©Tod Marks Maryland and Virginia take center stage for this weekend’s National Steeplechase Association stops. In Glyndon, 10 horses are expected to face the starter for the 129th Maryland Hunt Cup, America’s oldest, longest, and most challenging timber race. Meanwhile hurdlers will be spotlighted at Foxfield in Charlottesville, where $240,000 in purses are on the…

©Tod Marks The National Steeplechase Association passed the mid-Spring mark last weekend with 15 races spread across three meets in three states worth $460,000. There was action at all levels of the sport, from claimers to stakes, over hurdles and timber, with multiple opportunities for veterans and newbies. Three stakes highlighted the schedule. At Glenwood…

©Great Meadow Foundation  WARRENTON, Va., April 23, 2026—When the 101st Virginia Gold Cup races get underway on Saturday, May 2, horses will be running on an improved racecourse, thanks to the Great Meadow Foundation. A year ago, Great Meadow Foundation set out to improve the capacity of their irrigation system for the racecourse and drilled…

©Tod Marks Glenwood Park hosts stars and stakes action at the Middleburg Spring Races on Saturday with an eight-race $300,000 card, anchored by the talent-laden $100,000 Temple Gwathmey stakes and $30,000 Middleburg Hunt Cup, marking the return of timber champion Keys Discount. The Grade 2 Gwathmey handicap hurdle, at 2 ½ miles, is shaping up…

©Tod Marks For the second straight year, Harvey Goolsby. Achsah O’Donovan, and Daniel Colhoun’s Bogey’s Image finished first in the $50,000 My Lady’s Manor timber stakes in Monkton, Md. But after a lengthy steward’s inquiry, Bogey’s Image — the 6 3/4-length winner — was disqualified and placed last because his jockey, Teddy Davies, weighed under…