Charlottesville’s horse lovers can get a leg up on viewers across the country by seeing a new equine documentary and thanking folks who stay ahead of the pack in conservation efforts.
Before “Thoroughbred,” a new film by Paul Wagner, is shown nationally on PBS starting May 5, there will be a screening Thursday at the Paramount Theater. It will be followed by a discussion with the Academy Award-winning filmmaker and well-known Kentucky breeder Arthur B. Hancock III.
The Farmington Hunt Club is presenting the film in celebration of winning the 2011 Master of Foxhounds Association’s Habitat Conservation Award for protecting and conserving open space and wildlife habitat. The hunt club, which counts more than 65,000 acres in Albemarle, Greene and Fluvanna counties in its territory, has worked hard to preserve land for future generations.
Albemarle County foxhunter John “J.B.” Birdsall and Farmington Hunt Club masters Carol Easter, Joy Crompton and W. Patrick Butterfield accepted the honor Jan. 28 at the Union Club in New York City. It joins a short list of Virginia hunt clubs to receive the award — Orange County, Blue Ridge and Piedmont.
Birdsall has worked to obtain conservation easements to protect open spaces and family land and has encouraged friends and neighbors to do the same. He also lobbied for tax law changes to make it easier for landowners to participate.
Admission is $16.50, $11 for horse fans ages 18 and younger. There’s even a $75 VIP ticket that includes a C&O-catered reception with Birdsall and his family; Wagner and his wife, Ellen; Hancock and his wife, Staci; and D.G. Van Clief, former director of the Breeders Cup, and his wife, Trish.
Part of the proceeds will benefit the Piedmont Environmental Council. For tickets, call 979-1333.
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