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 14, 2006 Times Newspapers Start Photo&'Betsy Parker The single sworl on Times Newspapers Start Photo&'Betsy Parker The single sworl on King of Thunder’s forehead (visible within the star) signifies sensibility and curiosity, according to his owner.
Sep 14, 2006 By Betsy Parker By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer Before Colonial Downs opened in New Kent County in 1997, breeders’ funds in Virginia were more of the virtual, than literal, variety. There were a few incentives offered at other mid-Atlantic racetracks, but,...
Sep 14, 2006 Photos by Douglas Lees, Betsy Parker Clockwise from bottom Photos by Douglas Lees, Betsy Parker Clockwise from bottom left: publicist Vicki Bendure; Dr. Doug Daniels at Strawberry Hill; photographer Tod Marks and publisher-writer Joe Clancy; veterinarian Dr. William McCormack; NSA race starter Barry Watson; VSA race starter Terri Hanback.
Sep 14, 2006 By Betsy Parker By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer With real international flair, the International Gold Cup returns to Great Meadow in The Plains Oct. 21 for the 69th running for the valuable golden trophy. Along with the eponymous feature - a...
Sep 14, 2006 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Railside tailgating is nearly Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Railside tailgating is nearly as big a spectator sport as steeplechasing when attending the big International Gold Cup meet. f REDUCED FOR QUICK SALE! OPEN HOUSE-SUNDAY SEPT. 17, 1-4 |
Sep 14, 2006 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Turf Writers’ winner and second-leading jockey Danielle Hodsdon, right, leads current leader and 2004 champion rider - - and boyfriend - Matt McCarron in a race at Morven Park. 2006 National Steeplechase Association standings, through...
Sep 14, 2006 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Current leading jockey in Virginia, Carl Rafter, left, leads last year’s national champion Jody Petty in the Hunt race at Glenwood. STEEPLECHASE FAST FACT Steeplechasing traces its roots to a two-horse ‘race’ between an Irish...
Sep 14, 2006 adulthood. Belknap attended ...a new horse-oriented translation dictionary a good tackroom addition. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/ Betsy Parker
Sep 14, 2006 Stakes are high ...are high for ’06 season Rich timber, hurdle races carded all fall By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer The trend is “up” for the National Steeplechase Association, with purses in excess of $1.8 million spread between 15 days of...
Sep 14, 2006 Cross that bridge Cross that bridge when you get to it By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer 1 w iding a horse is fairly simpie. Keep a leg at each oorJL Vner. Stay centered. Pretty straightforward. Ride the same horse across country,...
Sep 14, 2006 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Jockey Brooks Durkee drops Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Jockey Brooks Durkee drops his ‘cross’ as his mount stretches over a hurdle at Montpelier. Note the thumbs still pointed together.
Sep 14, 2006 As Durkee’s mount lands ...known as a cross, for balance, support and strength. Times Newspapers Staff Photos/ Betsy Parker
Sep 14, 2006 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer A is By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer A is for allowance. An allowance describes a break in weight assignment to a horse in a JL .^particular race. Allowance races allow a horse that has not won a certain amount of...
Sep 14, 2006 Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Amateur rider Gregg Ryan first rode races for his father. never through riding them. “Unless of course they break their necks, which, taken at a gallop, is a very good death to die.”
Sep 21, 2006 Opener prep Opener prep for rich autumn Engagements , By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer SPERRYVILLE — Providing a preview of the lucrative sanctioned timber stakes circuit this fall, Saturday’s Thornton Hill Hounds Ppint-to-Point turned into a jumping showcase. , The...
Sep 21, 2006 Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photos/Betsy Parker SATURDAY SCENES: Fields of Omagh, left, briefly led eventual timber victor Father Paul.
Oct 12, 2006 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer FLINT HILL By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer FLINT HILL - Traffic in the quiet village is humming this Wednesday morning — a few late commuters hurtle past, with a dusty farm truck or two pulling into the post office lot...
Dec 7, 2006 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer FRONT ROYAL By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer FRONT ROYAL - His coat glistening in the November morning sunshine, the bay stallion plays directly to the camera. Like a Hollywood starlet, Zarr knows when to pose, where to stand, which is...
Dec 7, 2006 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker NEW TO VIRGINIA: With progeny already winning at the shows, Zarr is popular as a sporthorse stallion.
