Virginia Gold Cup 2018- A Special Edition of the Fauquier Times

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Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | May 2, 2018

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Mount Gordon Farm The Plains, Virginia • $9,850,000 Mount Gordon Farm The Plains, Virginia • $9,850,000 Mount Gordon Farm The Plains, Virginia • $9,850,000 Mount Gordon Farm

128 acres and immaculate 3 level, 13,000+ sq ft stone & shingle main house • 5 BR • 8 FP • Exceptional finishes on every floor • Caterer's kitchen • Elevator Spaimmaculate • Separate 3guest • Pool Farm&manager residence 128 acres•and level,cottage 13,000+ sq ft•stone shingle main house• •3 houses • 12 stall center-aisle • Extraordinary 5additional BR • 8 tenant FP • Exceptional finishes on everystable floor••Pond Caterer's kitchen • land w/incomparable viewsguest extending Bluemanager Ridge Mts • Orange Elevator • Spa • Separate cottagebeyond • Pool the • Farm residence •3 128 acresHunt and immaculate level, sq ftstable stone •&Pond shingle main house • County additional tenant houses •312 stall13,000+ center-aisle • Extraordinary 5land BR • 8 FP • Exceptional finishes on every floor • Caterer's kitchen • Mts 454-1930 • Orange Helenw/incomparable MacMahon views extending beyond the Blue Ridge (540) Elevator • Spa • Separate guest cottage • Pool • Farm manager residence • 3 County Hunt 128 acres and immaculate 3 level, 13,000+ sq ft stone & shingle main house • additional tenant houses • 12 stall center-aisle stable • Pond • Extraordinary (540) 454-1930 5Helen BRw/incomparable •MacMahon 8 FP • Exceptional finishes beyond on everythefloor Caterer's • land views extending Blue•Ridge Mts kitchen • Orange Elevator • Spa • Separate guest cottage • Pool • Farm manager residence • 3 County Hunt additional tenant houses • 12 stall center-aisle stable • Pond • Extraordinary Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 land w/incomparable views extending beyond the Blue Ridge Mts • Orange County Hunt 128 acres and immaculate 3 level, 13,000+ sq ft stone & shingle main house • Helen (540) 454-1930 5 BR •MacMahon 8 FP • Exceptional finishes on every floor • Caterer's kitchen • Elevator • Spa • Separate guest cottage • Pool • Farm manager residence • 3 additional tenant houses • 12 stall center-aisle stable • Pond • Extraordinary land w/incomparable views extending beyond the Blue Ridge Mts • Orange County Hunt Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930

The Plains, Virginia • $9,850,000

Mount Gordon Farm

The Plains, Virginia • $9,850,000

Stage Coach

Crest Hill Hume, Virginia $3,600,000 Crest •Hill Hume, Virginia • $3,600,000 Crest Hill Hume, Virginia • $3,600,000 Crest Hill

203 acres in Fauquier w/nearly 1 mile of Rappahannock river frontage • Elegant stone & clapboard house • 5 BR, 4 full & 3 1/2 BA • 4 FP • Wood floorsacres • Gourmet kitchen • Gunnite poolofw/stunning views overlooking Blue 203 in Fauquier w/nearly 1 mile Rappahannock river frontage • Ridge Mtns and pondhouse • Situated amongst protected properties stall Elegant stone &private clapboard • 5 BR, 4 full & 3 1/2 BA • 4 FP • 5Wood Jim Fletcher barn kitchen w/pristinely maintained and gdns • 2Blue car floors • Gourmet • Gunnite pool paddocks, w/stunningpasture views overlooking 203 acres inand Fauquier w/nearly 1 mile of territory Rappahannock river frontage • garage w/in-law suite • Old Dominion Hunt • VOF Easement Ridge Mtns private pond • Situated amongst protected properties • 5 stall Elegant stonebarn & clapboard house • 5 BR,paddocks, 4 full & 3pasture 1/2 BAand • 4gdns FP ••Wood Jim Fletcher w/pristinely maintained 2 car Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724 floors •w/in-law Gourmetsuite kitchen • Dominion Gunnite pool w/stunning•views Blue garage • Old Hunt VOFoverlooking Easement 203 Fauquier w/nearly 1 mile of territory Rappahannock river frontage • Ridgeacres Mtnsinand private pond • Situated amongst protected properties • 5 stall Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724 Elegant stone & clapboard house • 5 BR, 4 full & 3 1/2 BA • 4 FP • Wood Jim Fletcher barn w/pristinely maintained paddocks, pasture and gdns • 2 car floors Gourmetsuite kitchen Gunnite pool w/stunning garage•w/in-law • Old• Dominion Hunt territory •views VOFoverlooking Easement Blue Ridge Mtns and private pond • Situated amongst protected properties • 5 stall Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724 Jim Fletcher barn w/pristinely maintained paddocks, pasture and gdns • 2 car garage w/in-law suite • Old Dominion Huntofterritory • VOF Easement 203 acres in Fauquier w/nearly 1 mile Rappahannock river frontage • Alix Coolidge (703) Elegant stone & clapboard house • 5 BR, 4 full & 3 1/2 BA • 4625-1724 FP • Wood floors • Gourmet kitchen • Gunnite pool w/stunning views overlooking Blue Ridge Mtns and private pond • Situated amongst protected properties • 5 stall Jim Fletcher barn w/pristinely maintained paddocks, pasture and gdns • 2 car garage w/in-law suite • Old Dominion Hunt territory • VOF Easement Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724

Hume, Virginia • $3,600,000

Crest Hill

Hume, Virginia • $3,600,000

Gileswood Farm

Mayapple Farm Middleburg, Virginia Farm • $3,400,000 Mayapple Middleburg, Virginia • $3,400,000 Mayapple Farm Middleburg, Virginia • $3,400,000 Mayapple Farm

“Mayapple Farm," purist delight • Original portion of house built in 1790 in Preston City, CT • House was dismantled and rebuilt at current site • Detail of work is museum quality • Log• wing moved to site from Western “Mayapple Farm," purist delight Original portion of house built in Virginia 1790 in circa 1830 4 BR, 4 full was BA, dismantled 2 half BA,and 9 FP & detached 2-car • Preston City,• CT • House rebuilt at current site garage • Detail Historic bank quality barn and log shed VA • Virginia Private, of work isstone museum • Log wing moved moved from to siteLeesburg, from Western “Mayapple Farm," Original of house 1790 in minutes from •4Frontage Creek 37.65 acres built circa 1830 • town 4 BR,purist fulldelight BA,on 2•Goose half BA, 9portion FP• & detached 2-caringarage • Preston City, • House was log dismantled and rebuilt at currentVA site• •Private, Detail Historic stoneCT bank barn and shed moved from Leesburg, Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 of work from is museum • Log wing moved site from Virginia minutes town •quality Frontage on Goose Creek •to37.65 acresWestern “Mayapple Original house built 1790 in circa 1830 Farm," • 4 BR,purist 4 fulldelight BA, 2•half BA, 9portion FP & of detached 2-caringarage • Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 Preston City, CT • House was dismantled and rebuilt at current site • Detail Historic stone bank barn and log shed moved from Leesburg, VA • Private, of work is museum quality • Log wing moved to site from Western Virginia minutes from town • Frontage on Goose Creek • 37.65 acres circa 1830 • 4 BR, 4 full BA, 2 half BA, 9 FP & detached 2-car garage • Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 Historic stone bank barn and log shed moved from Leesburg, VA • Private, minutes from Farm," town • purist Frontage on Goose Creekportion • 37.65ofacres “Mayapple delight • Original house built in 1790 in Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 Preston City, CT • House was dismantled and rebuilt at current site • Detail of work is museum quality • Log wing moved to site from Western Virginia circa 1830 • 4 BR, 4 full BA, 2 half BA, 9 FP & detached 2-car garage • Historic stone bank barn and log shed moved from Leesburg, VA • Private, minutes from town • Frontage on Goose Creek • 37.65 acres Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905

Middleburg, Virginia • $3,400,000

Mayapple Farm

Middleburg, Virginia • $3,400,000

Old Fox Den Farm

The Plains, Virginia • $2,480,000 Stage Coach 52 acres, 3 miles from Middleburg within the Little River Historic District • Original 1780’s farmhouse •charm, $2,480,000 has beenThe completelyPlains, renovated w/anVirginia impressive kitchen, old porches & stone fireplaces • 3

Purcellville, Virginia •Farm $1,950,000 Gileswood Immaculate custom-built craftsman home with gorgeous finishes • Gourmet kitchen Purcellville, • & $1,950,000 • Vaulted ceilings • Open floorVirginia plan maximizes light views • 1st floor master suite

The Old Plains,Fox Virginia $1,750,000 Den• Farm Restored 3 bedroom 1830's farmhouse on 65 acres • Multiple porches & The Virginia $1,750,000 fireplaces, lots Plains, of charm • Lovely pool, shared•pond, 4 stall barn, workshop •

bayacres, garage has space above for overflow or home officeDistrict • Extensive site1780’s workfarmhouse has been 52 3 miles from Middleburg within theguests Little River Historic • Original completed to an excellent building siteimpressive w/views of Bull Run old & Blue Ridge Mts • & Well & septic installed has been completely renovated w/an kitchen, charm, porches stone fireplaces •3 • New boardhas fencing Original walls,guests old growth hardwood & multiple bay garage space•above forstone overflow or home office trees • Extensive siteoutbuildings work has been 52 acres, 3 miles from Middleburg within the Little River Historic District • Original 1780’s farmhouse completed to an excellent building site w/views of Bull Run & Blue Ridge Mts • Well & septic installed Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 has beenboard completely kitchen,hardwood old charm, porches & stone fireplaces • 3 • New fencing renovated • Originalw/an stoneimpressive walls, old growth trees & multiple outbuildings bay garage has space above for overflow guests or home office • Extensive site work has been Helen (540) 454-1930 52 acres, MacMahon 3 to miles from Middleburg the Little River • Original completed an excellent buildingwithin site w/views of Bull RunHistoric & BlueDistrict Ridge Mts • Well 1780’s & septicfarmhouse installed beenboard completely kitchen,hardwood old charm, porches & stone fireplaces • 3 •hasNew fencing renovated • Originalw/an stoneimpressive walls, old growth trees & multiple outbuildings bay garage has space above for overflow guests or home office • Extensive site work has been Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 completed to an excellent building site w/views of Bull Run & Blue Ridge Mts • Well & septic installed • New board fencing • Original stone walls, old growth hardwood trees & multiple outbuildings 52 acres, 3 miles from Middleburg within the Little River Historic District • Original 1780’s farmhouse Helen has beenMacMahon completely renovated w/an impressive kitchen, old charm, porches(540) & stone454-1930 fireplaces • 3

• Home office • Large family roomhome openswith to impressive pool area with cabana and Immaculate custom-built craftsman gorgeous finishes • Gourmet kitchen extensive terrace overlooking lake & • Large for • Vaulted stone ceilings • Open floor planneighboring maximizes light views barn • 1steasily floor built masteroutsuite horses • Land prepared for opens 2 acre to vineyard • Home officefenced • Large& family room impressive pool area with cabana and Immaculate custom-built craftsman home with gorgeous finishes • Gourmet kitchen extensive stone terrace overlooking neighboring lake • Large barn (540) easily built out for Helen MacMahon 454-1930 • Vaulted ceilings • Open floor plan light & views • 1st floor master suite horses • Land fenced & prepared for maximizes 2 acre vineyard • Home office • Large family room opens to impressive pool area with cabana and Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 Immaculate custom-built craftsman neighboring home with gorgeous finishes Gourmet extensive stone terrace overlooking lake • Large barn•easily builtkitchen out for • Vaulted ceilings • Open floor plan light & views • 1st floor master suite horses • Land fenced & prepared for maximizes 2 acre vineyard • Home office • Large family room opens to impressive pool area with cabana and Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 extensive stone terrace overlooking neighboring lake • Large barn easily built out for horses • Land fenced & prepared for 2 acre vineyard Immaculate custom-built craftsman home with gorgeous finishes • Gourmet kitchen Helen MacMahon (540) • Vaulted ceilings • Open floor plan maximizes light & views • 1st floor454-1930 master suite

