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Colonial Downs recap – July 21
Triton Rise scores in career debut for Foley and Fout; “Bear” roars in handicap, giving Dunne first NSA win.
Read MoreBelfast Banter springs 16-1 upset in Smithwick
After making seven starts in top-class U.S. company, Irv Naylor’s Belfast Banter broke through with his first National Steeplechase Association win – and did so emphatically – in Wednesday’s Grade 1 $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Stakes at Saratoga.
Read MoreNoah And The Ark totes high weight in European-flavored Smithwick
The 2023 Saratoga steeplechase season begins with a bang on Wednesday with the Grade 1 $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial handicap at 2 1/16 miles, a race that’s drawn a competitive field of nine as well as an international array of visiting riders.
Read MoreNSA summer kickoff set for Colonial Downs, Saratoga
$1.39 million in prize money is up for grabs in the National Steeplechase Association summer season at the flat tracks, which begins on Friday.
Read MoreRadnor recap
The two-month National Steeplechase Association spring season came to an end on Saturday with a card of mostly close finishes in the 92nd Radnor Hunt Races in Malvern, Pa.
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The curtain comes down on the National Steeplechase Association Spring season on Saturday with the 92st running of the Radnor Hunt Races in the picturesque Brandywine Valley of Chester County, Pa.
Read MoreIroquois, Willowdale recap
Scaramanga turns back Snap Decision, Bercasa celebrates special Mother’s Day, Tierney triples, and Kingsley has first training win with longtime partner Ed Swyer.
Read MoreIroquois, Willowdale preview
The jumpers head to Tennessee for the richest and most significant meet of the Spring, while opportunities abound for apprentice riders in Pennsylvania.
Read MoreVirginia Gold Cup, Winterthur recap
For the first time in a while, weather wasn’t front and center for the weekend’s races, and beautiful conditions provided the perfect backdrop for a Saturday’s Virginia Gold Cup card in The Plains and Sunday’s Winterthur Point to Point outside of Wilmington, Del.
Read MoreVirginia Gold Cup, Winterthur preview
After some rough patches of weather the past few weekends, it looks like the sun will come out for Saturday’s stakes-stacked Virginia Gold Cup Races and Sunday’s more laid back Winterthur timber card in Delaware.
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