Posts Tagged ‘steeplechase’
Mystic Strike, Withoutmoreado, Super Chunk star in action-packed Saturday Timber features top Geneseo, Middleburg
Mystic Strike and Hard Strike at Virginia Fall © Tod Marks A pair of timber stakes and the newly minted Will O’Keefe stakes for freshmen hurdlers highlighted Saturday’s 11-race doubleheader in Virginia and New York. At Glenwood Park in Middleburg… Mystic Strike prevails in battle of the ages Two grand old men of timber racing,…
Read MoreTimber features top Geneseo, Middleburg
Schoodic leads over last in National Sporting Library & Museum Cup © Tod Marks A pair of timber stakes featuring veteran jumpers – and a new feature honoring a beloved racecaller – headline this Saturday’s National Steeplechase Association doubleheader in New York and Virginia. At the Genesee Valley Hunt Races in Geneseo, N.Y., the only…
Read MoreSebastopol upends Snap Decision; Fisher’s double ties him with Young; Watters sets earnings record
Sebastopol © Tod Marks Sunday’s seven-race card at Foxfield in Charlottesville, Va., showcased a whirlwind of National Steeplechase talent, including many runners prepping for major fall events. In the marquee race of the day, the $75,000 Grade 3 Mariann De Tejada Memorial handicap, Hall of Fame conditioner Jack Fisher saddled four of the six entrants,…
Read MoreVirginia 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…
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