Expansive3mountain open pasture fully•fenced elevated land& • Restored bedroomviews, 1830'srolling farmhouse on 65 & acres Multiple porches Gorgeous setting the protected betweenpond, Middleburg and The Plains • fireplaces, lots of in charm • Lovely valley pool, shared 4 stall barn, workshop Conservation easement permits 2 more the elevated compound Expansive mountain views, rolling open homes pastureto&complete fully fenced land • Restored 3 bedroom farmhouse on 65 acres • Multiple porches Gorgeous setting in the1830's protected valley between Middleburg and The Plains& • Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 fireplaces, lots of charm • Lovely pool, shared pond, 4 stall barn, workshop Conservation easement permits 2 more homes to complete the compound • Expansive mountain views, rolling open pasture & fully fenced elevated land • Helen MacMahon (540) porches 454-1930 Restored 3 bedroom farmhouse on 65 acres • Multiple Gorgeous setting in the1830's protected valley between Middleburg and The Plains& • fireplaces, lotseasement of charm permits • Lovely pool, homes shared to pond, 4 stallthe barn, workshop • Conservation 2 more complete compound Expansive mountain views, rolling open pasture & fully fenced elevated land • Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 Gorgeous setting in the protected valley between Middleburg and The Plains • Conservation easement permits 2 more homes to complete the compound Restored 3 bedroom 1830's farmhouse on 65 acres • Multiple porches & Helen MacMahon (540) fireplaces, lots of charm • Lovely pool, shared pond, 4 stall barn,454-1930 workshop •

bay garage has space above for overflow guests or home office • Extensive site work has been completed to an excellent building site w/views of Bull Run & Blue Ridge Mts • Well & septic installed • New board fencing • Original stone walls, old growth hardwood trees & multiple outbuildings Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930

• Home office • Large family room opens to impressive pool area with cabana and extensive stone terrace overlooking neighboring lake • Large barn easily built out for horses • Land fenced & prepared for 2 acre vineyard Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930

Expansive mountain views, rolling open pasture & fully fenced elevated land • Gorgeous setting in the protected valley between Middleburg and The Plains • Conservation easement permits 2 more homes to complete the compound Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930

Stage Coach Stage Coach

The Plains, Virginia • $2,480,000 The Plains, Virginia • $2,480,000

Stage Coach

The Plains, Virginia • $2,480,000

Winchester Road

Gileswood Farm Gileswood Farm

Purcellville, Virginia • $1,950,000 Purcellville, Virginia • $1,950,000

Gileswood Farm

Purcellville, Virginia • $1,950,000

Kildare

Marshall, Virginia • Road $895,000 Winchester 1.69 acres with frontage on Route 17, right off Route 66, currently zoned R-4 Marshall, $895,000 • New Marshall code zoning Virginia calls for Gateway • District, potential office building,

Middleburg,Kildare Virginia • $775,000 Private 6+ acres in a lovely setting just 3 miles from town of Middleburg • Stucco Middleburg, home with 5 bedroomsVirginia • Traditional yet• open$775,000 floor plan • Hardwood

etc. •acres Solid stone houseononRoute property • Sold "As 66, Is" condition • Owner 1.69 with frontage 17, right off in Route currently zoned R-4 licensed real estate agent in VA • New Marshall code zoning calls for Gateway District, potential office building, etc.

Solid stone house on property • Sold in "As Is" condition • Owner Paul•MacMahon (703) 609-1905 1.69 acres with frontage licensed real estate agenton in Route VA 17, right off Route 66, currently zoned R-4 • New Marshall code zoning calls for Gateway District, potential office building, Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 etc. • Solid stone house on property • Sold in "As Is" condition • Owner 1.69 acres with frontage licensed real estate agenton in Route VA 17, right off Route 66, currently zoned R-4 • New Marshall code zoning calls for Gateway District, potential office building, Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 etc. • Solid stone house on property • Sold in "As Is" condition • Owner licensed real estate agent in VA 1.69 acres with frontage on Route 17, right off Route 66, currently zoned R-4 Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 • New Marshall code zoning calls for Gateway District, potential office building, etc. • Solid stone house on property • Sold in "As Is" condition • Owner licensed real estate agent in VA Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905

floors • 6+ Wood burning • Front rearfrom deck, patioof&Middleburg pool • 2 bay Private acres in a fireplace lovely setting justporch, 3 miles town • garage and main master suite • Very pretty with mature and old Stucco home withlevel 5 bedrooms • Traditional yet lot open floor plan trees • Hardwood stone floors walls • Wood burning fireplace • Front porch, rear deck, patio & pool • 2 bay Private 6+ main acreslevel in a master lovely setting mileslot from of Middleburg • garage suite • just Very3pretty withtown mature trees and old Helen and MacMahon (540) 454-1930 Stucco home with 5 bedrooms • Traditional yet open floor plan • Hardwood stone walls floors • Wood burning fireplace • Front porch, rear deck, patio & pool • 2 bay Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930• Privateand 6+ main acreslevel in a master lovely setting mileslot from of Middleburg garage suite • just Very3pretty withtown mature trees and old Stuccowalls home with 5 bedrooms • Traditional yet open floor plan • Hardwood stone floors • Wood burning fireplace • Front porch, rear deck, patio & pool • 2 bay Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 garage and main level master suite • Very pretty lot with mature trees and old Private 6+ acres in a lovely setting just 3 miles from town of Middleburg • stone walls StuccoMacMahon home with 5 bedrooms • Traditional yet open floor(540) plan •454-1930 Hardwood Helen floors • Wood burning fireplace • Front porch, rear deck, patio & pool • 2 bay garage and main level master suite • Very pretty lot with mature trees and old stone walls Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930

Winchester Road Marshall, Virginia • $895,000 Winchester Road Marshall, Virginia • $895,000

Winchester Road

Marshall, Virginia • $895,000

Woodward Road Marshall, Virginia •Road $699,000 Woodward Marshall, Virginia • $699,000 Woodward Road Marshall, Virginia • $699,000 Woodward Road

1-level living in this energy efficient home • 10+ acres just 2 miles from I-66 • 3 BR, 2.5 bath house with 2 car garage • Office, sunken living room with10' ceiling • 28'x14' sunroom viewshome of garden rock just out 2cropping • Over 1-level living in this energywith efficient • 10+&acres miles from I-66 sized 38'x40' threehouse bay heated auto sunken lift • Great forroom collectors • • 3 BR, 2.5 bath with 2 workshop car garagewith • Office, living with10' 2 small •barns & 2sunroom paddockswith & spring pond & rock out cropping • Over ceiling 28'x14' viewsfed of garden 1-level living three in thisbay energy efficient home • 10+ 2 miles from I-66 sized heated workshop with auto acres lift • just Great for collectors Helen38'x40' MacMahon (540) 454-1930• • 3 BR,barns 2.5 bath with & 2 car garage • Office, sunken living room with10' 2 small & 2house paddocks spring fed pond ceiling • 28'x14' sunroom with views of garden & rock out cropping • Over Helen MacMahon 454-1930 1-level living three in thisbay energy efficient home • 10+ 2(540) miles from I-66 sized 38'x40' heated workshop with auto acres lift • just Great for collectors • • 3 BR,barns 2.5 bath with & 2 car garage • Office, sunken living room with10' 2 small & 2house paddocks spring fed pond ceiling • 28'x14' sunroom with views of garden & rock out cropping • Over Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 sized 38'x40' bayenergy heatedefficient workshop with • Great collectors • 1-level livingthree in this home • auto 10+ lift acres just 2 for miles from I-66 2• small & 2house paddocks fed pond 3 BR,barns 2.5 bath with&2 spring car garage • Office, sunken living room with10' Helen 454-1930 ceiling MacMahon • 28'x14' sunroom with views of garden & rock out(540) cropping • Over sized 38'x40' three bay heated workshop with auto lift • Great for collectors • 2 small barns & 2 paddocks & spring fed pond Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930

Marshall, Virginia • $699,000

Woodward Road

110 East Washington St. ••P.O. Box 1380 Marshall, Virginia $699,000 Middleburg, Virginia 20118 110 East Washington St. • P.O. Box 1380 (540) 687-5588 Middleburg, Virginia 20118 110 East Washington St. • P.O. Box 1380 (540) 687-5588 Middleburg, Virginia 20118 110 East Washington St. • P.O. Box 1380 (540) 687-5588 Middleburg, Virginia 20118 110 East Washington St. • P.O. Box 1380 (540) 687-5588 Middleburg, Virginia 20118 (540) 687-5588

Kildare Middleburg, Virginia • Kildare

$775,000

Middleburg, Virginia • $775,000

Kildare

Middleburg, Virginia • $775,000

Oak Ridge Warrenton, Virginia • $655,000 Oak Ridge Warrenton, Virginia • $655,000 Oak Ridge Warrenton, Virginia • $655,000 Oak Ridge

Prime location, off Springs Road • Surrounded by large farms & estates • House circa 1890 with 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, FP, hardwood floors, new kitchen • Garagelocation, • 2 sheds/studio potential house •byProperty shares&large spring Prime off Springs Road••Tenant Surrounded large farms estates • fed pond • Private setting House circa 1890 with 2 on BR,13.21 1 1/2acres BA, FP, hardwood floors, new kitchen • Garage • 2 sheds/studio potential • Tenant house • Property shares spring Paul MacMahon (703)large 609-1905 Prime location, offsetting Springs Surrounded by large farms & estates • fed pond • Private onRoad 13.21 •acres House circa 1890 with 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, FP, hardwood floors, new kitchen • Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 Garage • 2 sheds/studio potential • Tenant house • Property shares large spring Prime location, offsetting Springs Surrounded by large farms & estates • fed pond • Private onRoad 13.21 •acres House circa 1890 with 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, FP, hardwood floors, new kitchen • Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 Garage • 2 sheds/studio potential • Tenant house • Property shares large spring fed pondlocation, • Privateoff setting on 13.21 Prime Springs Roadacres • Surrounded by large farms & estates • Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905 House circa 1890 with 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, FP, hardwood floors, new kitchen • Garage • 2 sheds/studio potential • Tenant house • Property shares large spring fed pond • Private setting on 13.21 acres Paul MacMahon (703) 609-1905

Warrenton, Virginia • $655,000

Oak Ridge

Warrenton, Virginia • $655,000

Old Fox Den Farm Old Fox Den Farm

The Plains, Virginia • $1,750,000 The Plains, Virginia • $1,750,000

Old Fox Den Farm

The Plains, Virginia • $1,750,000

Firethorn Lane

The Plains, Virginia Lane • $775,000 Firethorn Located in a sought-after area between Middleburg and The Plains • Main residence recently Plains, $775,000 renovatedThe • Large master suite and twoVirginia additional generous• sized BRs, each with their own full BA

Firethorn Lane The Plains, Virginia • $775,000 Firethorn Lane

• Large gourmet kitchen •area Lovely living and dining rooms • Wrap around porches with recently western Located in a sought-after between Middleburg and The Plains • Main residence views from•the elevated Charming guest house • Beautiful andtheir stonework renovated Large master site suite•and two additional generous sized BRs,gardens each with own full BA •Alix LargeCoolidge gourmet kitchen • Lovely living and dining rooms • Wrap around porches western (703) with 625-1724 Located in athesought-after area• between and• Beautiful The Plainsgardens • Mainand residence recently views elevated site CharmingMiddleburg guest house stonework Helenfrom MacMahon (540) 454-1930 renovated • Large master suite and two additional generous sized BRs, each with their own full BA Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724 • Large gourmet kitchen • Lovely living and dining rooms • Wrap around porches with western Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 Located in athesought-after area• between and• Beautiful The Plainsgardens • Main residence recently views from elevated site CharmingMiddleburg guest house and stonework renovated • Large master suite and two additional generous sized BRs, each with their own full BA Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724 • Large gourmet kitchen • Lovely living and dining rooms • Wrap around porches with western Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 views from the elevated site • Charming guest house • Beautiful gardens and stonework Located in a sought-after area between Middleburg and The Plains • (703) Main residence recently Alix Coolidge 625-1724 renovated • Large master suite and two additional generous sized BRs, each with their own full BA Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 • Large gourmet kitchen • Lovely living and dining rooms • Wrap around porches with western views from the elevated site • Charming guest house • Beautiful gardens and stonework Alix Coolidge (703) 625-1724 Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930

The Plains, Virginia • $775,000

Firethorn Lane

The Plains, Virginia • $775,000

Halfway Workshop TheHalfway Plains, Virginia • $239,000 Workshop The Plains, Virginia • $239,000 Halfway Workshop The Plains, Virginia • $239,000 Halfway Workshop

Great building between Middleburg and The Plains • First floor currently used as a contractor's workshop • Many creative possibilities • Bring your artists or craftsmen • Lots of storage and lots and of light Great building between Middleburg The Plains • First floor currently used as a contractor's workshop • Many creative possibilities • Bring your454-1930 artists or Helen MacMahon (540) craftsmen • Lots of storage and lots of light Great building between Middleburg and The Plains • First floor currently used Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 as a contractor's workshop • Many creative possibilities • Bring your artists or craftsmen • Lots of storage and lots of light Great building between Middleburg and The Plains • First floor currently used Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930 as a contractor's workshop • Many creative possibilities • Bring your artists or craftsmen • Lots of storage and lots of light Helen 454-1930used GreatMacMahon building between Middleburg and The Plains • First(540) floor currently as a contractor's workshop • Many creative possibilities • Bring your artists or craftsmen • Lots of storage and lots of light Helen MacMahon (540) 454-1930

The Plains, Virginia • $239,000

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | May 2, 2018

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Guide to the Gold Cup

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PHOTOS BY BETSY BURKE PARKER

On the cover

Award-winning Warrenton photographer Douglas Lees captured this image of Fauquier-bred Zanclus running off from the competition at the April 14 My Lady’s Manor meet in Maryland. Sara Collette’s homebred is expected to be a crowd favorite in Saturday’s Virginia Gold Cup.

