Betsy Parker

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Sep 19, 2001 , .♦ ;• v>»'X ' ' ,4 Times Newspapers v>»'X ' ' ,4 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker ENGLAND’S BEST: David Bentley made a deep impression on the U.S. circuit this spring: he has won seven of 62 races and more than $241,000 in prize money. The Pennsylvania resident...
Sep 19, 2001 Times Newspapers Start Times Newspapers Start Photo/Betsy Parker NEW AND IMPROVED? Amateur rider Jim Whitner, above, and Mason Lampton helped establish what may become a national pointto-point championship circuit next year. It is based partly on the Foxhunters’ timber series Whitner created. The...
Sep 19, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker HEADING OUT: Spectating and participation opportunities abound on Virginia’s steeplechase circuit this fall. Get involved by calling the Virginia Steeplechase Association at (703) 777-2575. B. The Chronicle Cup C. The Nicoll Memorial D. The International...
Sep 19, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo'Betsy Parker THE CUP RUNNETH OVER: Times Newspapers Staff Photo'Betsy Parker THE CUP RUNNETH OVER: The Oct. 20 International Gold Cup will be the 18th running of the prestigious stakes race at Great Meadow. The timber race, which carries a pot of $50,000, is the richest...
Sep 19, 2001 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker A STEEPLE-WHAT? It’s called Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker A STEEPLE-WHAT? It’s called a steeplethon’ and though the name may sound funny the unique race is anything but.
Feb 20, 2002 Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Virginia s healthy point-to-point circuit Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Virginia s healthy point-to-point circuit serves as a model for a new national organization sponsoring hunt racing around the U.S.
Feb 20, 2002 NORTHERN VIRGINIA NORTHERN VIRGINIA Spring Steeplechase 2002 Betsy Parker, Editor John Toler, Executive Editor Pam Symington, Advertising Manager Fauquier TimesDemocrat 39 Culpeper Street Warrenton, VA 20186 Phone: 540-347-4222 Fax: 540-349-8676 E-mail: bparker® timespapers.com
Feb 20, 2002 Times Staff Photos/Betsy Parker; Photo Illustration/Penny Hauffe Times Staff Photos/Betsy Parker; Photo Illustration/Penny Hauffe The universal truth seems to be that most racehorses are able to respond to a variety of riders. r 1 r
Feb 20, 2002 By Betsy Parker ' Times Newspapers Staff Writer If By Betsy Parker ' Times Newspapers Staff Writer If many hands make light work, why do too many cooks spoil the broth ? Likewise, if author Walter Farley was correct in “The Black Stallion” when he said that some horses...
Feb 20, 2002 Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Rider Alice Clapham and Whitewood Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Rider Alice Clapham and Whitewood Farm’s Michele Marieschi are both English ‘imports.’ Here, they win at Fairfax last spring.
Feb 20, 2002 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer . A By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer . A post parade of America’s leading ’chasers this year
Feb 20, 2002 Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Champion jockey Gus Brown wins over timber on Bit of Scotch.
Feb 20, 2002 on a trial basis at point-topoints this year. The ...Hunt Cup, Maryland Hunt Clip and the Maryland Grand National. Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The fast, easy reassembly of the British wings, shown, and their safety, are positive points.
Feb 20, 2002 At left, Lisa Ben-Dov celebrates a ...racing: his trainer is Dot Smithwick in Middleburg. • Times Photos i by Betsy Parker ] and Douglas Lees
Feb 20, 2002 By Betsy Parker Time.- Newspapers Staff Writer Virginia has By Betsy Parker Time.- Newspapers Staff Writer Virginia has two chances at international steeplechasing fame this March: Janell and Michael Hoffman of Leesburg have aimed both Solo Lord and Pelagos at the March 12-14 Cheltenham Festival in England.
Feb 20, 2002 All Gong invited All Gong invited to Japanese ’chase By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Hoping to make international waves for the sport of American steeplechasing, 2000 National Steeplechase Association champion hurdler All Gong will receive the first American invitation to compete...
Feb 20, 2002 be forced to move from Pimlico. The races are ...at Mainland’s Pimlico just before the Preakness and one at New York’s Belmont Park just before the Belmont Stakes). The Maryland Racing Commission has cut way back on purses overall this year, and the Pimlico leg of the series is...
Feb 20, 2002 Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Matt McCarron takes a final look back in the homestretch. Parting shots I sit astride life like a bad rider on a horse. I only owe it to the horse’s good nature that I am not...
Feb 27, 2002 By Betsy Parker and Julie Reardon Rappahannock News Writer By Betsy Parker and Julie Reardon Rappahannock News Writer Steeplechasing returns to Rappahannock County this Saturday, March 2, with the Rappahannock Hunt races at the Bleu Rock Inn course near Washington. The first of at least 10 races begins at...
