Race Recap

Project Two goes wire to wire in maiden hurdle; Pleasecallmeback avoids traffic, draws clear in maiden starter allowance

Call her one tough mare who just keeps getting better with age. Shadowfax Racing’s Down Royal, an eight-year-old with an impeccable resume, added a new accolade to her lofty list of accomplishments, with a come-from-behind win against six tough male foes in the $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Stakes at Saratoga on Wednesday: Grade 1 winner.

Call it a carbon copy of last week’s opener at Colonial Downs. In his patented front-running style, jockey Mark Watts gunned Carrington Holdings’ Hurtgen Forest to the lead of today’s $40,000 maiden special weights hurdle and never looked back.

In the first steeplechase of the National Steeplechase Association summer season, Carrington Holdings’ Ancient Times, a five-year-old New York-bred, went wire-to-wire under Mark Watts to score by 2 ¾ lengths in a $40,000 maiden special weights hurdle at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va.

The National Steeplechase Spring season came to a close on a sweltering Saturday in Malvern, Pa., with a five-race card dominated by the Leslie Young stable and Leipers Fork Steeplechasers.

“Snap” reasserts his dominance, Andi’amu wins back-to-back stakes; Dalton earns his 100th victory, and Leslie Young bags five on the penultimate weekend of the NSA Spring season.

Rough weather doesn’t hinder Andi’amu; Redicean gets a stakes win; Naylors return to the spotlight

French Light shines in novice stake; Vintage Vinnie outdoes himself with second Hunt Cup win; Chief Justice lays down the law in Van Clief Memorial

The Keri Brion stable enjoyed a four-win day at Middleburg, partnering with Parker Hendriks for three. And in Butler, Md., new NSA rider Freddie Procter doubled on a day when Road to Oz earned his first stakes score.

My Lady’s Manor, Tryon Block House recap BY TOD MARKS Tomgarrow and Boulette starred in Saturday’s eight-race doubleheader at the My Lady’s Manor timber meet in Monkton, Md., and at Tryon Block House hurdle races in Columbus, N.C. Picking up where he left off last year, Leipers Fork Steeplechasers’ 2021 timber champion Tomgarrow, under new…