©Tod Marks Sunday’s rich, seven-race card at the Charlottesville, Va., course produced plenty of thrills and unexpected results. In the featured Grade 2 $100,000 Mariann De Tejada Memorial stakes, all eyes were on Riverdee Stable’s Zabeel Champion, the season’s leading money earner who brought an unblemished two for two 2026 record (G1 Iroquois and G2…

©Tod Marks Keys Discount continues his dominance as Fall NSA season gets underway Legacy Chase kickstarts 12-meet, $3 million fall National Steeplechase Association season After a full summer campaign at the major tracks, jump racing returned to the hunt circuit for the 25th anniversary edition of the Legacy Chase at Shawan Downs in Hunt Valley,…

The annual NSA stewards and racing officials continuing education program, normally a one-day session, was expanded to a two-day event in 2026, held on Monday, September 14 and Tuesday, September 15 in Fair Hill, Maryland. The comprehensive seminar was conducted at the Equine Veterinary Care facility, on the grounds of the Fair Hill Training Center,…

©Tod Marks In a stirring conclusion to the summer jumps season at the New Kent, Va., course, Runnymoore Racing’s Timetoshine (Dan Nevin) got revenge over Irv Naylor’s Gold Charm (Jamie Bargary) to take the third and final leg of the new Triple Tiara series, the G2 $100,000 Marion DuPont Scott filly & mare stakes by…

©Tod Marks Mr. Percy steps up to the big time with Grade 1 win in Jonathan Sheppard A field of seven went postward in Wednesday’s $150,000 Saratoga summer steeplechase finale, and when the dust cleared it wasn’t any of the three previous G1 winners who finished in the money, but a trio of runners who…