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Robert Redd at the Foxfield Spring Races
Robert Redd was a great patron of horse races and we're proud to continue the tradition, therefore:
REDD is honored to announce that it will be part of the 2012 Foxfield Spring Races!
This year, REDD will be located in two areas: The Darden Tent and a sales booth in the Purple Sponsorship area.
While you wait for this year's race, check out the 2010 Robert Redd at Foxfield video.
If you cannot wait until April 28th for the Foxfield Race to get a new REDD, enjoy 20% off all REDD products today using promotional code "ff2012" during checkout.
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REDD is proud to present this two-minute video, directed by Charlottesville filmmaker Johnny St. Ours, featuring footage of the 2010 Foxfield Spring Races...as seen through the eyes of Robert Redd! Click on the link below to access the video on our facebook page:
Link to video
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With only three days remaining until the 2010 Foxfield Spring Races, we wanted to make sure you're up to date on the deals we're offering up to the event date. As this year's main sponsor of the races, Robert Redd, LLC will be offering 20% off all products purchased using "foxfield" as the promotional code during checkout. (Code has expired)
In addition, we're offering several Foxfield ticket packages with the following incentives for various price levels:
All packages include a Foxfield admission ticket and a wristband that will give you access to the REDD VIP tent. Just enter "Foxfield Ticket" in the Delivery Notes field on the checkout page to let us know about your interest.
From all of us on the REDD team, thank you for your business! We look forward to seeing you this Saturday for a glorious day at the races.
Godspeed, and with future adventures in mind--
REDD
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Robert Redd, LLC is honored and delighted to announce that it will serve as the main sponsor to the 2010 Foxfield Spring Races. And we at REDD like to believe that the partnership would have made Robert proud. Although he passed before having a chance to witness the first Foxfield race in 1978, Robert Redd was a great patron of the steeplechase, having attended hundreds of races in America and Europe in his lifetime—and according to legend, winning a small fortune doing so.
Needless to say, we are pleased to carry on the tradition. So what does this mean for you, the customer and/or Foxfield patron? First and foremost, we'll be offering 20% off on all REDD products up through the day of the event—just use the promo code "foxfield" on our checkout page. Simple, right?
Of course, part of the fun of attending Foxfield—or any steeplechase race, for that matter—is figuring out what to wear. You already know that the standard get-up for a gentleman at the races includes a collar and tie, but if you're looking to distinguish yourself, one of our classic REDD knits will be more than sufficient. We've picked out some colors below that are best suited to the event—check them out at our official Foxfield page, and keep an eye on that space for future developments.
Looking for us at the races? On race day, you can find us at the following locations:
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As we approach the thick of the 2010 spring steeplechase season, we at REDD would like to offer our readers a brief primer on the history of the storied horse race—especially as it pertains to Virginian culture—for your heightened enjoyment of the weeks ahead.
History
The Steeplechase is a form of horse racing originating in Ireland circa 1752, the first case of which is said to have been initiated due to a wager between Messrs. Edmund Blake and Cornelius O'Callaghan, consisting of a 6km. cross-country jaunt from Buttevant Church to St. Leger Church in Doneraile, a town in County Cork. Subsequent early races occurred over country until 1810, which saw the first steeplechase on a prepared track take place in Bedlam, North Yorkshire.
According to the Virginia Steeplechase Association, American steeplechase racing evolved out of the custom of foxhunting, but as an organized sport, it "owes its life" to the efforts of nine men from New York who chartered the National Steeplechase Association on February 15, 1895. Early meets included races on Long Island, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.
Over a century later, the custom of a few has grown into an international pastime—occurring in 12 states, annually offering $4 million in total purses, and beloved by millions of people.
The Elements of the Chase
The Steeplechase takes its name from the custom, during the first races, of orienting the course in alignment with the local church steeple. Essentially, the Steeplechase is an equestrian obstacle course, involving the clearing of ditches and hurdles. In the United States, steeplechasing—also known as jumps racing—takes two forms: firstly, Hurdles racing, the fences of which stand at 4ft. 6in. tall at the highest point, comprised of a synthetic "brush" that provides little resistance to a horse that fails to clear it; secondly, Timber racing, in which the hurdles consist of wooden rail fences—more hazardous in that a collision is likely to bring a horse to a complete stop. Hurdles racing is more broadly practiced along the east coast, but Timber racing, perhaps due to its higher stakes, also lays claim to a number of high-prestige races, including The Colonial Cup in South Carolina; The Maryland Hunt Cup; last, but certainly not least, The Virginia and International Gold Cup in Old Tavern Virginia—which arguably serves as the climax to the fall and spring racing seasons in the Commonwealth.
Virginian Legacy
Steeplechasing in Virginia has developed into a unique (but by no means insular) racing culture. Typically beginning in mid-February with the Casanova Hunt Point to Point in Warrenton—although sadly, the Casanova will not take place in 2010—the racing season follows through the Blue Ridge Hunt in Berryville, then on to The Warrenton Hunt, a series Piedmont Fox Hounds races, and a series of point-to-point and hunter pace races: Bull Run Hunt in Culpeper, Orange County Hunt in Middleburg, Piedmont Fox Hounds in Upperville—and of course, the Foxfield Spring Races in Charlottesville.
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