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Another from my memory archive series

Steeplechase Day

THE RACE

In a rural 
    country vale
Aylesbury's forgotten tale

a steeplechase
       from memory  long gone
the four mile hunt 
     from Waddesdon

Twenty  
     weighed in at the White Hart
the old windmill
   .. the place to start
riders famous & the well-heeled
racing across
         ditch &field.

each carrying
      twelve stone seven
the starters flag
      dropped  at exactly eleven

across brook spinney &
      the Thame
seeking the prize pot & fame

in long furlong field 
    the leaders showed
to the roars 
    from the turnpike road
the well backed grey 
became the toast
  winning
     by a length
     at
the red flagged post

 Year Posted 2007
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