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88 years of History, Tradition & Racing. The Carolina Cup Racing Association (CCRA) is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (4) organization first organized in 1963 by Mrs. Marion duPont Scott. The purpose of the association is to manage the Springdale Race Course property as a training center for race horses and as a staging ground for race meets ...
17. Nov. 2017 · Built in 1929, the steeplechase course encircles a 100-acre field that includes the flat track. The steeplechase course consists of seven jumps over timber and brush hurdles; at Montpelier, the latter are actually living hedges, unique in Virginia. After Marion du Pont Scott’s death in 1983, the more perilous timber was introduced.
18. Jan. 2024 · Scott married his childhood friend Marion duPont later that year, but she mostly still lived across the country; his relationship with Grant continued through to and beyond Scott’s 1939 divorce.
History of the Center. Virginia Tech’s Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Virginia, was created in 1984 through a gift from the late Marion duPont Scott, the donation of 200 acres of land at Morven Park from the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, and contributions from the private sector for equipment purchases.
Vor 2 Tagen · Queen Elizabeth II and William Farish III (1984) Thoroughbred breeder and American businessman William S. Farish II. acquired the Camden Training Center property from the estate of Marion duPont Scott in 1985. Farish began breeding thoroughbred horses in 1979 after the purchase of 240 acres near Lexington, Kentucky—renaming the property Lane ...
12. Juli 2018 · Marion duPont Scott died on September 4, 1983. With over 55,000 horses having been treated in its 30 years as a hospital, the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medican Center (EMC) has seen its fair share of surgeries. The Equiery asked its readers to share some of their EMC success stories.
Mrs. Scott with the help of her brother, William duPont, Jr., transformed Montpelier into a first class Thoroughbred breeding and racing facility, building a state of the art steeplechase course and a flat training track. In 1929, Marion inaugurated the Montpelier Races and opened them to the public. As an owner, Mrs. Scott bred a series of winners from excellent Thoroughbred bloodlines. In ...
