NSA: Virginia, Delaware Host 11 Races On Mother’s Day Weekend
Storm Team won the Middleburg race by nine lengths. Belfast Banter is a Grade 1 winner and a 2021 Cheltenham Festival winner. The Semmes will be held at 2.3 miles. The field is expected to be four. There are also Upland Partners' Shootist, Sharon Sheppard's Redicean, and CFC Stables' Going Country. Bodes Well won a 27-length score in the Alfred Hunt Steeplethon in Middleburgh last month. He broke his maiden at Tryon and captured a non-winners of two allowance at Middleberg.
The 44th Winterthur Point-to-Point is taking place on Sunday. The traditional four-race card starts at 2 p.m. and includes the Alison Hershbell pony races at noon. There's also a parade of Foxhounds, antique carriages, tailgate picnic competition and stick pony racing for the youngest fans. Winter Thurber is located on 1,000 acres of protected meadows, woodlands, ponds, and waterways north of Wilmington. Henry Francis du Pont was the owner of Winterth, a 175-room mansion.
