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Home > Sports > Foxfield, Middleburg Hunt races this week

Foxfield, Middleburg Hunt races this week

The Virginia steeplechase circuit heads south to Charlottesville for Saturday's Foxfield Spring Races, returning to Glenwood Park Sunday for the Middleburg Hunt Point-to-Point.

Foxfield post time is 1:30 p.m. for the first of six races. Headlining the National Steeplechase Association-sanctioned meet is the $25,000 Van Clief memorial, newly penned as a filly and mare hurdle, a series that has proven popular with NSA trainers. Rounding out the card are maiden races over hurdles and timber, an amateur hurdle, and a training turf.

Purses total $80,000.

Complete entries can be viewed online at www.nationalsteeplechase.com. Ticket details are at (434) 293-9501.

Sunday's point-to-point post time is 1 p.m. for the first of seven races. The featured Middleburg Bowl open timber is the day's sixth race (post time 3:30 p.m.) Other races on the program include amateur and maiden hurdles, and novice, maiden and open turf.

Complete entries are online at www.centralentryoffice.com. Call (540) 687-6069 for ticket information.



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