🌱 How a Middleburg farm helped launch a champion racehorse’s rise
Middleburg, Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Middleburg! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Middleburg farm helped launch a champion racehorse’s rise
Also on today's calendar: Rock Painting at the Chapman DeMary Trail! and 1 more event.
Today's riddle: What has a neck but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Clouds yielding to sun, with a high of 82 and low of 65 degrees.
- Sunday: A stray afternoon t-shower, temps: high: 88, low: 67. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Partly sunny, hot and humid, with a high of 90 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Gracie Bloodstock Well Represented in Saratoga Grade 1s (bloodhorse.com) — Middleburg gets a spotlight through horseman Chris Gracie, who moved his bloodstock operation here to capitalize on Virginia’s certification program for racehorses. His Middleburg-based work helped shape champion sprinter Book’em Danno, now defending his Grade 1 title at Saratoga while other Virginia-certified runners he’s connected to compete across the Mid-Atlantic. 
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Rock Painting at the Chapman DeMary Trail! →
Chapman DeMary Trail, 355 N Hatcher Ave, Purcellville
1:00 pm
Sunday August 30
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Other local events
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Friday Night Free Swim & Pizza →
Middleburg Community Center, 300 W Washington St, Middleburg
5:00 pm -
Bryson Tiller →
Jiffy Lube Live, 7800 Cellar Door Dr, Bristow
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Treaty Oak Revival →
Jiffy Lube Live, 7800 Cellar Door Dr, Bristow
7:00 pm
Friday September 4
Thursday September 10
Friday September 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Saturday Movie Party at the Library
Haymarket Gainesville Neighborhood Library Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Communi
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Align + Restore: Sound Bath + Reiki (Copy) — juliebatchos.com →
Alyn Wellness Studio, 4372 Old Tavern Rd, The Plains
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Read by Dawn
Haymarket Gainesville Neighborhood Library Haymarket Gainesville Library -
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HG Tech Help
Haymarket Gainesville Neighborhood Library Haymarket Gainesville Library -
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Adventure Time for Adults
Haymarket Gainesville Neighborhood Library Haymarket Gainesville Library -
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English Conversation-Adults
Haymarket Gainesville Neighborhood Library Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Group S
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Quilting with Haymarket Quilters Unlimited
Haymarket Gainesville Neighborhood Library Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Communi
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Mahjong Game Club
Haymarket Gainesville Neighborhood Library Haymarket Gainesville Library - Haymarket Gainesville Communi
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Books on Tap @ Great Mane Brewery
Haymarket Gainesville Neighborhood Library Haymarket Gainesville Library -
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Sunday August 30
Monday August 31
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Thursday September 3
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🗞 Nearby News
Purcellville
- A Scenic, Historic Horse Farm Is on the Market in Purcellville (northernvirginiamag.com)
- Search Intensifies For Missing, Endangered Purcellville Woman, 81, Gone Since Sunday (dailyvoice.com)
- Truth is part of our heritage. We need to rediscover it. (pressherald.com)
Haymarket
- A new leader in the saddle: Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center names new executive director (insidenova.com)
- Obituaries 8-28-26 (rockawave.com)
Ashburn
- Loudoun Officials Seek Public Input On New Data Center Rules (patch.com)
- Construction Underway On New Loudoun County Recycling Center (patch.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A bottle (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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