Mar 6, 2002 By Betsy Parker 1 Times-Democrat StafT Writer SPERRYVILLE — By Betsy Parker 1 Times-Democrat StafT Writer SPERRYVILLE — Training her three-day event horses in rural Indiana, Joanne Gelarden said that she used to pounce on the Chronicle of the Horse magazine when it arrived each week, poring over reports...
Mar 6, 2002 Times-Democrat Start Photos/Betsy Parker HUNTSMAN: Michael Brown takes a Times-Democrat Start Photos/Betsy Parker HUNTSMAN: Michael Brown takes a look back at his field master’s chase followers at Saturday’s races.
Apr 3, 2002 By Betsy Parker By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer The Old Dominion Hounds Pointto-Point will be held, this Saturday, April 6, at Ben Venue Farm in Rappahannock County. Post time is 12 p.m. for the first of at least eight races. Pony...
Apr 10, 2002 By Betsy Parker Times-Democrat Staff Writer BEN VENUE — By Betsy Parker Times-Democrat Staff Writer BEN VENUE — It looked like the United Nations was in session at Ben Venue Farm Saturday. Simon Hobson has ridden races extensively in England, Ireland, France, Italy and South Africa. At the Old...
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Apr 24, 2002 The May 4 Gold Cup timber stakes is expected ...testing 4 foot high Great Meadow fences, shown right. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/ Betsy Parker
Apr 24, 2002 Signature race Signature race celebrates ’02 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The year was 1922. Worldwide, it was one for the record books. Oceans away, Benito Mussolini seized power of the Italian government and Danish physicist Niels Bohr received the...
Apr 24, 2002 Summer, Dancer legendw|| ...circuit ? j f i j ■ 3 4 I j < By Betsy Parker n * Times Newspapers Staff Writer Long blond mane a-fly and tiny flinty hooves bare of racing plates, Summer jigs a little, champing her minuscule...
Apr 24, 2002 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Young jockey Joe Streaker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Young jockey Joe Streaker drives Dancer home to victory at the Farmington point-to-point. claiming the small pony division championship eight times. And, at age 20, she keeps on running. See PONY, Page 7
Apr 24, 2002 Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Owner-trainer Natasha Aylor leads Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Owner-trainer Natasha Aylor leads up Summer, winner of nearly 40 career small pony races. owner, Sam Cockburn, Rachel Horn and current rider Jessica Rice. “I think she just likes to win,” Rice said when asked...
Apr 24, 2002 Forbush Forbush creates art from heart By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Call her a woman with a vision. Sandra Forbush will not demur. The Flint Hill-based artist was selected to paint this year’s official Virginia Gold Cup promotional art....
Apr 24, 2002 arises — as in when a new owner moves ...sashes, balls, frogs and an infinite number of initials or design. — By Betsy Parker
Apr 24, 2002 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Richmond owners Henry and Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Richmond owners Henry and Ann Stern, left, were joined by Great Meadow creator Nick Arundel, right, at the ’97 Marlborough Cup.
Apr 24, 2002 It’s all relative ...contribution of foundation horses has changed little since .the late 1700s. — By Betsy Parker
Apr 24, 2002 Great Meadow ...irrigation system which has been running since early April. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/ Betsy Parker
Apr 24, 2002 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker At the end of Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker At the end of the day, the racing tests are decided by the fleetest, most competitive horse and rider. Steeplechasing at the Virginia Gold Cup meet is typically some of the nation’s best. r 1
Sep 19, 2002 Hot to trot. ...in New Kent County shares its 1 1/4-mile oval for Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds, Betsy Parker reporting. Page 13.
Sep 19, 2002 Nice view: Nice view: Virginia’s steeplechase season features eight days of racing at six venues; Betsy Parker traces the way from start to finish. Page 9.
Sep 19, 2002 Contents Current Virginia ’chase standings.3 Dry weather makes training ...painting.14 Who has the last word this issue? Check and see .15 Editor: Betsy Parker Cover Photos: Yayoi Photos: Betsy Parker, Ayukawa, Betsy Parker Publisher and President: Peter Arundel Advertising Manager: Pam Symington Phone: (540) 347-4222 Web site: fauquier.com
Sep 19, 2002 Does size ...matter? In legend-making it sure does. Big stages make even bigger heroes. By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer If St. George had slain a dragonfly instead of a dragon, who would have remembered? If King Richard III had a...
Sep 19, 2002 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Competition on the Virginia Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Competition on the Virginia fall steeplechase circuit opened in Middleburg Sept. 14; it runs through Nov. 2 Montpelier Races. Here, Roger Horgan wins with Mysticize at the Foxfield Races.