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trustee, wanted to make the community more aware of the museum and garden. When fellow trustee Julian Boyd suggested a steeplechase race, Layton saw it as a perfect fit.
The first race was held on May 6, 1979. It was a small, casual affair with no cash prizes, only silver trophies modeled after early American silver in the Winterthur collection. Today, Point-to-Point at Winterthur is known for its grand tailgate picnics, high-stepping carriage horses and stylish Rolls-Royces.
When the Delaware Legislature passed
a law in 2006 that allowed Winterthur to offer cash purses, Point-to-Point became sanctioned by the National Steeplechase Association. Today the course is a challenging 1.5-mile figure-eight run
twice over 17 timber fences. Races
include the Isabella du Pont Sharp Memorial ($10,000 purse), the Winterthur Bowl ($20,000 purse), the Vicmead Plate ($10,000 purse) and the Middletown Cup.
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Lafite—aka Flip Flop—and his owner, Liza Horan, were having a great round at Fair Hill International when an accident mid-course led to a strange chain of events
Dr. Maia Aitken of Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center.
and potentially life-threatening injuries for the 12-year-old warm-blood gelding. “Something very bizarre happened,” recalls Horan, who trains at Ironwood Ranch in Lompoc, Calif., and made
the trip to Maryland with three horses. “The jump was pretty straightforward,
and I thought I had a good shot as far as my approach and continued on page 19
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