Posts Tagged ‘steeplechase’
Westerland, Noah and the Ark star in busy weekend Three stakes on tap in weekend doubleheader
Westerland winning at Callaway © Tod Marks Plenty of major moments after last Saturday’s 14-race doubleheader, including Graham Watters’ 100th NSA victory, and three-win days for both Jamie Bargary and Gerard Galligan. Trainer Leslie Young, too, was prolific, and her combined four wins at both venues put her in a tie at 27 with Jack…
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Audrey Riker visiting multiple grade stake winner Irish Strait at Fair Hill,Maryland in 2017 (Credit: Isobel Ellis) Former thoroughbred owner and stakes winning trainer Audrey Riker died October 30th at her home in White Hall, Maryland. Riker trained horses over fences and on the flat for five decades, beginning in the late 1950’s until her…
Read MoreThree stakes on tap in weekend doubleheader
Going Country at Far Hills © Tod Marks The jumpers land in Georgia and Virginia on Saturday as the 2024 National Steeplechase Association season heads toward the finish line at Aiken, 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.,…
Read MoreMystic Strike, Carloun sparkle at reimagined Gold Cup Races
Gerard Galligan and Todd McKenna © Tod Marks On a picture-perfect autumn afternoon, the National Steeplechase Association returned to Glenwood Park in Middleburg on Sunday, just two weeks after the Virginia Fall Races, the traditional October fixture at the site. The running of back-to-back meets at the same venue is highly unusual, and came about…
Read MoreGround Conditions Force Cancellation of 2024 Steeplechase of Charleston presented by Lexus
(Hollywood, SC) – Out of deep concern for the safety of our equine and human athletes, Steeplechase of Charleston presented by Lexus, announces the cancellation of this year’s event originally scheduled for Sunday, November 10, 2024, at Stono Ferry Racetrack in Hollywood, SC. The prolonged drought in our region has left the ground overly hard,…
Read MoreSnap Decision finally gets his ‘Grand’ moment
Snap Decision © Tod Marks After six seasons of scintillating performances that included 15 victories (13 stakes) facing top-flight competition, Bruton Street-US’ Snap Decision finally landed the biggest prize that had eluded him, the $250,000 American Grand National at Far Hills. With the hard-fought victory on Saturday — his first in four tries in the…
Read MoreStage set for steeplechasing’s “Grand” day
Large Crowd at Far Hills 2023 © Tod Marks American steeplechase racing’s crowning day features a six-race, all-stakes lineup and $720,000 in prize money. The races will be broadcast nationally on America’s Day at the Races on Fox Sports. First race post time is 12:50 p.m. They don’t call the Far Hills Races steeplechasing’s championship…
Read MoreMystic 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,…
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