Betsy Parker
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- Feb 17, 2005 PRESSED ...pace; pre-set optimum time varies from hunt to hunt. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/ Betsy Parker
- Feb 17, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photos/ Times Newspapers Staff Photos/ Betsy Parker IDENTIFIABLE: The judges’ tower at Great Meadow leaves no doubt you’re at the Gold Cup.
- Feb 17, 2005 CROWD APPEAL: Horses ...summer pari-mutuel meet also features jump racing each Saturday. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/ Betsy Parker
- Feb 17, 2005 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Colonial Downs By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Colonial Downs and the Virginia chapter of they Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association have jointly requested that the Virginia Racing Commission approve 40 days of live racing at Colonial Downs in 2005. The...
- Feb 17, 2005 A nice head start... A nice head start... Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Thats Rappahannock rider Natasha Aylor leading the way at the inaugural Oak Ridge races last fall. The point-to-point meet was the first at the historic estate built by Thomas Fortune Ryan;...
- Feb 17, 2005 It takes all types: owners, ...be the nations most respected model. * * * Times Staff Photos By Betsy Parker
- Feb 17, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker GIVING IT THEIR ALL: Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker GIVING IT THEIR ALL: That’s winner Lumiere Sprout, right, and Capital Peak giving their best, honest effort while digging in at the Foxfield finish.
- Mar 3, 2005 Rappahannock Rappahannock bucking forecast Officials hope to run Saturday By Betsy Parker Times-Democrat Staff. Writer Though Monday’s snow came fast and furious, Rappahannock Hunt master Oliver Brown says the weather will not stop the Saturday races. “We’re ready” with tractors for...
- Mar 10, 2005 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker A SPORTING TRY: Maryland-based Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker A SPORTING TRY: Maryland-based amateur owner-rider Ben Swope flies over the wall with timber winner Sportin GT.
- Mar 10, 2005 By Betsy Parker Times-Democrat StafT Writer WASHINGTON, Va. — By Betsy Parker Times-Democrat StafT Writer WASHINGTON, Va. — Rappahannock placing judges got quite a workout, using video replays and exhaustive consultation to determine winners in five of Saturday’s eight races. Indeed, even the camera could not separate one set...
- Mar 10, 2005 Photos by Jordan Koepke, Betsy Parker Photos by Jordan Koepke, Betsy Parker CHASING’S ‘GODFATHER’: Top left photo, When Randy Rouse’s One Sea, top, won at Saturday’s Rappahannock Hunt Point-to-Point, it was just another in a long, line of Virginia winners for racing patron Randy Rouse. Shown...
- Apr 7, 2005 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Taking an By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Taking an ancient game and making it new, the inaugural Virginia Foxhound Performance Trials last week gave four area hunts a chance to show off the best of the best. The Bull Rim...
- Apr 7, 2005 KICK ON: Left, ..., champion Bull Run Michael trots to first covert. Rappahannock News Staff Fhotos/Betsy Parker
- Apr 14, 2005 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer BEN VENUE, By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer BEN VENUE, Va. — When champion trainer Jack Fisher speaks, people listen. He’s used to it. A timber specialist with a penchant for finding and making youngsters, Fisher knows that his judgment of...
- Jun 30, 2005 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker WOW. WHAT A VIEW. Ann Pankow and Ferdy compete against a Blue Ridge backdrop in Friday’s show. Results
- Jul 7, 2005 _ Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Betsy Parker GETTING AWAY FROM IT ALL: Lantern Lane Farm bed and breakfast in Amissville offers a peaceful respite along with upper level dressage instruction on quality, well-trained school horses suitable for all skill levels.
- Jul 7, 2005 ALL SORTS OF ...work. Here, she works with student Melanie Herbert and Picasso. Times-Democrat Staff Photo/Betsy Parker
- Jul 7, 2005 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Call it By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer Call it evolution. Embracing the old while welcoming the new, Debbie and Walter Craig recently unveiled a fully modernized version of their historic Lantern Lane Farm: the Rappahannock County couple stands ready to...
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker They’ll be jumping all fall on Virginia’s steeplechase circuit. Shown here is hurdle racing at Great Meadow, but the season moves from Leesburg south to Lovingston, with seven stops on the way. Watch Thoroughbreds fly
- Sep 15, 2005 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The only By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The only sport where a five foot man can stand 10 feet tall, horse racing dons a mantle of mystery: The flat track with its cigar-smoke-filled betting parlors and blinking pari-mutuel board differs,...