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20 Get a jump in Kentucky Derby betting 34 Colonial Downs expected to reopen next year with our Rail Chatter, Junior edition Timing out race day 40 The definitive Gold Cup history Insider look at the Gold Cup entry list 22 The silk road: Leads to The Plains 42 FIFA’s is worth $20 million. Find out 28 From Oakwood to Great Meadow, Meet singer Angela Knight how Gold Cup’s gold cup measures up. follow the course of the Cup A sure bet: Wagering at Great Meadow 31 Leading owner Irv Naylor retired the 44 21,000 shrimp? Logistics make for a Tip your hat to the competition literal all-you-can eat smorgasbord. challenge trophy last year. And for 46 Last but not least, racing, in verse Steeplechasing by the numbers his encore?

18 He’s won as rider, and as trainer: Can Charlie Fenwick win his first as owner?

32 Inside scoop: Horsemen dish on their favored race day equipment

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2018 VIRGINIA GOLD CUP

Fauquier Times | www.fauquier.com | May 2, 2018

GO FOR GOLD

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The greatest show on turf returns to Great Meadow Saturday

By Betsy Burke Parker

The Virginia Gold Cup is the decider. Since 1922, it’s the race that has set the standard, the event by which others are judged.

Everybody wants to win the Gold Cup. And short of winning in it, they want to compete. And if that’s not possible, they just want to go.

Outnumbered 50 to 21 in the National Steeplechase Association’s spring 2018 condition book, timber races do more than keep pace when it comes to action, competition and tradition.

At Great Meadow Saturday, timber is king. What started as a day in the country for eight amateur horse owners in 1922 has evolved into the circuit’s most lucrative timber stakes. The $100,000 Gold Cup, to be run for the 93rd time on May 5, attracted a crowd — eight of the top horses, including last year’s champion and a two-time Gold Cup winner passing the entry box Monday.

Insiders consider the field running for third this year if form holds — Ebanour has clear affinity for Great Meadow’s long oval, mostly flat but with

Publisher Catherine M. Nelson, 540-347-4222 cnelson@fauquier.com Section Editor/Photographer Betsy Burke Parker, 540-347-4222 betsyburkeparker@gmail.com Editor in Chief Christopher Six, 540-212-6331 csix@fauquier.com Advertising Director Kathy Mills Godfrey 540-351-1162 kgodfrey@fauquier.com Consultants Marie Rossi mrossi@fauquier.com Liliana Ruiz lruiz@fauquier.com Heather Sutphin hstuphin@fauquier.com Patti Engle pengle@fauquier.com Renee Ellis rellis@fauquier.com Production Manager Cindy Goff cgoff@fauquier.com Production Taylor Dabney tdabney@fauquier.com Sawyer Gwinn sguinn@fauquier.com Annamaria Ward award@fauquier.com

enough elevation gain from North Rail to the finish line to test endurance, stamina and speed. And last year’s champion, Doc Cebu, clinched the 2017 title, in part, with his 11-length trouncing in the 3 ½-mile International Gold Cup over the same course.

Still, 23 4-foot-high fences and four grueling miles are now, and have always been, the great equalizers. Plus, they’ve got to get past Fauquier favorite Zanclus The Gold Cup meet attracted more than 100 horses, overfilling eight races on the program, from card-opening maiden hurdle to the nightcap turf dash. Purses top $425,000 for Virginia ‘chasing’s biggest day of the year.

First post is 12:30 p.m.

Complete entries can be found at nationalsteeplechase.com. Past performance records can be obtained at centralentryoffice.com.

For ticket or admission information, contact the Virginia Gold Cup Association office at 540-347-2612 or vagoldcup.com.

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• Fauquier residents get a $25 discount off of general admission parking passes. Available only at the Virginia Gold Cup Association office at 90 Main Street, in old town Warrenton with proof of residency.

• No tickets are sold at the gates — only advance admission.

• Tickets are available at the Gold Cup office, Harris Teeter stores — with VIC discount card specials, and other area outlets.

• The racecourse is divided into three sections: Members Hill is at the center of the course, centered on the finish line. North Rail is at the end of the course closer to The Plains; South Rail is on the end of course adjacent to U.S. 17. Call the Gold Cup Association at 540-347-2612 for more about the Fauquier discount or other tickets.

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Ebanour, above right, splashed to victory, his second, in last year’s Virginia Gold Cup. Local favorite Zanclus, below, is morning line second choice

Great Meadow specialist Ebanour looking for Virginia hat-trick But he’s got to get past local darling Zanclus and five others

By Betsy Burke Parker It’s setting up to be a clash of the titans on the racecourse in Saturday’s $100,000 Virginia Gold Cup timber classic, with four past winners over the course slated to face two formful runners this season and a clutch of outsiders with plenty of cred.

Two-time race winner Ebanour is likely favorite, but he’ll face stiff competition both on the track and at the betting windows from local darling Zanclus. A son of Fauquier County going back three generations, Zanclus has won at Great Meadow — though, uniquely, he won the cross-country steeplethon — and he comes into the 2018 renewal on strong seasonal form.

Zanclus set all the pace at Maryland’s My Lady’s Manor April 14 to draw off for 25 1/4-length victory in the key prep.

“He did all we asked,” said trainer Neil Morris after the win. “Now we move to our target race,” always the May 5 Gold Cup for his Casanova-based owners.

Irv Naylor’s Ebanour, Gold Cup winner the past two years, is trained by Cyril Murphy at Naylor’s home farm in Maryland. Saturday marks his first sanctioned start since November. The Irish-bred, now 11, prepped with a facile win in the timber feature at the April 7

See complete entry list pages 10-11 Elkridge-Harford Point-to-Point in Monkton, easily handling a field of nine that included Senior Senator who went on to win the Grand National timber stakes and the Maryland Hunt Cup. Ebanour had been aimed at a sanctioned prep April 21 at the Maryland Grand National, but Murphy had to pull an audible late in race week. The trainer scratched the horse, explaining that Ebanour has a metabolic issue — called tying up —

that flared up that week.

“He’s fine, we caught it and treated it, and he’s on therapeutic meds to help it, but we just don’t like to run him when he’s not 110 percent,” Murphy said. “It happened when we had those weeks of weather when it was 80 degrees one day, and 30 degrees and rainy the next day. It just does a number on some horses.

“The weather this week staying steady will help him a lot.”

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chestnut had won his bumper at 4 in England, then notched two novice hurdles in England at 5 before imported to the U.S. that summer. He turned to timber by the fall, finishing behind another hurdle star making the switch — Nationbuilder — at Callaway Gardens, then won his 2013 debut, the maiden at My Lady’s Manor.

Ebanour was on the shelf 22 months from an injury sustained when third at Winterthur in May, 2013.

Since he returned in spring, 2015, he’s hammered out wins in most of the nation’s top timber stakes — the New Jersey Hunt Cup, My Lady’s Manor, Pennsylvania Hunt Cup, and the Virginia Gold Cup — twice.

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by Naylor’s second Gold Cup entry, Super Saturday, who prevailed by 2 1/2 lengths over second finisher Le Chevalier. Super Saturday is trained

by Kathy Neilson. Mike Smith’s Le Chevalier is trained near Middleburg

by Julie Gomena.

Armata Stables’ Grand Manan, winner of the 2016 International Gold Cup and second last year, is trained in Maryland by William Meister. Unplaced in last year’s Virginia Gold Cup, Grand Manan set the pace in the Middleburg Hunt Cup before tiring and being pulled up.

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• Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Hunt, this charming home encompasses 25 acres of sweeping lawn, lush pastures with boarded fence • From the columned front porch, one enters into the gracious foyer with curved staircase • The formal living room features a wood burning fireplace • Formal dining room with bay window • Old oak panel den with fireplace • Library custom built in book shelves • Kitchen with large granite island and generous counter space • Large windows encompass the breakfast nook

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Balance The Budget. Owner: Stonelea Stable. Trainer: Julie Gomena.

Hardrock Eleven. Owner: Gigi Lazenby. Trainer: Kate Dalton.

Hinterland. Owner: Harold Via. Trainer: Jack Fisher.

Jamarjo. Owner: Irv Naylor. Trainer: Leslie Young.

Mercoeur. Owner: Mike Smith. Trainer: Leslie Young.

Personal Start. Owner: Maggie Bryant. Trainer: Richard Valentine.

Sempre Medici. Owner: Irv Naylor. Trainer: Cyril Murphy.

Swansea Mile. Owner: Rosbrian Farm. Trainer: Ricky Hendriks.

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Andi’amu. Owner: Ballybristol Farm. Trainer: Leslie Young.

Boogie Biz. Owner: Happenstance. Trainer: Mark Beecher.

Cognashene. Owner: Pathfinder Racing. Trainer: Neil Morris.

Dye Fore. Owner: Gill Johnston. Trainer: Jack Fisher.

Hishi Soar. Owner: Randy Rouse Trust. Trainer: Kevin Palmer.

Saluda Sam. Owner: Irv Naylor. Trainer: Billy Meister.

Triton Light. Owner-trainer: Nicki Valvo.

Secretariat Stakes. $50,000. 1 ½ miles on the turf.

Accountable. Owner: Lady Olivia Northcliff. Trainer: Carla Morgan.

Amigo. Owner: Julie Nettere. Trainer: Zoe Valvo.

Artic North. Owner: Mimi Voss. Trainer: Elizabeth Voss.

Captain Dixie. Owner-trainer: Gerard Galligan.

Complete St. Owner: Harlan Crossman. Trainer: Lilith Boucher.

Go Get The Basil. Owner: Eve Ledyard. Trainer: Ricky Hendriks.

Gold Braid. Owner: Will Russell and Yadkin. Trainer: Neil Morris.

Overwhelming. Owner: Woodslane Farm. Trainer: Jack Fisher.

Renown. Owner: Merribelle Stable. Trainer: Elizabeth Voss.

Texas Zip. Owner: Lake Lonely Racing. Trainer: Jonathan Sheppard.

Tobias. Owner: Johnny Eason. Trainer: Rafe Fernandez.

Trustifarian. Owner: Rebecca Shepherd. Trainer: David Bourke.

Woodfield Springs. Owner: Hyggelig Haven. Trainer: Mary McGlothlin.

Zarbanda. Owner: Lady Olivia Northcliff. Trainer: Carla Morgan.

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Make your choices early for Gold Cup bets Virginia Gold Cup timber stakes. $100,000. 4 miles.

