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Middleburg Eccentric

Middleburg's Community Newspaper

Virginia Gold Cup

· From pages 14, 15, 16, 17 of the print edition
Cricket Bedford Morris, Zohar Ben-Dov & Louise Whitner · Maggie O. Bryant · Peggy and Melvin Poe · Diane Jones, Executive Director of the Gold Cup · Billy Howland Will O'Keefe- longtime Announcer of the Gold Cup · Leslie & Wayne Van Sant and daughter Beatrice · Brian Ferrell · Julie Iselin Diehl & (her Father) Oliver Iselin
Cricket Bedford Morris, Zohar Ben-Dov & Louise Whitner · Maggie O. Bryant · Peggy and Melvin Poe · Diane Jones, Executive Director of the Gold Cup · Billy Howland Will O'Keefe- longtime Announcer of the Gold Cup · Leslie & Wayne Van Sant and daughter Beatrice · Brian Ferrell · Julie Iselin Diehl & (her Father) Oliver Iselin
Allen and Jennifer Richards, Delaplane, staunch supporters of VA Gold Cup and lost in the tailgate party, enjoyed the races from their Packard, an antique classic. · Willie McCarthy and Saluda Sam, owned by Irvin S. Naylor, trained by William Meister, won the Steeplethon for their second consecutive year. · Local jump jockeys: Jeff Murphy (#5, Hockey Pop - 2nd) and Paddy Young (#4, Mr. Starr's Report - 3rd) race-ride on the national sanctioned circuit (NSA) as well as in point-to-points. · Christopher Chopek (DC), hostess Carline Chopek Polhemus (Orlean), Russell Grant and his mother Barbara de Portago (NYC) · Julie and Rob Banner celebrate Hot Rize's win in the Virginia Gold Cup · Holston Hall's Hot Rize and Willie McCarthy make the stretch drive en route to winning the Virginia Gold Cup Timber Stakes. · Willie McCarthy, currently #1 in National Steeplechase jockey standings, kisses the winning rider's trophy. · Shaundra Gallogly, Bonnie Gallogly, Caroline Chopek Polhemus, Christopher Chopek, Sara Huie, and Neil Polhemus · Frank Spano · Julius Pferd Jockeys, Jeff Murphy (#5, Hockey Pop - 2nd), John and Paddy Young (#4, Mr. Starr's Report - 3rd), Stacy's Report - Third · Houston Holds Hot Rize and Willie McCarthy quarter-stretch drive to the finish in winning the Virginia Gold Cup Timber Stakes.
Allen and Jennifer Richards, Delaplane, staunch supporters of VA Gold Cup and lost in the tailgate party, enjoyed the races from their Packard, an antique classic. · Willie McCarthy and Saluda Sam, owned by Irvin S. Naylor, trained by William Meister, won the Steeplethon for their second consecutive year. · Local jump jockeys: Jeff Murphy (#5, Hockey Pop - 2nd) and Paddy Young (#4, Mr. Starr's Report - 3rd) race-ride on the national sanctioned circuit (NSA) as well as in point-to-points. · Christopher Chopek (DC), hostess Carline Chopek Polhemus (Orlean), Russell Grant and his mother Barbara de Portago (NYC) · Julie and Rob Banner celebrate Hot Rize's win in the Virginia Gold Cup · Holston Hall's Hot Rize and Willie McCarthy make the stretch drive en route to winning the Virginia Gold Cup Timber Stakes. · Willie McCarthy, currently #1 in National Steeplechase jockey standings, kisses the winning rider's trophy. · Shaundra Gallogly, Bonnie Gallogly, Caroline Chopek Polhemus, Christopher Chopek, Sara Huie, and Neil Polhemus · Frank Spano · Julius Pferd Jockeys, Jeff Murphy (#5, Hockey Pop - 2nd), John and Paddy Young (#4, Mr. Starr's Report - 3rd), Stacy's Report - Third · Houston Holds Hot Rize and Willie McCarthy quarter-stretch drive to the finish in winning the Virginia Gold Cup Timber Stakes.

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