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.
- Feb 19, 2004 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Sign of the times With encroaching growth a backdrop of last year’s Fairfax Hunt Point-to-Point near Leesburg, hunt master Randy Rouse has decided not to card the hunt's fall meet. Instead, the historic Bowman Bowl...
- Feb 19, 2004 Run ...Notice the veins sticking out with his winning effort. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker
- Feb 19, 2004 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker FORGET SOMETHING? A unique Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker FORGET SOMETHING? A unique new event at Glenwood Park last fall was the inaugural jockey’s foot race. Toe grabs (shoes, even) were prohibited, as were whips and spurs.
- Feb 26, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Off of By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Off of “easy” warm-up races last Saturday at Casanova, several firstweek winners are entered right back for the Rappahannock Hunt Point-toPoint races, hoping to wheel back into more series victories. The Feb. 28...
- Mar 4, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Va. By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Va. — Rewind the tape: A year ago, the snowy forecast left trainer Don Yovpnovich perplexed. Though owner Vicki Fuller purchased the experienced Inca Colony for herself, to ride in the foxhunters’...
- Apr 1, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer The entry By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer The entry box is overflowing for Saturday’s Old Dominion Hounds Point-to-Point, and quality is matching quantity. Headliners number nearly a dozen in the featured Leeds Don open timber, a three-mile race widely considered...
- Apr 8, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Trainer Doug By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Trainer Doug Fout says New Zealand import Suembul “doesn’t really like timber racing.” The bay gelding’s performance Saturday loudly said otherwise. EMO Stables’ runner showed a clear penchant for solid obstacles at the...
- Apr 8, 2004 Rappahannock News Staff Photo-Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photo-Betsy Parker RACING IN RAPPAHANNOCK: Clorevia Farm’s Say The Word, at center with blinkers, won the novice hurdle at Saturday’s Old Dominion Hounds Point-to-Point in Ben Venue. Clorevia is located in Flint Hill; they won two races...
- Apr 8, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer When Robert By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer When Robert Miller shipped his prize Quarter Horse mare Rappahannock County last spring, he was steeled for disappointment. Zippo’s Tammy Te carries world champion pleasure horse blood in her sturdy chestnut body, but...
- May 20, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Flint Hill-based By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Flint Hill-based horsewoman and author Wendy Murdoch thinks of herself as a guidance counselor. Her gentle, progressive way with students - both human and equine - demystifies the often arcane tutelage of riding...
- May 20, 2004 Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Center, Austin, left, and Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Center, Austin, left, and Tyler Burdick visit with one of their family’s sheep on the farm in Flint Hill. The 12-year-old twins were recently recognized by the National Museum of Racing as winners in a...
- May 20, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer If art By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer If art imitates life, then the Burdick twins are living through their canvas. Since birth, the 12-year-old Flint Hill identical twin boys, Austin and Tyler, have shared most interests. Father, and equine veterinarian...
- Sep 16, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Like last By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Like last week’s Glenwood Races, area horsemen embraced the offered Sept. 18 Thornton Hill Hounds Point-to-Point races, rewarding meet officials with strong entries and enthusiastic support. Virginia’s fall steeplechase season does not include...
- Sep 16, 2004 JUMP RIGHT ...race season with tips found inside this special section. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker
- Sep 16, 2004 2004 Fall 2004 Fall Steeplechase Betsy Parker, Editor Pam Symington, Advertising Manager Stacy Taylor, Page design Maria Brown, Cover design Betsy Parker, Cover photos
- Sep 16, 2004 SPECIALIST: Timber leader Dam Tlpalarm is a two-time winner ...Gold Cup’s ‘steeplethon.’ Watch for his return this fall. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker
- Sep 16, 2004 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Whether you’re By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Whether you’re a steeplechase fan or a steeplechase jockey, there’s plenty of planning to undertake when preparing for the upcoming season. A trainer? Pack your water jugs, anti-sweat sheets and polish the bridle...
- Sep 16, 2004 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker DECKED OUT: Though not Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker DECKED OUT: Though not as common on steeplechasers as flat horses, Bill Lickle’s Trebizond sports blinkers to focus his attention on his hurdling task atGlenwood.
- Sep 16, 2004 Equipping your horse for Equipping your horse for the fall steeplechase season By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Control the head and the rest of the body will follow. Elite athletes spend a lifetime perfecting this; it applies as much to steeplechasing. The...
- Sep 16, 2004 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker GO FIGURE: Cold Claim Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker GO FIGURE: Cold Claim seems subdued in his figure-eight noseband at Strawberry Hill; the equipment keeps a horse's mouth closed for control and performance.