1. Super Saturday — 8-1 Gray gelding, 9. Owner: Irv Naylor. Trainer: Kathy Neilson. The Middleburg Hunt Cup winner stunned even his jockey that day, jumping a few fences on the lead and powering to the finish line. Gerard Galligan said Super Saturday has had a propensity to “stop, literally, stop” when he finds himself on the lead, preferring company until the final strides of a race. But trainer Kathy Neilson has worked on the gelding’s quirks, and maybe he’s over the issue.

2. Daddy in the Dark — 15-1 Bay gelding, 8. Owner: Merriefield Farm. Trainer: Bruce Fenwick. Bred in Kentucky by My Meadowview, Daddy In The Dark has run just once this year — seventh in Murray timber allowance mid-April. Won a 2017 Pennsylvania Hunt Cup maiden timber by more than 32 lengths. Raced on the flat in Maryland and specialized in off tracks.

3. Grand Manan — 6-1 Bay gelding, 9. Owner: Armata Stables. Trainer: Billy Meister. The regally-bred son of Giant’s Causeway won the International Gold Cup here two seasons ago, going wire-to-wire in an impressive — and fast — victory. He’s been spotty since, though, and pulled up in a key prep two weeks ago. Grand Manan set most of the pace for Ebanour last May but pulled up when he began to tire.

He’s trained by timber specialist Billy Meister for his Armata Stables owners.

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4. Ebanour — 8-5 Chestnut gelding, 11. Owner: Irv Naylor. Trainer: Cyril Murphy. Cyril Murphy said the strong winner of last year’s Virginia Gold Cup was in “fine form,” taking aim at a third-straight Cup win after a brief health issue in early April. He’s Irish-bred, and loves Great Meadow’s stout timber, Murphy said. He’ll likely be favored Saturday, but the other standouts mean he may go to post at an enticing price.

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5. Zanclus — 5-1 Chestnut gelding, 8. Owner: Sara Collette. Trainer: Neil Morris. Homebred

by Casanova’s Sara and Bruce Collette, Zanclus dazzled in his season debut, setting all the pace in the April 14 My Lady’s Manor stake to trounce a flashy field by 25 lengths. He missed all of 2017 due to injury, but had won the Great Meadow steeplethon at the 2016 fall meet. Counting his point-to-points, Zanclus has won seven of 10 over timber, most by double-digit margins, and has never been worse than second. Zanclus is trained for his owner-breeders by Neil Morris at historic Hickory Tree Farm, just a few miles up the road from Great Meadow.

6. Hill Tie — 20-1 Bay gelding, 8. Owner: Sportsmans Hall. Trainer: Joe Gillet Davies. Supplemented to Saturday’s Gold Cup, Hill Tie started the season a maiden but impressed his owners and trainer enough with allowance victory at the Grand National meet April 21 — and second at the Manor April 14 — to take a stab at the Gold Cup’s four miles. Amateur Eric Poretz gets the call, fresh off victory in the four-mile Maryland Hunt Cup. Davies hasn’t won a Gold Cup, but he knows timber, and he knows training. Hill Tie is certain to be the longest shot in the race, but he could be worth a $2 across the board flyer.

7. Le Chevalier — 10-1 Gray gelding, 9. Owner: Mike Smith. Trainer: Julie Gomena. Mike Smith’s colorbearer looks to prove that “gray is the new bay” for 2018. He posted a solid runner-up performance to Super Saturday a few weeks ago at Glenwood, and trainer Julie Gomena said she expects him to improve off that run. Le Chevalier won the 2016 New Jersey Hunt Cup, but hasn’t landed a win in top company since. Still, he’ll have tons of local support, and warrants a look in the post parade, especially if he goes off at long odds.

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Meet National Anthem singer Angela Knight

A ‘traditional’ call to the post precedes each race.

Angela Knight is a soprano in her 16th season with the Washington National Opera where she performs regularly. She has more than 300 performances to her credit.

Recent roles include “Idomeno,” in which she played The Cretan Woman, “The Crucible,” where she played Betty Paris, “Le Nozze Di Figaro,” where she played Barbarina, and “Sly,” in which she played Second Lady for U.S. and Japanese audiences.

A lyric coloratura soprano, Knight attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory and George Mason University. At GMU, Knight was recognized as Outstanding Musician at graduation.

After winning the Star Alliance Competition, Knight travelled to China, in 2007 performing her originally composed aria “Le Jardin” at the Great Hall. She represented the U.S. in the 2007 World Championship of Performing Artists, winning three gold medals.

Knight has toured Japan, Germany and Italy. She’s sung at the Washington Opera, Kennedy Center, U.S. Capitol, Lincoln Memorial, Shakespeare Theater and the Sylvan Theatre.

She sang the National Anthem for Pres. George W. Bush at the National

Angela Knight Republican fundraiser, and has performed for the Washington Redskins and Washington Nationals.

Since 2009, Knight has served on the Hylton Performing Arts Center board. She teaches at the Washington National Opera and teaches piano and voice lessons.

Knight produces and headlines an annual Christmas concert benefiting Wounded Warriors, Child Help and other local charities.

Knight lives in northern Virginia with her husband and daughter.

Horse industry brings billions to Virginia The Virginia Horse Industry Board trotted out some staggering numbers to measure the economics the overall equine business brings to the state. The horse industry has a $1.2 billion dollar impact on Virginia’s economy, according to a study conducted by Dr. Terance Rephann of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia.

The study measured buying, selling, hay, feed, tack, supplies, hotels and entertainment dollars, diesel purchases, taxes paid, real estate transactions, construction, farriers, veterinarians, retail stores and more.

For more than 400 years, horses have played a role in building the commonwealth, with more than 215,000 horses today living in the Old Dominion. More than 16,000 jobs are related to the horse industry, and horses rank as Virginia’s eighth largest agricultural commodity. Cattle are first.

Nearly 1 million participants and spectators attend more than 1,000 horse events each year. The Virginia Gold Cup has long led the way for spectators — with more than 50,000 each year it has been held at Great Meadow (since 1985.)

More numbers are at vhib.org.

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The annual Virginia Gold Cup attracts some 50,000+ spectators to Great Meadow, trickling huge amounts of money into the horse industry via fuel, food, tickets, hat shopping, betting and more.

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‘Boutique’ pari-mutuel wagering the crown jewel of 1988’s Horse Racing Act

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For the sixth year running, the Virginia Gold Cup betting public benefits from a tiny line of code written into Virginia’s Horse Racing Act nearly 30 years ago, one that allows pari-mutuel racing — without a county referendum — at “charitable facilities.”

With Colonial Downs still shuttered in New Kent, Great Meadow and Woodstock’s Shenandoah Downs stand alone as a chance to bet on live horse racing in Virginia.

Tellers and portable mutuel machines, along with account wagering, will be available Saturday. Self-serve terminals will be located on North Rail, South Rail and Member’s Hill. Pre-loaded wagering cards can be purchased, with cash, on race day or, with a credit card, ahead of time at Gold Cup offices in Old Town.

Too, wagering is available “early,” Friday night at an event honoring 2017 Virginia Thoroughbred Association champions.

Takeout from the handle — nearly $100,000 the past few years — pays into the horsemen’s account which along with takeout from the Virginia Equine Alliance’s OTB network funds purse increases and breeders’ incentives.

“A win-win,” said Great Meadow Foundation president Rob Banner. “As this has grown at Great Meadow, we’ve gotten a more effective and efficient model for steeplechase betting.”

A statewide referendum in 1988 allowed county-by-county votes for pari-mutuel betting and the eventual 1997 opening of the track east of Richmond. Before that, gambling was limited to informal tailgate party pools at point-to-points, and, before that, to bookies that operated on the margin of county code.

Loudoun County voters initially said “yes” to pari-mutuel wagering in ‘88, but voted “no” in 1993, which enabled the New Kent County track applicant, Colonial Downs, to win the state’s only pari-mutuel license.

Pari-mutuel has never come up for a vote in Fauquier.

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You win, we all win

Learn the betting vernacular to get a leg up on the competition Betting on the races makes the spectator an active participant in the result. Here are the wagers offered in each race.

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• Win: The most simple, easiest to understand wager, and the odds show you exactly what you’ll get. Your horse finishes in front, you win. (Basically, take the number you see — 2 to 1, for instance, and multiply it by 2, since $2 is the minimum bet you can make.)

• Place: If you bet on a horse to “place” — finish second, the wager pays if he finishes second, of course, but also if he finishes first. It pays a bit less than the win, using a complicated mathematic formula.

• Show: You bet on the horse to “show” — finish third, but this one pays if the horse finishes first, second or third. Pays less

than the odds show, but usually yields a profit on your bet, and, to a certain extent, hedges your bet.

Exotics

Once you’ve mastered the simple win-place-show wagering, try your hand at so-called exotic wagering.

The easiest is the Exacta, in which you select two horses to finish first and second, in that exact order. You can “box” your wager — bet twice, paying if the horses finish one-two or two-one, or you can box a particular choice with several others.

Each bet costs $2, but payoffs can be handsome if you have an insider tip or a hunch.

The Trifecta is even harder — you choose three horses to finish one-two-three. Like the exacta, you can box your wagers, and include several selections within your wager.

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Gold Cup competition: Not limited to the racecourse Throw your hat in the ring (literally) for the hat contest, tailgate contest Like all outdoor sporting events, tailgating at the Virginia Gold Cup is a time-honored tradition. Leave it to Great Meadow to turn it into a competition.

The Tailgate Contest is open to all attendees — enter the free event when reserving tailgate parking spaces.

The best tailgates have a theme, decorations and special food and drinks recipes. Reserved tailgating spots are available on the Member’s Hill, North Rail and South Rail.

Tailgates are judged by a panel of local food and TV personalities.

Prizes include dinners and hotel stays, airline tickets and gift baskets.

Hat contest

Another way to get into the race at Gold Cup is to enter any of a dozen hat contest divisions. Another free event, competitors are invited to a parade of hats and judging in the saddling enclosure at 2:15 p.m.

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Steeplechasing fast facts Saluting Saluter

The undisputed King of the Gold Cup is Henry and Ann Stern's Saluter. The Virginia-bred won six Virginia Gold Cups and two International Gold Cups. His ardor for the Great Meadow course and the distance (four miles, and 3 ½, respectively) put him firmly atop the race’s history.

His trainer-rider Jack Fisher is the all time top winning Cup rider with nine wins of the Virginia Gold Cup. Along the way Saluter swept the 1997 first running of the World Timber Championship by winning both the Virginia Gold Cup and Marlborough Cup in England.

Saluter’s course record for the Gold Cup stood for 11 years until 2006 when Kinross Farm’s Miles Ahead’s time of 8:19 shaved 8 seconds off of Saluter's previous record time of 8:27.

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There are just three four-mile timber races sanctioned by the National Steeplechase Association each year — the Virginia Gold Cup, the Maryland Hunt Cup and the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup. There’s a point-to-point at the marathon distance — the Eustis Cup at the Loudoun Hunt Point-to-Point.

U.S. trainers consider the four miles a difficult test, though most horsemen agree that endurance can be “trained into” most racehorses, and that speed was something that was innate.

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The A-Team running the Virginia Gold Cup races includes Gold Cup co-chairs Dr. Will Allison and Dr. Al Griffin, race executive director Diane Jones, Great Meadow Foundation president Rob Banner and Great Meadow course maintenance chief Bobby Hilton.

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The Steeplethon is a Great Meadow original — course creator the late Nick Arundel designed the jumping test for horses that had “run out of their conditions” over hurdles or over timber. Once a horse wins his first race — “breaks his maiden” as it’s called — unless he is stakes-caliber, races become difficult to win. The Steeplethon, and similar races at Middleburg’s Glenwood Park and Pennsylvania’s Willowdale course in Kennet Square, reward jumping ability and boldness (with a combination of hurdle, timber, brush, water, stone walls and other fences) along with speed. The tiny division has been embraced by horsemen who are sorry only that there are not more of its kind.