Jan 18, 2007 By Betsy Parker Times-Democrat Staff Writer In Virginia’s horse By Betsy Parker Times-Democrat Staff Writer In Virginia’s horse world, it pays to stand out from the crowd. Long famed for quality sporthorses and bloodstock buyers flock to the Commonwealth from near and far, seeking the Holy Trinity of horseflesh...
Feb 15, 2007 By Betsy Parker By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer There are three contenders for the title as America’s steeplechase hub: Maryland’s Hunt Valley area west of Baltimore, southeastern Pennsylvania’s farm and hitting country, and, of course^ Virginia’s Piedmont region. Though horsemen in...
Feb 15, 2007 The spring steeplechase season quickly approaches: the first meet ...takes a test spin around the Middleburg Training Track. Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker
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Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Danielle Hodsdon, right, became just the second female champion jockey in the U.S. Blythe Miller was first in 1994 and ’95.
Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Stall Photo/Betsy Parker Runaway winner of the Times Newspapers Stall Photo/Betsy Parker Runaway winner of the 2006 Virginia Point-to-Point Association champion jockey title, English native Carl Rafter also topped the list for the Virginia Steeplechase Association standings.
Feb 15, 2007 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer BERRYVILLE - By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer BERRYVILLE - Wintry gusts jab Michael Cooney in tiie chest as he leads the saddled horse from the stable block. Following along, wife Diana McClure turns up her collar, reins looped over her...
Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Diana McClure and Michael Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Diana McClure and Michael Cooney step onto the synthetic Ameri-track at Carousel, the centerpiece of their newly created training farm in Clarke County.
Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Trainer Doug Fout, right, Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Trainer Doug Fout, right, does an ’interval training’ set at his Coosaw Farm track in The Plains. The style of conditioning uses long periods of exercise and short periods of recovery to build wind, muscle...
Feb 15, 2007 A.Yes, I love to hunt the •timber horses. It ...home, so we don't get a stone bruise or something. — Interviewed by Betsy Parker
Feb 15, 2007 By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer For spectator By Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Writer For spectator participation, the spring steeplechase season may win out for sheer attendance numbers. But the point-to-point ‘chase circuit races neck and neck with the spring hunter pace season for active competitors. Hunter...
Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Stall Photo* Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Stall Photo* Betsy Parker Bill Lohr and his daughter pair up at Blue Ridge’s hunter pace.
Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker No money-grubbers they — two of the point-to-point circuit’s top riders, Gregg Ryan, left, and Ken Shreve compete for love of the steeplechasing sport. Very few point-to-points offer purses, Both are amateur jockeys, each with...
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Feb 15, 2007 Tunes Newspapers Start Ptwto/Betsy Parker The hillside box seats, Tunes Newspapers Start Ptwto/Betsy Parker The hillside box seats, visible in the background, are another popular attraction at Glenwood Park, a land trust property north of Middleburg. The course hosts four days of ’chasing each year.
Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Gone but not forgotten, Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Gone but not forgotten, 2003 Virginia and International Gold Cup winner Lord Kenneth left big shoes to fill at Kinross Farm. The three-mile open timber race at the Middleburg Spring Races often serves as a...
Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Staff Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Diana McClure at her new Carousel Stable. Diana McClure Cooney • Age: 44 • Hometown: Grew up in Or lean and Clifton; first rode at the old Bay Ridge riding school. • Education: 1984 prg-vet...
Feb 15, 2007 Times Newspapers Staff Times Newspapers Staff Photo/Betsy Parker Champion apprentice rider in Ireland in 1980, Michael Cooney, above, left flat racing - and his homeland - behind when he moved to the U.S., and steeplechasing, in 1995. Michael Cooney • Age: 45 •...
Feb 22, 2007 By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer State officials By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer State officials imposed a quarantine of the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center effective immediately due to the suspected infection of the neurologic form of Equine Herpesvirus type 1 in three hospitalized horses....
Apr 5, 2007 Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker HEAD TO HEAD SPORT: Rappahannock News Staff Photo/Betsy Parker HEAD TO HEAD SPORT: The weekend’s steeplechasing featured meets at Berryville on Saturday for the combined Rappahannock-Blue Ridge Hunts Point-to-Point, where German-bred Saitensohn, with trainer rider Paddy Smithwick, won Saturday’s featured novice timber by more...
Apr 5, 2007 By Betsy Parker By Betsy Parker Rappahannock News Staff Writer BERRYVILLE - A long, long way from home, Germanbred, English-raced, and now Maryland-trained Saitensohn seems to have at last found his stride in Clarke County. Saitensohn trounced a short field in the three-mile...