Graham Watters won the Middleburg Hunt Cup on Keys Discount. Then he won the Temple Gwathmey on Snap Decision, their fourth together. A horse who transcends the sport, you can say you were there. And then the Irish-born jockey hit the ground in the next, then the air in a helicopter and the emergency room at Inova Fairfax. A couple of minor breaks, a good good sense of a humor and hopefully discharge papers this afternoon. Everything in racing – life – is relative.
Jhirsch won the training flat race while Awakened and Zabeel Champion knocked off some rust at Middleburg. Queens Empire jumped well and ran well to finish third in the Grand National Potus jumped poorly and lost a shoe in the allowance timber.
Riverdee is back in action at Morven Park today. With hopes for our horses and thoughts for our jockeys. Especially Watters.