- Sep 15, 2005 Table of Contents ...game as a sport, as well as big business. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker (Times |1 Community Newspapers i| Northern Virginia 2005 Fall Steeplechase
- Sep 15, 2005 Betsy Parker, Editor Michelle Burdette, Page Layout Pam Symington; Betsy Parker, Editor Michelle Burdette, Page Layout Pam Symington; Advertising Manager %, For Display Advertising Kathy Mills Godfrey ^' ^ or Marie Rossi ^ Phone: 540-347-4222 Fax: 540-347-5193
- Sep 15, 2005 limes Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker See how they run: limes Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker See how they run: At last year’s International Gold Cup races at Great Meadow, the iumbo-tron video screens kept spectators with the action as horses circled the spacious grass oval.
- Sep 15, 2005 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Snorting rhythmically, By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Snorting rhythmically, the bay gelding inhales the icy autumn air as he gallops. Fresh cut grass, piles of drying fall leaves, a smoking barbecue in the infield: so many smells. But what fills...
- Sep 15, 2005 him a treat. The carrot’s taste? Like sweet victory. ...but it requires empathetic horsemanship to get top performance. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Like radars, a horse’s ears capture sound, show emotion and give him a sense of his surroundings. Senses From Page 5 or rider can gain a voluntary partner rather than unwilling begat of burden. Sight...
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The horse’s sense of taste allows him to graze selectively and get most of his nutrition from forage. keenly aware of movement. “The horse has very acute vision,” said Dr. Harold McKenzie, assistant professor of...
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The horse’s sense of feel is so wellrefined that he can feel a tiny gnat landing on his skin. point in the direction their attention is focused. Ears that are “laid back,” flattened backward, may...
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The horse's sense of smell allows him to differentiate between an oat kernel and a nugget of medicine. ist for the Richmond-based Southern States, said the latest performance horse studies prove the high-fat diet creates...
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Though the raw intelligence of horses is indisputable, some horses exhibit a certain sixth sense and can ‘see ghosts.’ As for the sense of smell, Adams and Stanier agree. They both believe that, for instance,...
- Sep 15, 2005 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Flat tracks. By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Flat tracks. They’re all, basically, part and parcel. Mile dirt oval surrounding a seven-furlong turf course. Lots of concrete apron abutting a brick-faced grandstand. The stands “seat” thousands, built as they are for...
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker The Foxfield flat course, Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker The Foxfield flat course, too, runs so close to the spectators that race announcers always warn railbirds to watch out for flying horses during the one-mile turf dash.
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Pbotos/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Pbotos/Betsy Parker Jockey Jody Petty may be laughing, but his mount isn't quite sure about the upcoming events, shown here with a head toss.
- Sep 15, 2005 Leesburg’s Morve/i Park is a wide, rolling grass oval Leesburg’s Morve/i Park is a wide, rolling grass oval set at an historic estate and equestrian center. Times Newspapers Staff Photos/ Betsy Parker
- Sep 15, 2005 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The distinctive stewards’ stand Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker The distinctive stewards’ stand at Great Meadow makes the course near The Plains one of the standout tracks on the circuit.
- Sep 15, 2005 Historic estate at Oak Ridge will host its first ...will host its first NSA race meet this fall. Times Newspapers 'Staff Photos/ Betsy Parker
- Sep 15, 2005 They’d better start running now to ...earnings. He rode timber champ Bubble Economy last season. Times Newspapers Staff Photos/Betsy Parker
- Sep 22, 2005 MtiMnBi MtiMnBi wait* Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Betsy Parker IRISH TWINS? Tipperary native Tom Foley, left, jumps to win the open timber aboard Fields of Omagh, while Wexford-bom Jeff Murphy, center above, romps home with maiden hurdle winner, Virginia-bred Duck Shot.
- Sep 22, 2005 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer SPERRYVILLE — By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer SPERRYVILLE — Two riders. Four races. Eight horses. Myriad results. Making the most of the Virginia fall steeplechase season kickoff at the Thornton Hill Hounds Point-to-Point, locally based riders Jeff Murphy and Ellen...
- Sep 22, 2005 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker IN RHYTHM: Maiden timber winner Shady Valley, right, matches strides with runner-up Lord Huntly at Saturday’s races.