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By Tod Marks A pair of stakes featuring veteran timber jumpers 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 steeplechase in the Empire State outside of the NYRA flat tracks, three races worth a collective $50,000 have been carded, all…

By Tod Marks Once again shouldering top weight – and conceding 20 to 22 pounds to his far less accomplished rivals – Bruton Street-US’ Snap Decision emerges from lengthy downtime on Thursday, seeking to avenge two previous losses in the $150,000 2 ½-mile Lonesome Glory handicap hurdle stakes on opening day of the Belmont at…

The National Steeplechase Association’s summer season reaches its crescendo this week with the $150,000 Jonathan Sheppard at Saratoga.

Triton Rise scores in career debut for Foley and Fout; “Bear” roars in handicap, giving Dunne first NSA win.

By Tod Marks The National Steeplechase Association’s summer season continues this week with four hurdle races, three from Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va., and the $75,000 Jonathan Kiser novice stakes at Saratoga. At Saratoga on Wednesday, a highly competitive field of eight is expected to face NYRA starter Hector Soler in the Kiser, at…

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.

$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.

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.

The jumpers head to Tennessee for the richest and most significant meet of the Spring, while opportunities abound for apprentice riders in Pennsylvania.