Posts by National Steeplechase Association
Ground Conditions Force Cancellation of 2024 Steeplechase of Charleston presented by Lexus
(Hollywood, SC) – Out of deep concern for the safety of our equine and human athletes, Steeplechase of Charleston presented by Lexus, announces the cancellation of this year’s event originally scheduled for Sunday, November 10, 2024, at Stono Ferry Racetrack in Hollywood, SC. The prolonged drought in our region has left the ground overly hard,…
Read MoreSnap Decision finally gets his ‘Grand’ moment
Snap Decision © Tod Marks After six seasons of scintillating performances that included 15 victories (13 stakes) facing top-flight competition, Bruton Street-US’ Snap Decision finally landed the biggest prize that had eluded him, the $250,000 American Grand National at Far Hills. With the hard-fought victory on Saturday — his first in four tries in the…
Read MoreStage set for steeplechasing’s “Grand” day
Large Crowd at Far Hills 2023 © Tod Marks American steeplechase racing’s crowning day features a six-race, all-stakes lineup and $720,000 in prize money. The races will be broadcast nationally on America’s Day at the Races on Fox Sports. First race post time is 12:50 p.m. They don’t call the Far Hills Races steeplechasing’s championship…
Read MoreMystic Strike, Withoutmoreado, Super Chunk star in action-packed Saturday Timber features top Geneseo, Middleburg
Mystic Strike and Hard Strike at Virginia Fall © Tod Marks A pair of timber stakes and the newly minted Will O’Keefe stakes for freshmen hurdlers highlighted Saturday’s 11-race doubleheader in Virginia and New York. At Glenwood Park in Middleburg… Mystic Strike prevails in battle of the ages Two grand old men of timber racing,…
Read MoreTimber features top Geneseo, Middleburg
Schoodic leads over last in National Sporting Library & Museum Cup © Tod Marks A pair of timber stakes featuring veteran jumpers – and a new feature honoring a beloved racecaller – headline this Saturday’s National Steeplechase Association doubleheader in New York and Virginia. At the Genesee Valley Hunt Races in Geneseo, N.Y., the only…
Read MoreSebastopol upends Snap Decision; Fisher’s double ties him with Young; Watters sets earnings record
Sebastopol © Tod Marks Sunday’s seven-race card at Foxfield in Charlottesville, Va., showcased a whirlwind of National Steeplechase talent, including many runners prepping for major fall events. In the marquee race of the day, the $75,000 Grade 3 Mariann De Tejada Memorial handicap, Hall of Fame conditioner Jack Fisher saddled four of the six entrants,…
Read MoreVirginia Gold Cup Association Statement
The National Steeplechase Association (NSA), the national governing body for jump racing, has revoked the sanction for the running of the 2024 International Gold Cup at Great Meadow, scheduled to run on October 26. The NSA has deemed the Great Meadow racecourse to be “in disrepair and unsafe.” Without the NSA sanction, the races cannot continue…
Read MoreJanon Fisher III, champion steeplechase rider, dies
Janon Fisher III, a champion steeplechase rider and horse trainer, died of heart failure Sept. 9 at his Freeland home. He was 90. Born and raised in Baltimore, Mr. Fisher grew up fox hunting and training horses with his father, Janon Fisher Jr. His mother was Margie James Fisher. He attended Gilman School until the…
Read MoreVirginia Fall Races 70th Anniversary Meet to Honor Longtime Race Director and Announcer with $50,000 Will O’Keefe Memorial Hurdle Stakes
MIDDLEBURG, Va., September 6, 2024— The Virginia Fall Races will honor longtime race meet director and voice of Virginia steeplechasing, Will O’Keefe, with the inaugural running of the Will O’Keefe Memorial, a $50,000 hurdle stakes for three-year-olds, at Glenwood Park on Oct. 12. The hurdle feature offers the first stakes opportunity for the three-year-old class…
Read MoreNSA owner Lewis Wiley of Gordonsdale Farm passes
Lewis Wiley, a respected horseman, cattle farmer, and long-time Fauquier County, Va., resident, died Aug. 11 at age 86 at his family’s Gordonsdale Farm in The Plains, Va. Gordonsdale campaigned numerous horses including steeplechaser Canyon Road (pictured), who was multiple stakes placed over timber for trainer Chris Kolb. Wiley lived at the farm, which his…
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