25, 2001 Before each race, riders meet with officials to check on last ...most runners have this done every time they race. Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker and Sarah L. Greenhalgh
Apr 25, 2001 Times Times Newspapers Staff Photos/ "Betsy Parker * For the horses, handlers walk back to the stable for care after their race. A runner gets more congratulations, above. Their race day ends with a nice cool bath and a long drink...
Apr 25, 2001 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer An integral By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer An integral part of Fauquier County thoroughbred racing history, the Virginia Gold Cup celebrates two anniversaries this year: the May 5, 2001 renewal counts as the 76th running of the timber classic in...
Apr 25, 2001 irffSliM irffSliM Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Whoa hose .... If the temperature rises for Saturday’s Gold Cup races, officials are ready to help prevent overheating of any competitors. Here, Art Rubens hoses down a horse at last year’s event.
Apr 25, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker In last year’s Gold Cup, jockey Richard Johnson «eems to have ‘lost touch’ with Pennybridge. He quickly retrieved the dropped rein to go on and finish fifth. The lines of communication, though, are important to...
Sep 19, 2001 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Virginia is By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Virginia is the steeplechasing leader. Not just “among the leaders ...” but tops. Need proof? • The commonwealth heads the numbers game, once again: seven steeplechase programs swell the Virginia Steeplechase Association calendar,...
Sep 19, 2001 Following the Following the ’chase circuit By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The 44th annual Fairfax Races on Sept. 22 kick off the National Steeplechase Association sanctioned calendar this fall. Held at the new Belmont Country Club near Leesburg, the Fairfax...
Sep 19, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker INTERNATIONAL GOLD CUP: Fields Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker INTERNATIONAL GOLD CUP: Fields will be full at the Oct. 20 races at Great Meadow in The Plains. Purses are in excess of $137,000 at Virginia’s richest fall meet. r
Sep 19, 2001 VIRGINIA FALL, VIRGINIA FALL, MONTPELIER: The Oct. 6 and 7 Virginia Fall races at Glenwood Park in Middleburg, shown last year at left, make up the state’s only two-day meet. The Montpelier Races, shown above, is held Nov. 3 at James Madison’s...
Sep 19, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker FAIRFAX, FOXFIELD: The Sept. 22 Fairfax Races in Leesburg, shown above, and Sept. 30 Foxfield Races in Charlottesville, left, both include hurdle, timber and flat races on their programs.