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Great Meadow: By the numbers • 93rd: Running of the Virginia Gold Cup (which began in 1922 but did not run in 1943, ‘44 and ‘45 during World War II, hence the 93rd running in 2018) • $100,000: Purse for the eponymous timber stakes • $425,000: Total prizes • 60,000: Expected to attend • 91: Entries in eight races • 144th: Wager on the 144th Kentucky Derby, simulcast live from Churchill Downs in Louisville after the Gold Cup meet’s conclusion.

The race will be broadcast on the Jumbotrons, with wagers accepted by tellers, self-serve betting machines and on the online betting platform.

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Charlie Fenwick, far right, jumps to Gold Cup victory aboard Sugar Bee. The Maryland horseman has won Cups as rider and trainer, and now hopes to win as owner. His Doc Cebu was the undefeated 2017 timber titlist, winning the International Gold Cup at Great Meadow last October.

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A changing role for Charlie Fenwick Renowned timber rider becomes more active as an owner on the circuit

By Don Clippinger Over the years, Charles C. Fenwick Jr. has worn many hats in the steeplechase game. Over more than six decades, he’s remained

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industry, a community leader, and an advocate for steeplechase racing, as well as serving on the board and holding executive roles for the National Steeplechase Association.

Most recently, Fenwick has been owner or co-owner of the two most recent NSA timber champions, Two’s Company in 2016 and last year’s International Gold Cup winner, Doc Cebu, nominated to — but not entered in — the Gold Cup. Early this year, Fenwick became chairman of the National Steeplechase Foundation, of which he’s long been a director, and in March was named a trustee of the Temple Gwathmey Fund, which supports the amateur rider aspect of steeplechasing.

Fenwick’s jockey days are long over, but the memories remain vivid. Part of a sporting family, he grew up north of Baltimore where—like parts of Virginia— riding horses and jumping fences are as natural as breathing.

He was good at it, as was older brother, Bruce. In the late 1960s, both were getting mounts in the

nation’s most prestigious timber races like the Maryland Hunt Cup and Virginia Gold Cup. They were riding against top pros and amateurs alike.

In the 1970s and 1980s, Charlie Fenwick reigned as the sport’s premier timber rider. He won five Hunt Cups, the first two aboard Ben Nevis II, who would go on to win the English Grand National at Aintree, in 1980.

Fenwick’s final Hunt Cup victory in 1987 was aboard Great Meadow founder, the late Nick Arundel’s Sugar Bee, who Fenwick rode and trained to the NSA timber title in 1985 and to Gold Cup victory in ‘84.

By then, Fenwick was deep into his training career, highlighted by an Eclipse Award in 1987 with Dogwood Stable’s Inlander.

He returned to his family’s automotive business, Valley Motors, and became president and general manager before its sale to AutoNation in 2015. He also served as chair of GBMC Health Care and as a director of the Gilman School.

In recent years, Fenwick has become more deeply involved

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as a horse owner. With friends and neighbors Michael Hankin and Charles Noell, he formed Bruton Street-US stable, which reigned as NSA champion owner last year. Among stable’s stars have been Two’s Company, the 2016 timber champion, and last year’s Eclipse Award winner, Scorpiancer.

Last year, Fenwick fielded his own champion, Doc Cebu, who accomplished the rare feat of going from timber maiden to multiple stakes winner in one season.

By the hard-knocking sire Hard Spun, Doc Cebu sold for $260,000 at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale in Maryland to New Yorker Eric Fein, who named him for a physician acquaintance who had relocated to Cebu in the Philippines.

For Fein and partner Christopher McKenna, a gelded Doc Cebu won his eighth start on the flat for trainer Todd Pletcher in November, 2013 at Aqueduct, but shortly afterward began the rounds as a claimer who paid his bills while reportedly absolutely hating the racetrack environment. On the flat, he had four wins from 29 starts with earnings of barely $100,000.

Mid-Atlantic trainer Kieron Magee claimed him twice before Doc Cebu, at the bottom of the claiming ladder, was offered for sale to Bruce Fenwick with another jumping prospect. The elder brother suggested that Charlie Fenwick take a look at the pair. Fenwick liked what he saw and bought them both for $12,000.

Sent to trainer Jack Fisher and taught to jump, Doc Cebu began his career over hurdles at 6. Fenwick and Fisher unwrapped him for a $15,000 maiden-claiming tag at the 2016 Virginia Fall meet, and Doc Cebu won by 2 1/4 lengths. He completed his undefeated hurdle career with a half-length score in a $20,000 ratings handicap at Montpelier.

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Charlie Fenwick’s Doc Cebu was alone at the last in the International Gold Cup, winning by 11 lengths and clinching the national timber championship.

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Given that timber has been Fenwick’s lasting love, the owner didn’t hesitate to switch Doc Cebu to timber fences despite his promise over hurdles. Call it owner’s privilege or owner’s intuition. “I decided to have a good timber horse,” Fenwick said.

Doc Cebu won the maiden at My Lady’s Manor last April before putting in a bad jump and finishing second at Queen’s Cup two weeks later. Doc Cebu rolled past pacesetter Grand Manan before the last fence and won at Willowdale last May by nine lengths.

After the summer timber hiatus, Fenwick and Fisher targeted the Genesee Valley Hunt

Cup, and Doc Cebu won by 11 1/4 lengths under Frost. In the International Gold Cup — 3 ½ -miles over the Gold Cup course at Great Meadow last October, Doc Cebu took command two from home to win by 11.

“He’s such a consistent horse,” Fenwick said.

Doc Cebu began the 2018 season in Virginia, where he finished third in the Middleburg Hunt Cup at Glenwood Park April 21.

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What’s that you say?

Old-fashioned horse racing sayings echo strong around Derby time

Editor’s note: ‘Rail Chatter’ columnist, the late George Rowand used to provide Kentucky Derby picks, and pithy commentary, for his hometown paper. His son Michael — who George considered a lasting legacy as much as the thoroughbred dynasty he long managed — takes the reins with the same insight in the sport. Heck, he even uses the same language.

By Michael Rowand One of the joys of delving deep into horse racing is the old wisdom one picks up in maxims that often go back a century or more. Pithy or regal, they always evoke a smile. I learned a lot of the language from my dad.

One of his all-time favorites: “People have opinions and the horses have the answers” places the sport squarely back on the horse, where it surely belongs. That was one of my dad’s favorites.

Another, “If this horse doth run his race, the others are running for second place” is old-fashioned wording for the sort of bluster you find in horse racing just as much as the football field.

I got a lot of this racing lore, and the funny sayings, from my dad, who wrote this Kentucky Derby picks story in his Rail Chatter column for nearly 20 years for Piedmont Media’s predecessors.

He loved horses and loved horse racing, and thought there was nothing more noble than a group of thoroughbred horses surging for the finish line.

George Rowand considered the central journey of his life’s path to have been his quest to breed greatness.

And he did it, breeding and managing the careers of two Grade I winners and racing horses around the globe for two decades.

Dad’s all-time favorite saying must have been “All horses look fast running past trees.” That old quote has just the amount of sarcasm, the hint of irony that people remember my dad famous for.

Around Kentucky Derby time, he changed to the more introspective: “When they get to the eighth pole, and they’ve run as far as they ever have before, they call on their ancestors. Will they hear only a resounding silence?”

With that thought in mind, let’s look at some of those that will be running for the roses.

Contenders

These are the horses that look ready for a prime effort on the big day, and have legitimate pedigree — and connections — to bring them to Churchill Downs May 5 capable of winning.

• Justify — This winner of the Santa Anita Derby doesn’t seem to take a bad step. No one will be surprised to see him in front as they hit the wire. And Bob Baffert? He knows a bit about this Derby thing. Baffert trained 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, and Baffert horses have won four Kentucky Derbies, six Bob Baffert Preakness Stakes, two Belmont Stakes and three Kentucky Oaks. Trainer of Justify

Mike Smith Jockey of Justify

• Vino Rosso — He managed to turn back Bolt D’oro, no slouch himself, without too much trouble in the Wood Memorial four weeks ago.

The fact that the great jockey Johnny Velasquez picked to ride him this Saturday, choosing Vino Rosso as his mount over Audible and others seems like a good sign. The son of Curlin has won three of five in top New York and Florida company.

• Good Magic — The Bluegrass at Keeneland last month wasn’t the toughest prep, but this colt certainly looked impressive. The old experts on the backside rave about his works. Another son of Curlin, this $1 million sales yearling was last year’s juvenile champion, and has won nearly $2 million in just six month of racing.

• Audible — He was certainly comfortable in the Florida Derby, which is widely considered the most telling of pre-Derby preps. Maybe he has the best tactical speed, and the New York-bred skates into the Derby on a four-race winning streak. His sole loss was a third in his first start at 2 at Belmont Park.

Pretenders

These are the horses that tempt you with a bet, but are more likely to break your heart (and your wallet).

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• Mendelssohn — Sure, he won the UAE Derby by the length of the stretch. But no horse has ever won the UAE Derby and then come to Churchill and won the Kentucky Derby. I don’t think that’s going to change this year: running “off the plane” is just too tough on these young horses, though he did just that last fall, shipping to Del Mar to win the Juvenile Turf at the Breeders’ Cup.

Flyers

The horses that might just find their best stride on the big day — and reward those that favor them with a bet. These are the ones you’d want to be on the front row by the saddling paddock at Churchill Downs this Saturday: a sparkle in the eye and a spring in the step is often telling of how an underrated horse feels about his own chances.

• Hofburg — He’s working great. He’s already shown he can compete in good company. He looks like he’s maturing at the right time, finishing second in the Florida Derby and peaking at the right time for owner-breeder Juddmonte Farms and trainer Bill Mott.

• Magnum Moon — Ok, I’m going out on a limb on this one. He certainly won the Arkansas Derby easily. But horses don’t win the Derby veering out the way he did. He could be a monster later in the season, but for now, I’m skeptical.

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• My Boy Jack — He’s shown consistency through the spring and seems to have guts.

He’s probably not quite as good as the top tier horses, but if it gets too crowded within the first few lengths of the lead, which I think is possible, he could come from farther back with a good chance like he did to win the Lexington Stakes at Keeneland in early April. This horse has already won one top prize, for the clever name of his owner: Don’t Tell My Wife Stables.

So, who’s it going to be? I’d put my money on Vino Rosso. He seems to have what those in horse racing have long described as “the look of eagles.”

Just remember, people have opinions and the horses have the answers.

Find your way on race day • Great Meadow is located between Marshall and Warrenton at the intersection of U.S. 17 and Old Tavern Road. The mailing address in The Plains.

• There are eight entrances: check your ticket for the correct gate to come into the course. Most general admission tickets bring cars in the North gate — off Old Tavern Road, or the South gate — off U.S. 17.

• There will be food and drink available for purchase in each of the spectator areas, along with betting stations everywhere.

• Race day traffic can be a bear: consider coming to Great Meadow from the south, or west, since traffic backs up on I-66 from well before The Plains exit, no. 31.

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PHOTOS BY CHRIS CERRONE Jockey colors display the owner of the horse. Owners select colors that are special to them, are attractive in combination, or at are easy to pick out across a racecourse — or all three. Sometimes, below right, an owner uses their initial to create a unique pattern — ‘J’ is for Johnston, Gill Johnston.

Colors of spring, steeplechase style Silks denote ownership, branding pride, and a whole lot more

By Betsy Burke Parker Lime green with pink trim. Pink horse socks to match.

Those are crazy colors. The shades don’t suit many — any — skintone, and, really, on its own the combination looks like nothing more than a brightly-clad clown, sure to draw the eye.

Turns out, that’s the point.

When it comes to jockey silks, brighter is better. Crazy color combos are coveted. Selected for distinguishing characteristics — for the announcer, for the fans, for the white-knuckled cheering owner — across acres and acres of racecourse, racing silks have long run out of easy to identify solid patterns, so nowadays, the busier the better.

Lime green and pink may seem an arbitrary color combo but in fact the hues were chosen carefully, and designed with precision, worn with pride in the 1980s and ‘90s by riders representing Richmond’s Ann Stern, owner of all-time Gold Cup record-holder Saluter and other ‘chasing standouts. For a decade, Saluter’s “pink socks” — leg wraps — were as easily recognized around Virginia as UVa’s Jefferson blue and Rotunda orange.