- Sep 16, 2004 Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker TWINS? Middleburg Spring winner Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker TWINS? Middleburg Spring winner Rate Base, No. 8, and runner-up Northern Run both have ‘equipment on’ in the form of figure-eight nosebands, increasingly common on ’chasers.
- Sep 16, 2004 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker INCOGNITO: Richard Valentine and Jackie Ohrstrom are fashionable in their shades, plus, Valentine sports the stylish layered look with turtleneck and sport shirt.
- Sep 16, 2004 HATS ON FOR FASHION: ...her scoop-neck T when she sheds the wool overshirt. Times Newspapers Staff Photos/ Betsy Parker
- Sep 16, 2004 READY FOR ...and, of course, Wellington boots for ‘just in case.’ Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker
- Sep 16, 2004 i imes Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker IT’S NOT EASY imes Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: Robbie Walsh was clearly visible in pinstripes. i
- Sep 16, 2004 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer It’s not By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer It’s not by accident that Virginia’s steeplechase circuit is by far the most popular in the nation both in terms of fan and horsemen’s support. The courses are well-established, safe and inviting, the...
- Sep 16, 2004 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker HISTORIC ‘FRONT YARD’: When Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker HISTORIC ‘FRONT YARD’: When horses take to the Montpelier course in Orange County Nov. 6, they are basically racing across the lawn of former U.S. President James Madison.
- Sep 16, 2004 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The Steeplechase By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The Steeplechase at Oak Ridge joins Virginia’s fall circuit - for its Oct. 24 kickoff. Race director Mike Pearson said that the 2004 meet is sanctioned by the Virginia Steeplechase Association, but that...
- Sep 23, 2004 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Make that By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Make that four. In a row. In horse racing, four of anything establishes a distinct pattern. At Sundays Thornton Hill Hounds Point-to-Point, in Sperryville, Sola Topee confirmed his latest trend: a winner every...
- Sep 23, 2004 Rappahannock News Staff Photo Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photo Betsy Parker TIMBER TOPPER: Sola Topee, right, leads with rider Woods Winants to win the open timber at Sunday's Thornton Hill races. Loughbeg Rambler, here jumping at left, finished second.
- Dec 2, 2004 By Betsy Parker By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer IN THE SUNNY CORNER OF AN OPEN FIELD, FLINT HILL — Whiskers faintly quivering, the fox stares intently at the tufted grass. His red fur shimmers with a passing puff of late afternoon...
- Dec 2, 2004 FEEL THE CRUNCH? ...the popular pasttime is in jeopardy in America. Photos by Jordan Koepke and Betsy Parker
- Feb 17, 2005 2005 Spring Steeplechase 2005 Spring Steeplechase Betsy Parker, Editor Stacy Conroy, Page Design Pam Symington, Advertising Manager On the Cover: Jockey Leigh Hogben displays near-perfect ‘racing position’ winning at Glenwood Park last fall. Her forward, yet balanced, seat and form help find the...
- Feb 17, 2005 BY Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Keep a BY Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Keep a leg at each comer. Heels down. Eyes up. Stay on the horse, stay on the course. Keep the horse between you and the ground. The steeplechase game is full of them:...
- Feb 17, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker BALANCED, POISED, PROFESSIONAL: Michael Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker BALANCED, POISED, PROFESSIONAL: Michael Cooney and Robbie Walsh demonstrate ‘good’ riding position for a steeplechase jockey. Inside, find out how they leam to do it.
- Feb 17, 2005 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer One spectator By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer One spectator to the other, railside at a Virginia point-to-point: (snidely) “Geez, Look at that! That jockey is such a bad rider. Look at her heels. They’re not down! And her back, it’s...
- Feb 17, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker RECOVERY: Jockey Robbie Walsh ‘sits chilly’ as Concerto Grosso makes a blunder over the water jump at Glenwood. Walsh’s centered position, forward lower legs, weight in heels and quiet hands make it possible for the...
- Feb 17, 2005 PICTURE OF ...over his horse’s center of balance in perfect rhythm. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/ Betsy Parker
- Feb 17, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker GOOD SAVE: At last Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker GOOD SAVE: At last year’s Warrenton races, jockey Rob Massey takes the classic ‘back seaf position, with his lower leg thrust forward to catch his forward momentum as the horse's mistake pitches him ahead of...
- Feb 17, 2005 try riding and foxhunting as ways to improve all ...the old saw: “The longer you ridp, the longer you ride.” — By Betsy Parker