Here's how you impress people at your International Gold Cup tailgate: Start polishing up on what is happening in the sport of steeplechasing.Last weekend Sonny Via's Good Night Shirt came off a 45 day vacation to win the inaugural Lonesome Glory Stakes at Belmont Park. Yes, that's the same Belmont where they run the third and final leg of flat racing's Triple Crown. The Vias are nice people who live in Free Union down by Charlottesville.
Lonesome Glory was a champion steeplechaser who had his retirement party right here at Great Meadow (stuff like that wows 'em every time, you know the details!).
The race had a purse of $168,400, so folks were taking it rather seriously. Ernie Oare's EMO Stables' Orison finished second. Mr. Oare is also a nice man and he lives in Warrenton, the quaint little town just down the road from Great Meadow.
A horse named Preemptive Strike was third.
You can make up the rest. Who's gonna know?
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On your way to Gold Cup 10/20 take a break in the Village of Aldie (5 miles east of Middleburg on Rt. 50).
The 40th annual Aldie Day Harvest Festival has music, food, antiques and bathrooms! 100% of proceeds go to charity.
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