How it happened The heritage of distinctive colors dates back thousands of years, created out of necessity in warrior tradition by Celts who painted their naked bodies with what looked like Tiffany blue to unnerve rivals during invasions. Native Americans used color — warpaint on their faces, even on their warhorses, to depict bravery and energy. Knights in the middle ages draped shining armor with the trappings of their sponsors. Chariot drivers wore distinctive coats of arms to differentiate combatants.

The earliest recorded horse races were in the 1100s — though races were clearly held earlier than that. Still, the first citation of jacket colors particular to an individual owner wasn’t until 1515 when Henry VIII ruled England. A healthy leisure class vociferously supported British horse racing, and distinct colors helped fans and judges observe results with confidence.

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Middleburg’s Maggie Bryant, in the golf cart, usually dresses in colors to coordinate with her medium and light blue silks — here she’s wearing bright red clogs instead of a red cap cover like jockey Darren Nagle.

COLORS from page 22 the 17th and 18th centuries, registered colors became necessary. The British Jockey Club recorded 19 sets of colors at their Newmarket headquarters in 1762. Four years later, the Philadelphia Jockey Club followed suit. The more recent addition of numbered saddle cloths corresponding to post position and program number makes colors a bit less critical, though brightly colored jackets are much easier to distinguish across a field than small saddle numbers.

Why silk?

They’re called silks because the early variations were, in fact, sewn jackets made from silk. Silk holds colored dye quite well, and it held up to active outside use.

Modern jockey jackets are made of nylon or lycra. Whatever material is used, a set of silks weighs barely six ounces — critical in a sport in which a lighter load is requisite to success.

About 28,000 sets of silks are registered with the American Jockey Club. Owners that run horses in other nations have to register there as

well; sometimes “their” silks have already been claimed so they have to select another pattern.

From the Duke of Cumberland’s purple to the Queen of England’s purple with red — first used by her great-grandfather Edward VII in the 1800s, early colors were primary shades, traditionally topped with a black velvet cap. The “straw” registered by the Duke of Devonshire is still in use today.

The oldest American racing colors are the plain “scarlet” silks of Mrs. John Morris dating to the Civil War. The Morris family owned Ruthless, the filly who won the first

Silks must be registered for all racehorse owners. Owners’ silks are required to be used by every jockey unless judges give permission for something else. This happens when the correct silks aren’t available — left at home, or damaged.

The National Steeplechase Association has several sets of “substitute silks” that can be used, and sometimes officials permit using other colors as long as everything is recorded.

If an owner has more than one horse in a race, riders wear different colored helmet covers, and officials and the announcer make special note of this to differentiate between otherwise identically clad jockeys.

In 2005, the Jockey Club ruled to allow small logos and advertisements on jockey pants which prior were always plain white. Many jockeys are “sponsored” today — by tack shops, outdoors outfitters and the like, businesses that enjoy visibility much like sponsor banners encircling stadiums from Little League to Major League. running of the Belmont, in 1867; they won the 1898 Belmont with Bowling Brook. Heir to the family fortune, and silks, John Morris was 95 when he died in 1985. He was president of the old Jamaica racetrack, closed in 1959 for a Queens housing development.

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Weather or not …

Race day climatic conditions not the only factor affecting competition

By Betsy Burke Parker Every year thousands converge on Fauquier to attend the Virginia Gold Cup races. The challenging headline timber stake is one of the most distinguished steeplechase events in America, and one of the oldest.

First contested in 1922, the Gold Cup celebrates its 93rd renewal May 5.

Colonial history

Racing has long been part of the fabric of Virginia’s Piedmont — there are records of horses racing on Garretts Race Paths near Upperville as early as 1742, and in the 1830s, turf races were held regularly at Warrenton’s White Sulphur Springs (today the Springs Club.) Jump racing, too, has long been part of horse country fabric — there are reports of horses over hurdles at the Springs as early as 1844.

Horse showing followed, with the Upperville Colt and Horse Show established in 1853, the Warrenton Horse Show in 1899 and the Warrenton Pony Show in 1920.

The Maryland Hunt Cup was first run in 1894, the Grand National (a timber race, sometimes called the Grand National Point-to-Point to distinguish it from the Grand National hurdle stakes held in the fall) in 1899 and My Lady’s Manor in 1909. The Meadow Brook Cup on Long Island, N.Y. was first held in 1883. The New Jersey Hunt Cup was put into competition in 1915, and the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup debuted in 1921.

Virginia’s first big timber prize, the Middleburg Hunt Cup, was first contested in 1921.

The Virginia Gold Cup was a long time coming, then, when it was first created in 1922, but the race hit the ground running and has since become one of the most prestigious prizes in American steeplechasing.

PHOTOS BY DOUGLAS LEES Marjorie and Nick Arundel present the 1978 Virginia Gold Cup to winning jockey Don Yovanovich and Mrs. Edgar Scott following Navy Davy’s win at the old Broadview course off Warrenton’s bypass.

carry 165 pounds, and only amateur riders were allowed. Jockeys were to ride in racing silks or U.S. military uniform. There was no prize money — only prestige and a valuable golden cup were on the line.

The course was set over “about four miles across country” around Oakwood and the adjacent Hugh Ramey property on Waterloo Road (now Old Waterloo.) The race start and finish were in front of the 18th century manor house.

The course ran right-handed, jumping out of Merry-go-round of host courses The testing courses that have hosted Gold Cup the main pasture towards Waterloo, crossing the View Tree Mountain Road, downhill across are key to the event’s prestige. From the first the little Bear Wallow Branch, a sharp right to course at historic Oakwood just west of town, to an uphill jump over a cross-fence back into the the storied Broadview course some of which is main Oakwood pasture. There, the course went still visible west of the back out of the pasture, bypass by Rady Park, across another small to the custom-designed stream and rejoined Great Meadow at Old TRAINER-RIDER JACK FISHER OF the original circuit to Tavern, Gold Cup SIX-TIME VIRGINIA GOLD CUP WINNER SALUTER the long uphill finhas always featured a ish nearly 200-foot grueling stretch run. elevation gain in the The first two courses last 3/8ths of a mile.

The grinding uphill finish required bravery, with ditch and stream crossings puncuated the 16 jumps dotting the route, most as well as jumps set onto, and off of, roadways. so-called “line fences” between pastures, others The mostly flat course at Great Meadow, which special-built for the event, tall, solid stacks of has hosted the race since 1985, calls for flashing chestnut and oak rails. speed as well as endurance and courage, adding Six went to post that first year, and though strength to the argument that the race is the nathere’s no record of particulars of the race, Irish tion’s top test of a steeplechase horse.

Laddie and Arthur White were the easy winners.

White, who rode Oracle II to win the 1920 Early runnings Maryland Hunt Cup, also trained the chestnut A notice in the March 25, 1922 Fauquier gelding for owner Katherine Hitt. Hitt, whose Democrat announced that the “Virginia Hunt father Stephen B. Elkins was a U.S. Senator from Cup” would be held April 18, oddly, a Tuesday.

West Virginia, married William “Billy” Hitt, son No explanation of why a weekday was selected of U.S. Representative Robert Hitt from Illinois, exists, but a large crowd was expected, said the and they set up a farm, Homeland, in Middlenews report, to watch the big race at Oakwood. burg. Hitt also won the inaugural running of the Members of the newly created Gold Cup AsMiddleburg Hunt Cup the previous year, that race sociation met at the Fauquier Club in Warrenton with her horse John Bunny. on April 3 and changed the race date from April The second running of the Gold Cup was also 18 to May 6, the first Saturday in May. Though held at Oakwood, but the race — for reasons unthe Gold Cup would now butt heads with the explained — was moved to November. Katherine Kentucky Derby, it would — sensibly — fall Hitt won again, this time with Oddity and jockey after the Maryland Hunt Cup, something the Jules Dillon. planners believed would bolster entries.

The third year, the Cup moved to the BroadConditions were simple — all horses would

“He just loved that course.”

view estate, closer to downtown just off the much-later-added Warrenton bypass. A huge crowd was reported on the sunny hillside viewing area to see Arthur White ride the mare Parana wire-to-wire to victory. The following year, 1925, Hitt retired the first Gold Cup trophy when her John Bunny won with Raymond Belmont up.

The Broadview mansion burned on October, 1927, and though the 1928 race ran there, in 1929 the Gold Cup moved to temporary quarters at Clovercroft, a horse farm west of town on the Springs Road. Dunks Green won that year, making light of the strenuous course that included ditches and creek crossings. Winner in 1930 — first of 19 starters in front of a boisterous crowd of more than 10,000 — jockey Bill Streett described the course to a Democrat reporter as “a sporty one, owing to the steep hills.”

In 1935, the Gold Cup returned to Broadview, and brush races were added to the card to flesh out a full race day program. Considered something of a championship course, Broadview helped stamp the race as one of the nation’s best, according to the late Sandy Young of Marshall.

Young’s father Robert rode in five Gold Cups, the earliest being 1927.

“What you saw there at Broadview was pretty much the perfect course,” Young said in a Times interview, noting the long uphill pull to the finish line was testing. “I rode over that course in the 1950s — it was a fair test of a good horse.”

Perhaps best of all at the course, Young said, was the terrific sightline for spectators, who could see every jump from the hillside. “The viewing was grand,” he said. “Just grand. The water jump on the brush course there in front of the main house was so picturesque. Broadview could rival any course in the nation.”

In 1935, organizers charged an admission fee for the first time — one dollar per person with proceeds going to Fauquier Hospital. Indigo and Burly Cocks (he eventually became a Hall of Fame trainer) won that first year back at Broadview. New fences had been constructed, solid-stack chestnut rails set in the ground at an angle, making the face slightly sloped and eminently jumpable.

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The beginning of World War II forced cancellation of all but the main Gold Cup headliner and a preliminary turf race in 1942; spectators were admitted free of charge that year. That year marked tragedy and triumph — leading timber horse Blockade died after a fall at the 17th fence, but the first-ever Warrenton-owned horse won when Mrs. Amory Carhart’s Sir Romeo powered to victory.

Post-war legends

When racing resumed after the war, the Cup returned with great fanfare to the Fauquier social and sporting calendar. Though the 1946 and ‘47 meets were rain soaked and cold, nearly 8,000 fans attended in their enthusiasm to “return to normal.”

In 1955, a new survey done by civil engineer Robert Bartenstein found that the old course was slightly short of the four miles listed, and the committee extended the route, adding two fences to total 26. The jumps, which had settled somewhat since the course was first built, were beefed up with extra rails.

In 1964, Eve Fout became the first female trainer to saddle a Gold Cup winner, Moon Rock. Humebred, -owned and -trained Leeds Don became the first horse to win three back-to-back Gold Cups 1965’67; his trainer, Ridgley White was the son of Arthur White who won the first Cup. Development began to surround Broadview by the late ‘70s, and

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Jack Fisher won his first Gold Cup — of nine, at Broadview in 1981, aboard no. 6 Juggernaut. Here he jumps behind the lead of Laughing Dragon with horse show professional Olin Armstrong up. Prince Saran, winner in ‘82 and ‘85, jumps in third. soon committee members began seeking a new home for the prestigious race. Constantine won the final running at Broadview, in 1984 for the late Joe Rogers and jockey Speedy Smithwick. Rogers retired the sixth Virginia Gold Cup trophy.

New beginnings

Great Meadow was carved out of an abandoned farm purchased for the express purpose by late news executive, and former Fauquier Times (then Times-Democrat) publisher Nick Arundel in 1982.

Tennessee shipper Prince Saran, who had won the 1982 Cup at Broadview, won Great Meadow’s inaugural running May 4, 1985.

A then-record crowd of 32,000 pressed onto the hillside viewing area and backstretch tailgate parking to see the historic race. It was the first time Gold Cup had a commercial sponsor — 1st American Bank of Virginia put up the $15,000 prize.

“Prince Saran loved the (new) course, loved the fences,” recalled Tennessee attorney and amateur rid-

er Paul Sloan. “He loved the crowd, too. He knew this was his day.”

Great Meadow, Sloan said, was decidedly unlike Broadview. He said the new course was nearly flat while Broadview, like Clovercroft and Oakwood before it, featured testing grades.

