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I’VE JUST SPOTTED A BELGIAN DELIGHT

Xander Brett takes a trip to Belgium to watch the Prijs Baron Casier

Jockeys before mounting for the Grote Steeplechase van Vlaanderen

Belgium, let’s face it, isn’t renowned for its thoroughbred heritage. But for one day a year, in late August, the nation makes an exception. In the Flemish town of Waregem, I’m watching the Prijs Baron Casier behind white wooden posts, at the far end of a right-handed steeplechase course.
Changing my viewing position for today’s feature, the Grote Steeplechase van Vlaanderen, I’ll cheer as 2023’s edition is t...

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