A unique perspective from the 2013 Maryland Hunt Cup

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Equipped with a GoPro cam, Sun photojournalist Karl Merton Ferron offers this unconventional perspective from the 117th running of the Maryland Hunt Cup.

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By Nelson Coffin, Baltimore Sun Media Group
10:04 p.m. EDT, April 28, 2013

Mark Beecher gave a thumbs-up sign and flashed a wide grin as he entered the paddock following the 117th running of the Maryland Hunt Cup on a warm and sunny afternoon in Worthington Valley on April 27.

Yet a bit of a grimace could also be detected on the the face 27-year-old native of County Waterford, Ireland as he dismounted from Professor Maxwell, the winner in 8:57.3 by one-and-a-half lengths over Sand Box Rules over the 4-mile, 22-fence steeplechase course generally regarded as the most arduous of its kind in the world.

Guts for Garters finished third in the 12-horse race.

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