Race Recap
Old Dominion Hounds recap:
By Tod Marks Three races, three different winning combinations score at Virginia Point to Point With substantial purse money on the line, Saturday’s Old Dominion Hounds Point to Point in Washington, Va., attracted some budding maiden and veteran timber talent. And by day’s end trainers Doug Fout, Sean McDermott, and Parker Hendriks had their first…
Read MoreTrio of races on tap for Old Dominion Hounds Point-to-Point
By Tod Marks For the second straight year, National Steeplechase Association horsemen will be competing for purse money at the Washington, Va., meet on Saturday with three races worth $80,000. The trio of races have gotten a purse bump of $15,000 over 2023. The sanctioned events, which include two $30,000 maiden hurdles, one for fillies…
Read MoreRising star Abaan takes biggest prize on busy weekend
By Tod Marks Eleven races worth $270,000 were up for grabs during the only triple header of the spring, with an estimated 40,000 fans on hand for the 89th running of the Carolina Cup Races. Only four horses went postward in the $75,000 Carolina Cup novice stakes at Springdale Race Course in Camden, S.C., but…
Read MoreNSA season gets off to flying start in Aiken
By Tod Marks Defying the weatherman, Saturday proved to be a lovely day in Aiken with plenty of exciting races. Harry Beswick and Ricky Hendriks teamed up for a pair of wins, including a score with Upland Flats Racing’s West Newton in the featured Imperial Cup. Jockey Bernie Dalton also doubled, winning aboard Layton Register’s…
Read MoreLightning Ridge romps in Alston Cup, but comes up short in bid for title
By Tod Marks Though most key championships were already decided, the second to last meet of the 2023 National Steeplechase Association season still packed plenty of drama, deciding the title of leading three-year-old and likely settling the jockey championship as well. In the featured $35,000 Alston Cup, one of only two stakes restricted to sophomores…
Read MoreCool Jet, Zabeel Champion, Right Tempo, and Royal Ruse star in busy weekend
By Tod Marks After a 17-race tripleheader, Graham Watters overtook Harry Beswick in the race for leading jockey honors, while Leslie Young continued her march toward a second straight training title. At Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. Court Ruler lays down the law in $25,000 steeplethon Leipers Fork Steeplechasers’ Court Ruler ran his 2023…
Read MoreSnap Decision, Schoodic star in monumental day for Fisher and Watters
By Tod Marks On a day that felt more like August at Colonial Downs in nearby New Kent, Va., rather than The Plains in late October, Bruton Street-US’ Snap Decision captured the G2 $75,000 David L. “Zeke” Ferguson hurdle stakes while Dolly Fisher’s Schoodic scored in the $75,000 International Gold Cup timber stakes. The day…
Read MoreNoah and the Ark pulls off the impossible…again
By Tod Marks Sent off at 18-1, Keystone Thoroughbreds’ Noah and the Ark led a charge over the final fence to overtake Irish invaders Seddon and Salvador Ziggy, and beat back a gallant surge by Hurricana Farm’s Merry Maker to capture America’s biggest steeplechase prize, the $250,000 American Grand National (Grade 1) at 2 5/8…
Read MoreSchoodic, Monbeg Stream shine under dreary skies
By Tod Marks A pair of timber stakes headlined Saturday’s National Steeplechase Association doubleheader in New York and Virginia, and though the meets were about 400 miles apart, wet weather played a role in each. At the Genesee Valley Hunt Races in Geneseo, N.Y., Tuscany Racing’s Monbeg Stream found the winner’s circle for the fourth…
Read MoreNational Steeplechase Association Awards Gala
Please join us for the 2023 National Steeplechase Association Awards Gala at 6PM on Saturday November 18th, 2023. Hosted by the Aiken Steeplechase Association, in conduction with the Aiken Fall Steeplechase, the awards gala will be located at the Aiken County Historical Museum (433 Newberry Street S.W. Aiken South Carolina 29801.) Cocktail hour, followed by…
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