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Retired trainer Peter Howe, one of just four people to train an American champion over jumps and on the flat, and the father of Colonial Downs vice president of racing Jill Byrne, died Thursday night in Charlottesville, Va. He was 83.

Sixty-three races, $1.9 million in purses up for grabs in NSA fall season. The kickoff begins this week with a pair of major stakes featuring major stars at Aqueduct, marking the sport’s return to the Big A for the first time in nearly half a century.

Achuff, who served as race director of the Radnor Hunt Races, was a lifelong horseman, and made an imprint on the sport as a jockey and racecaller for Equibase.

Sad news to report from the steeplechase community. Daniel M Smithwick Jr., better known as “Speedy,” passed away on April 23 in Middleburg, Va.

The crown jewel of American steeplechasing will receive a $100,000 purse bump as part of an initiative to encourage international participation on a blockbuster, all-stakes day to be telecast around the globe.