©Tod Marks The jumpers land in Virginia on Saturday, and Pennsylvania on Sunday as the National Steeplechase Association season steams toward the finish line in Camden, S.C., on Nov. 23. At the Montpelier Hunt Races, run on the front lawn of President James Madison’s historic home in Montpelier Station, Va., 53 horses have been entered…

©Tod Marks Racing returned to Virginia for the third of four times this fall, and on a picture-perfect autumn afternoon, one of the sport’s rising superstars cemented his place as a champion. At the International Gold Cup Races at Great Meadow Race Course in the Plains, Va., on Saturday, Dolly Fisher’s Keys Discount turned heads…

©Tod Marks The second richest program on the National Steeplechase Association fall calendar takes place on Saturday at Great Meadow in The Plains, Va., with the 88th running of the International Gold Cup Races. Highlighting the eight-race $365,000 card is the $100,000 Grade 2 William H. Allison stakes, a handicap hurdle at 2 ⅛ miles,…

©Tod Marks In a display of utter dominance, the Irish contingent swept Saturday’s entire six-race Far Hills card. Trainer Gordon Elliott went five for five in the jump races and his main jockey, Jack Kennedy, was four for four. Kennedy would have made it a perfect five for five, but a rider change in the…

©Tod Marks The key contenders, based on the morning-line odds $75,000 Harry Harris Four-Year-Old Stakes; 2 ⅛ miles Gordon Elliott has the 2-1 morning line favorite in Erdenheim Farm Thoroughbreds’ Chortal, who will be ridden by Jack Kennedy. The son of Golden Horn exits an allowance win over hurdles at Perth in England as the…