Virginia-bred and -owned Saluter so perfectly that Ann Stern’s gelding won an epic six Gold Cups in a row 1994-1999 for trainer-rider Jack Fisher. “He just loved that course,” Fisher recalled recently.

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Naylor retires Gold Cup with Ebanour’s second score With Ebanour’s impressive victory in last year’s Virginia Gold Cup, owner Irv Naylor entered an exclusive fraternity.

Just eight owners “retired” the Gold Cup in 92 runnings. Until 1984 — when the race was held at Broadview, and, before that, at Clovercroft and Oakwood, all in Warrenton — three wins by the same owner secured permanent possession of the golden trophy.

It didn’t matter if it is with the same horse, or the same trainer or jockey — just ownership counts to put a leg on the cup, explains Virginia Gold Cup Association director Diane Jones.

Five owners won three Gold Cups from 1922-1984.

When the race moved to Great Meadow near The Plains for the 1985 race, organizers upped the ante, requiring an owner to win the race five times to retire the trophy.

Ann Stern’s Virginia-bred Saluter did that, and more, winning six in a row, 1994-1999.

Naylor put his first claim to the cup in 2002 when he won with Make Me A Champ. He won in 2007 and ‘09 with Casanova-bred Salmo, and the last two years with Ebanour.

The 2017 triumph gave him five, ensuring Naylor permanent possession of the current Gold Cup, a delicate, six-sided, solid gold chalice.

“This was icing on the cake,” said Naylor’s wife Diane. “What an honor.”

Longtime leading owner on the National Steeplechase Association circuit, Irv Naylor is no stranger to retiring trophies: he’s also retired the Maryland Grand National trophy and the Iroquois challenge cup. He has two, of three, legs on the Maryland Hunt Cup.

How it happened

How Naylor became involved in horse racing follows the standard “foxhunter craves competition” storyline.

“I’d grown up foxhunting,” Naylor said, his grandfather and uncle had been blacksmiths. “My deeper involvement in steeplechasing harked back to the time I got my amateur steeplechase riders’ license in the 1950s. Mikey Smithwick trained for me, and I got a real taste of it finishing third on my horse Village Gossip at My Lady’s Manor.

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PHOTOS BY CHRIS CERRONE Racehorse tack and equipment is often quite unique, though certain items are used in other sports. All three pressing to the line here are sporting polo breastplates, typically favored by race trainers because they don’t interfere with shoulder movement. All three leaders also have on blinkers, little cups that shade a bit of the horse’s vision behind him so he stays focused on the course in front of him, and all three have on back ‘run-down’ bandages to protect their fetlocks from hyperextension. The horse on the right has an Irish martingale, which keeps the reins from both flipping to one side of the neck in case of a blunder at a jump. The horse at center is wearing a shadow roll, which keeps the head lower, which the horses to the inside and outside both have on figure-8 nosebands, which keep the jaw closed around the bit. The horse at left has no breastplate, no yoke, no blinkers and only a plain noseband.

Racehorse attire: Unique to the sport

It seems like a lot to learn, but almost everybody uses the same stuff Racehorse trainers have a tack catalog’s worth of curious bits and equipment for peculiar cases down the shedrow, but, typically their tack hooks are laden with a dozen identical bridles, outfitted with the same bits, same reins, same nosebands.

Middleburg-based Neil Morris, for example, says his tackroom wall has a row of leath-

er race bridles, almost all with D-ring snaffles.

“That’s my favorite,” he explained. “Simple, soft.”

Some say yes to the figure-8, others say nay, but what they all agree on is that they treat horses as individuals. What they need is what they get. Check out what the sport’s leaders tout as their go-to gear.

A bit about the bit This horse is racing in nearly the softest combo possible — a fat, loose-ring snaffle with a plain noseband. Many race trainers add a lip-strap (below the horse’s jaw) so the bit can’t pull through the mouth if there is a turning ‘emergency’, but it also makes a handy place to snap a plain leadrope to lead a horse onto the racecourse, or to pose in the winner’s circle.

A few of their favorite things From the strong opinion file, top trainers usually stay simple in their equipment choices, but they keep a few tricks up their sleeves for hard-to-hold.

• Jonathan Sheppard: We run a lot of horses in the (new) Triabit. it’s like a ring-bit but the ring part is fixed. For the strong ones, I have an old-fashioned Kineton we can use.

• Jimmy Day: Keep it simple is best, but I like the Titanium hood, ears and everything. I think it calms them. We run some in a Triabit, some in a rubber snaffle. I like the Happy Mouth snaffle.

• Julie Gomena: Most of my (race-day) bridles have a D-ring and a rubber figure-8. Nothing fancy.

• Cyril Murphy: Loose-ring snaffle is my go-to. I want them to take hold against the bridle. That’s a nice, soft bit.

• Lilith Boucher: Most of mine run in a full-cheek snaffle and a regular noseband. There’s less to forget on race day, and it’s hard to mess up putting it on.

• Doug Fout: I keep most horses in snaffles, but I have a neat bit — a straight-bar leather covered bit with prongs (on the sides.) It looks weird, but some of the soft-mouthed horses really like it. They settle, they don’t fight it. I think they like to chew on it a little bit.

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A bit about the bit A bit about the bit This horse is in a plain D-ring snaffle with a figure-8 noseband and an Irish martingale. Notice every part of a typical racing bridle is separate — the throatlatch, noseband and headstall are all interchangeable. Reins are wide to provide strong grip for the jockey.

A shadow roll is designed to keep the horse from ‘stargazing’ — head up and paying little attention where his feet are being placed. With a shadow roll, the horse naturally has to lower his head a bit, literally, to see where he’s going.

A bit about the bit A full-cheek snaffle lends a bit of steering assistance, say horsemen, with a pull on the left rein both pulling the horse towards the left with direct pressure, and ‘pushing’ him to the left with indirect pressure from the right-hand full-cheek. This horse also has a leather figure-8 — to keep the jaw closed around the bit, and a tongue tie, to keep the tongue from interfering with breathing during high intensity exercise.

A bit about the bit This horse is quite clearly a strong puller, outfitted as he is in an American gag bit, which adds a little leverage on the top of the head when the jockey pulls back.

The bit has cheek guards to keep it from pinching the sides of his mouth. He’s wearing both a figure-8 and a plain noseband; the plain noseband is attached to a standing martingale, which limits how high he can carry his head. The brown fluffy cheekpieces limit his view behind, though not as much as blinkers.

A bit about the bit A fat loose ring snaffle, figure-8 and lip strap are complemented by a tongue tie, the white strip of fabric looped around the horse’s tongue to keep his from displacing and affecting his breathing ability at top speed.

This horse has on blinkers, but under the blinkers he’s wearing a titanium hood, a fairly new device said to keep a fractious, fit racehorse a bit more calm before the race. The jury is out, professionals say, as to whether it works or not.

A bit about the bit Virginia trainer Doug Fout says he prefers a simple D-ring snaffle for most runners, but he’s found a lot to like in an odd throwback, a leather-covered straight-bar bit with ‘prongs’ on both sides. He’s found that horses — like Bullet Star, here winning at Orange County — like to chew on, and play with, the firm bit, relaxing them in the process which makes for a better performance, he said.

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Shuttered since the 2013 Thoroughbred racing season, Colonial Downs may reopen since new owners Revolutionary Racing purchased the track. The Chicago company bought when the governor signed a new law allowing wagering on so-called ‘historic racing’ on video lottery terminals which will be placed at the New Kent track and its OTB network.

A sure bet: Historical racing expected to lift Colonial Downs from the dirt Steeplechasing, world-class turf racing may return to New Kent track in 2019

By Betsy Burke Parker Right now, Great Meadow is the only game in town when it comes to wagering on live horse racing.

But if the new owners of Colonial Downs have their way, the New Kent racecourse will host a thoroughbred meet as early as next year.

Revolutionary Racing, together with partner Peninsula Pacific, last week finalized their purchase of Virginia’s only commercial pari-mutuel track, shuttered since 2013. The track, with its handsome, colonial-style red brick grandstand and world-class, highly-regarded mile-long turf oval, was purchased from long-time owner Jacobs Enter-

tainment.

The purchase price was reported to be in excess of $20 million.

Revolutionary Racing came on board last year when Virginia’s General Assembly began to consider an innovative wagering game, “historical horse racing,” allowed through HB 1609 that Governor Ralph Northam signed into law last month.

“We are thrilled to take an important step forward to help revitalize Virginia’s longstanding horse industry,” Revolutionary chairman Larry Lucas said in a release. “A vibrant and successful Colonial Downs is critical to ensuring that horse racing can thrive and grow in the Commonwealth.”

“The Virginia Equine Alliance is extremely proud of the hard work of all of our members and Virginia horsemen over the past nine months to help design a plan to jump start our industry,” said VEA executive director Jeb Hannum. The VEA represents racing horsemen’s interests in Virginia. “We are already witnessing an increase in equine-related services.”

“There is no reason Virginia cannot be a national leader in horse racing,” said JNB Gaming COO Jonathan Swain in a radio interview.

“The Commonwealth has the climate, the history, and the talent to be at the top of the sport. The reopening of Colonial Downs gets us closer to making this a reality, and we are looking forward to being involved in this effort as it moves forward.”

“Thousands of Virginians work in our horse racing industry,” wrote Virginia Equine Alliance president Debbie Easter in a release. “It is deeply embedded in the fabric of Virginia. Unfortunately, over the past years, this industry has faced tough times. In roughly two decades, Virginia thoroughbreds went from running more than 2,300 races to just 333 by 2014.

“Our breeding numbers declined dramatically. Our horses are having to race out of state, and they are taking the money, the jobs and the opportunities with them.”

A study by Richmond firm Chmura Economics and Analytics reports that Colonial’s reopening should

generate $203.7 million in direct operating revenue through 2022, including about $162 million from historical horse racing, and create more than 400 jobs. It also would generate about $18 million a year for Virginia’s horse industry.

Live racing would generate an estimated $7.3 million, with other gambling opportunities — off-track betting generating an estimated $27.9 million. advanced-deposit or online wagering producing $5.2 million and steeplechase betting generating more than $1 million, according to the study.

Indirectly, Colonial would create an additional 378 jobs in businesses that support racing, such as marketing, security and retailers, the report said.

Long time coming

Colonial, which opened for thoroughbred and standardbred racing in 1997, has not hosted live racing since 2013 after a complex clash between horsemen and Jacobs Entertainment See COLONIAL DOWNS, Page 35

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COLONIAL DOWNS, from Page 34 over race dates, purses and simulcast rights.

In the interim, the Virginia Equine Alliance — linking thoroughbred horsemen, breeders, and the steeplechase and standardbred colonies — has kept racing alive with festival-style meets held at non-commercial venues like Great Meadow and Woodstock’s newly refurbished Shenandoah Downs. VEA arranged for Virginia-bred races at Maryland tracks. VEA officials stress that races returning to Colonial doesn’t mean the other meets will disappear.

“The Governor and General Assembly (recognize) the many horsemen and contributions they make in Virginia as well as the importance of our industry and the value it brings

to local and regional economies and for the state,” said Hannum.

HB1609 was sponsored by Del. Michael Webert, R-Fauquier.

Historical racing terminals allow gambling on machines that accept bets on previously-run races, with only odds and limited past performance information supplied to bettors before they lock in their wagers.

Historical race wagering allows betting at a far faster pace than live racing, even faster than simulcast wagering on action from multiple tracks at off-track betting parlors.

For this reason, some decry historical racing as adressed-up slot machines, or video lottery terminals.

Supporters stress there is skill involved, since odds are posted before “bets” are made.

Colonial Downs’ Secretariat Turf Course is widely regarded as one of the nation’s top grass tracks. Racing may return in 2019.

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NAYLOR from page 31 “I went off to the University of Miami, and didn’t get back into it until I returned to Pennsylvania many years later.”

Naylor rode some 50 races — point-to-points and under rules, always over timber, he explained, “because that’s where I could make the weight,” usually 165 pounds.

He was badly injured in the 1999 Grand National timber stakes when he went down with Emerald Action, who he’d won with over the same course in ‘96. Naylor was paralyzed from the waist down in the fall, and spent three excruciating months at the Maryland Shock Trauma Center regaining the use of his arms and hands.

