Colonial Cup Weekend will offer more than thrilling steeplechase racing and time-honored traditions, with two special fundraising events supporting The Steeplechase Fund, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to assisting steeplechase horsemen in need. The festivities begin on Thursday, November 19, with a charitable golf tournament held in memory of jockey Roddy McKenzie, honoring his legacy while…

©Tod Marks A great day for McKenna, Elliott, Kennedy, and Del Rio Continuing where he left off last year, Irish trainer Gordon Elliott captured two of the five jump races including the biggest prize, the $300,000 American Grand National (Grade 1) with his shipper Western Fold. Elliott’s number-one jockey, Jack Kennedy, who won with four…

©Tod Marks Noah and the Ark upends Keys Discount; Dead heat in the Will O’Keefe For a year and a half Dolly Fisher’s Keys Discount was invincible, winning eight consecutive stakes by substantial margins. The seven-year-old Maryland-bred son of Medal Count faced a newcomer to the timber scene at Saturday’s Virginia Fall Races in Middleburg,…