©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…

©Tod Marks Cyber Ninja proves too tough to handle in $75,000 Michael G. Walsh novice stakes Riverdee Stable’s Cyber Ninja, sent off as the 4-5 favorite, waited patiently in third, unleashed a powerful rally with a little less than a quarter mile to go, then repelled a strong challenge from Del Rio Racing’s Lynches Knock…

©Tod Marks Smart Uncle earns Grade 1 glory in first graded stakes score After making a big splash with three straight wins — capped by a score in the Van Clief Memorial restricted stakes at Foxfield — early in his National Steeplechase Association career, Gill Johnston’s Smart Uncle made a couple of starts on the…

©Tod Marks Camanoe topples Gold Charm in day of upsets The New Kent, Va., track hosted a trio of National Steeplechase Association races today, a pair of maiden special weights contests and the featured Grade 2 $100,000 Life’s Illusion filly and mare handicap hurdle stakes, and in each of the events there was a modest…

©Tod Marks Irish-bred Mr. Percy blossoms in fourth NSA start After coming over from Europe following four wins in 14 carer outings, Shannon Hill Farm’s Mr. Percy has made the most of his National Steeplechase Association starts in the spring. In his initial try at Foxfield in April, he closed ground to finish a close…