“Once, there, I really thought I had died,” he told the Baltimore Sun. “I felt like I’d had enough.

I remember closing my eyes and saying, ‘Take me away.’ ” Bitter and depressed, Naylor fell into a hellish spiral.

“I was really angry that it happened to me,” he told the Sun, considering suicide but eventually, he said, he accepted his lot and moved on. Naylor’s ardor for steeplechasing, the very sport that hurt him, brought the sparkle back into his life.

“I never wanted to give up being involved,” Naylor said, noting that being in a wheelchair takes some getting used to, but that he’s never given up on his dream of someday walking again. He told the Sun his “legs are mush now,” but he’s long been involved in stem cell research, his own cells are tucked away in a cryobank. A $6 million gift to McDonogh helped fund the school’s science, technology engineering and math facility, which opened in 2013.

In 2001, Naylor told the Sun, “I don’t intend to die in this damn chair.”

When Naylor focused all his attention on building a powerhouse string of horses as owner, his approach switched, somewhat, from timber to

Irv Naylor’s Rawnaq is one of his three Eclipse Award champions. Naylor says the IRS played a hand in changing the focus of his powerhouse stable from timber to hurdles, ‘because they said I needed to show a profit.’

He’s done more than that, winning six of the last eight National Steeplechase Association leading owner titles and setting a new single-season record for earnings.

hurdles. “The IRS told me I needed to earn money,” he said with a laugh. “They consider timber racing a hobby, which makes it ironic that one of my first good horses was named Tax Ruling.”

Leading owner six of the past seven years, Naylor’s plan clearly worked, amassing more earnings in a single season ever in National Steeplechase Association history.

“I still love the training aspect of it,” he said, noting that he often watches the horses train at his Maryland farm. “Cyril will come up to the house and tell me when he’s sending a set out to school so I can come down and watch them go.

“At the root level, it’s the love of competitive horses that drives this sport.”

He called Murphy a “vital cog in our wheel of success. He’s good at finding talented horses, and great at training them. He’s very savvy, I figure he’s thinking about horses 24 hours a day.”

Naylor believes horses have been, and will be, an integral part of his life. “I’ve forgotten the names of old girlfriends and wives,” he told This Is Horse Racing. “But I remember my first pony’s name.

His name was ‘Oats,’ but I couldn’t pronounce that word. I was very young. So we ended up calling him ‘Erz.’ That pony never missed a dinner. But I still remember him. It made an impression.”

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Did they know what they’d started?

First Virginia Gold Cup recorded in hometown newspaper

By John Toler The tradition of foxhunting in Fauquier County dates to the late 18th century, so the 1922 creation of the Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase was no surprise to those in Virginia’s Hunt Country.

Flat races were held at White Sulphur Springs — near the present-day Springs Club — in the 1830s, jump races added in 1844.

By 1875, the contest at the Springs was called “the best Steeplechase in America.”

The effort to organize the first Virginia Gold Cup — originally called the Virginia Hunt Cup — began in spring, 1922. Founders included Henry C. Groome, of Airlie; W.S. Sowers, G.B. Stone, E. A. Cooper, T.L. Evans J.A.C. Mason, E. W. Winmill, Richard Wallach, James K. Maddux, Capt. Sterling Larrabee. Raymond Belmont and Fletcher Harper.

It was originally planned the race was would be held on the course at Oakwood, the Larrabee estate in the hills northwest of Warrenton, and on part of the adjacent Hugh Ramey property.

It was originally scheduled to be run on Tuesday, April 18, 1922, so as not to conflict with other races running that spring. But that would change. `At a meeting the committee held April 3, 1922 at the Fauquier Club on Culpeper Street, it was decided that the race would swap to Saturday, May 6, and the name of the meet changed to the Virginia Gold Cup. The Virginia Hunt Cup designation was assigned to the four-mile timber race.

After winning the 1975 Gold Cup, owner Paul Mellon, jockey Paddy Neilson and trainer Ridgely White read an ‘early edition’ of the Fauquier Democrat printed up special by publisher, and race director, Russell Arundel as a publicity stunt. He printed newspapers with a headline for each of the entrants that year so that connections for any horse that won could pose for this shot.

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From the beginning, the Gold Cup was not intended to be just a local contest, but to feature a card that would draw entries from among the best hunters in the nation.

It was established that the gold trophy would be presented to the owner who won the Cup race three times. Groome selected the design of the trophy, and money was raised — $1,000 — to purchase it from the Washington, D.C. jewelry firm of Harris and Shafer. It was also decided that an individual cup should also be awarded to the owner of the winner.

Winmill donated the first cup.

Six lined up on race day. As reported in the Fauquier Democrat, “Irish Laddie, owned

by Katherine Elkins Hitt of Middleburg and ridden by Arthur White, won the first Virginia Gold Cup. Stilts, owned by Bedminster Stables and ridden by Lucien Keith Jr., ran second, and Mrs. Waugh Glascock’s Page Brook with Blakely Lodge up, third.”

“The Gold Cup Association would have preferred that the trophy remain in the hands of one of its Fauquier residents, but nonetheless, the first race was a total success,” wrote Bill Myzk in The History and Origins of the Virginia Gold Cup (1987).

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Gold Cup top prize: $100,000 Retiring the trophy: priceless.

By Betsy Burke Parker Throughout history a trophy has been an emblem of valiant victory. After winning a battle, soldiers traditionally requisitioned a portion of enemy armor, or perhaps a body part as token of triumph.

Trophies of today are easier to stomach, though no less difficult to win.

Of all sporting prizes — a Super Bowl ring, the Masters green jacket, the Cy Young award — soccer’s top trophy is the most valuable. FIFA’s World Cup — a tall, golden statue valued at $20 million — is so precious that the original Jules Rimet Trophy was stolen, twice. It was recovered the first time, but was lost for good in 1970, resulting in the adoption of the new trophy in 1974.

By comparison, the golden goblet that’s the Virginia Gold Cup challenge trophy is worth mid-five figures, but winning the timber classic, trophy committee chair Charlie Seilheimer said, is priceless.

“Eight Gold Cups have been retired” after three, or — now — five victories by the same owner, Seilheimer explained. It need not be with the same horse, Seilheimer said, nor in succession, but the lovely, and historic, golden trophies are given to owners who are clearly devoted to the sport of steeplechasing and supporting it over years, often generations.

“We hated to lose the (eighth) Gold Cup last year,” Seilheimer said,” but we were thrilled who it went to.” Seilheimer called Naylor’s fifth victory as winning owner last year, “retiring the most beautiful of all the Gold Cup trophies, I

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“This one was made in Russia, from gold ingots that came from the California Gold Rush,” he said. “No greater guy in steeplechasing could have won this trophy. Irv Naylor is a fabulous

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“He was appropriately excited to take the trophy home (to Maryland.) We’re sorry to see the trophy go, but we’re happy to know who won it.”

Winning owner, trainer and rider in each race are given permanent possession of what awards committee co-chair Wayne Eastham called “keepers,” small trophies that are often useful items such as engraved silver picture frames, water pitchers or pewter trays, in addition to traditional julep cups. They’re created, Gold Cup Association executive director Diane Jones said,

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The unusual trophy was found in a London was purchased by committee member Robert pawn shop just after World War II. Winmill in London in 1926. Fashioned in 1802, Hume horseman and foxhunter Zeke Ferguthe 15-inch tall gold goblet was on display at Warrenton’s Fauquier National Bank branch for weeks son won permanent possession of the elaborate trophy in 1967 when his Fauquier-bred Leeds before the 1925 race.

Don won his third Gold Cup — first horse to post The Winmill trophy was retired a few years three in a row. later, in 1933 by Summer Pingree, then when The race association set about finding a sixth won for a third time in 1940 by Mrs. Frank challenge cup, Gould, the comtrophy committee mittee purchased chairman Fredrik a magnificent, Wachtmeister historic trophy identifying the from Hammer perfect prize Galleries in in an antique New York City. jewelry store Once part of the in England in imperial silver early 1968. collection of Tsar Hallmarks on the Nikolas II of gold-plated silver Russia, according cup indicate it to engraving on was crafted by the base, the trosilversmiths phy was first won Digby Scott and by a horse named Benjamin Smith Ruler in 1795. in 1796. A racing A fifth Virginia scene engraved Gold Cup was on the side deput into competition in 1954 PHOTO BY DOUGLAS LEES picts jockey attire characteristic of after Christopher Jack Fisher won his fifth Gold Cup in 1998, retiring the seventh late 18th century Greer retired the challenge cup for Saluter’s owner Ann Stern. racing. fourth trophy Seventeen in 1953. The years later, Dr. Joseph Rogers’ Constantine new one, a thistle-shaped octagonal goblet, was retired the cup for his Leesburg physician owner bought from the Park Bernet Gallery in New in 1984. It was the final running of the Virginia York — now known as Sotheby’s. It was fashGold Cup at historic Broadview. ioned from gold nuggets mined during the 1849 In new quarters at Great Meadow for the 1985 California Gold Rush. It is inscribed with a bald running, course creator Nick Arundel in 1992 deeagle, the Royal Arms of Britain, allegorical cided to up the ante, raising from three to five the figures including Liberty, racehorses, hunting number of wins to retire the cup. Many thought it hounds and game animals, and the word “Calicouldn’t be done. fornia” inscribed on the lower rim.

Retiring in style: Virginia Gold Cup challenge trophy winners 1. Katherine Hitt: 1922 — Irish Laddie, 1923 — Oddity, 1925 — John Bunny 2. Summer Pingree: 1930 — Soissons, 1933 — Melita II, 1934 — The Prophet 3. Mrs. Frank Gould: 1937 — Ostend, 1938 — Ostend, 1940 — Black Sweep 4. Christopher Greer Jr.: 1941 — Golden, 1946 — Houseman, 1953 — Rayquick 5. Zeke Ferguson: 1965, 1966, 1967 — Leeds Don 6. Joe Rogers: 1972 — King of Spades, 1982 — Private Gary, 1984 — Constantine 7. Ann Stern: 1994-1998 — Saluter 8. Irv Naylor: 2002 — Make Me A Champ, 2007 — Salmo, 2009 — Salmo, 2016 — Ebanour, 2017 — Ebanour They hadn’t met Saluter.

Ann Stern’s powerful Virginia-bred might light of the challenge just a few years later, winning every Gold Cup from 1994-1998 and retiring the seventh challenge trophy.

The race committee went back in time for the next challenge trophy, purchasing the Russian-crafted trophy from Zeke Ferguson’s estate.

It looked like it may not happen ever again, but in 2017 Ebanour claimed the cup with a fifth victory for his Maryland owner. At press time, Seilheimer said “the awards committee was very close” to obtaining a replacement challenge trophy for the classic race. “This is Virginia’s biggest prize,” he said. “It has to be just the right one.”

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Ode to the Thoroughbred An original poem by the late Paul Mellon, championship racehorse owner and breeder, and an avid rider.

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And I have seen the thrilling pace Of many a cutthroat steeplechase And watched with breath and mind suspended until a classic race has ended.

For those high days can end in pain, Or in a bottle of champagne.

So if the downward course is steep Where smoke and flames and devils leap I’ll hope I’m on a hellish steed Running his heart out with no need For voice or spurs or flailing whip To guarantee he gets the trip.

But if about the sixteenth pole God should have mercy on my soul, I hope He’ll raise me to the clouds Above the grandstand and the crowds And there I’ll take my ease, and wait Behind the pearly starting gate.

And long before I break God’s bread Or buy a halo for my head Or sink into a starry bed Or say the prayers I should have said Before the donuts, rolls, or coffees,

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So when old Gabriel’s golden horn Echoes from cloud to cloud each morn And “It is post time” rings out clear I will be ready with my gear; My horse and I will not be late (Though I’ll be slightly overweight).

Then free from every mortal sin (Including Butazolidin!)

We’ll gallop through celestial fields Where neither mist nor mud conceals The graceful movements of the horse, The wide and green and endless course.

Though some may think and I’ll agree That only God can make a tree, Before God thought of trees, it’s said, His mind was on the Thoroughbred.

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