Posts Tagged ‘steeplechase’
Virginia Gold Cup Association Statement
The National Steeplechase Association (NSA), the national governing body for jump racing, has revoked the sanction for the running of the 2024 International Gold Cup at Great Meadow, scheduled to run on October 26. The NSA has deemed the Great Meadow racecourse to be “in disrepair and unsafe.” Without the NSA sanction, the races cannot continue…
Read MoreJanon Fisher III, champion steeplechase rider, dies
Janon Fisher III, a champion steeplechase rider and horse trainer, died of heart failure Sept. 9 at his Freeland home. He was 90. Born and raised in Baltimore, Mr. Fisher grew up fox hunting and training horses with his father, Janon Fisher Jr. His mother was Margie James Fisher. He attended Gilman School until the…
Read MoreVirginia Fall Races 70th Anniversary Meet to Honor Longtime Race Director and Announcer with $50,000 Will O’Keefe Memorial Hurdle Stakes
MIDDLEBURG, Va., September 6, 2024— The Virginia Fall Races will honor longtime race meet director and voice of Virginia steeplechasing, Will O’Keefe, with the inaugural running of the Will O’Keefe Memorial, a $50,000 hurdle stakes for three-year-olds, at Glenwood Park on Oct. 12. The hurdle feature offers the first stakes opportunity for the three-year-old class…
Read MoreNSA owner Lewis Wiley of Gordonsdale Farm passes
Lewis Wiley, a respected horseman, cattle farmer, and long-time Fauquier County, Va., resident, died Aug. 11 at age 86 at his family’s Gordonsdale Farm in The Plains, Va. Gordonsdale campaigned numerous horses including steeplechaser Canyon Road (pictured), who was multiple stakes placed over timber for trainer Chris Kolb. Wiley lived at the farm, which his…
Read MoreMcDynamo to be honored with stakes at Far Hills
Steeplechase racing’s seminal day on Oct. 19 has a significant change that honors the legendary “King of Far Hills.” The crown jewel of American steeplechasing will again feature a seven race, all-stakes card, this year worth $700,000. But along with the familiar contests, anchored by the Grade 1 $250,000 American Grand National, the meet will…
Read MoreBeverly R. Steinman recap
Flat stakes winner L’Imperator earns first G1 for Hudson River Farms, Kingsley, and visiting jockey Jordan Gainford After finishing a solid third this spring to stars Rampoldi Plan in the G1 Commonwealth Cup and Abaan in the Carolina Cup novice stakes, Hudson River Farms’ L’Imperator broke through with his first NSA stakes score — and first ever career…
Read MoreBeverly R. Steinman Grade 1 Stakes Rescheduled
Najja Thompson, Executive Director of the NY Breeders Association, presented flowers to Miss Steinman today (Sunday) during the Belmont Stakes Festival at Saratoga. Although the Beverly R. Steinman Grade 1 Stakes had to be postponed due to weather, Miss Steinman enjoyed a wonderful day of racing and is looking forward to her race being re-carded…
Read MoreBrion saddles two in first running of G1 Beverly R. Steinman
Trainer Keri Brion will saddle two strong contenders in Freddy Flintshire and Jimmy P for Sunday’s inaugural running of the Grade 1, $150,000 Beverly R. Steinman, a 2 3/8-mile handicap for older steeplechasers, at the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course. The Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, which spans Thursday through Sunday, is highlighted…
Read MoreCourt Ruler, Frontline Citizen star at Radnor
By Tod Marks The two-month National Steeplechase Association spring season came to an end on Saturday with a pair of tight finishes in the featured events at the 93rd Radnor Hunt Races in Malvern, Pa. In the $35,000 National Hunt Cup, contested at 2 1/8 miles as an allowance hurdle this year, Straylight Racing’s Frontline…
Read MoreNaylor becomes NSA’s all-time leading owner
By Tod Marks With a double at Radnor, Naylor becomes NSA’s all-time leading owner The Irv Naylor Stable, a powerhouse on the National Steeplechase Association circuit since 2010, became the sport’s leading purse earner with a pair of victories at Saturday’s Radnor Hunt Races in Malvern, Pa. Naylor, who captured his seventh leading owner crown…
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