By Tod Marks Since the Colonial Cup ended its run in 2018, the National Steeplechase Association has concluded its season with the Steeplechase of Charleston, a meet that’s played a key role in the race for leading trainer, jockey, and three-year-old. Though the schedule’s changed, and Aiken will mark the end of the calendar on…

By Tod Marks After a 17-race tripleheader, Graham Watters overtook Harry Beswick in the race for leading jockey honors, while Leslie Young continued her march toward a second straight training title. At Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. Court Ruler lays down the law in $25,000 steeplethon Leipers Fork Steeplechasers’ Court Ruler ran his 2023…

By Tod Marks The jumpers land in Georgia and Virginia on Saturday, and Pennsylvania on Sunday as the 2023 National Steeplechase Association season heads toward the finish line at Aiken, S.C., on Nov. 18. At the Montpelier Hunt Races, run on the front lawn of President James Madison’s historic home in Montpelier Station, Va., 43…

By Tod Marks On a day that felt more like August at Colonial Downs in nearby New Kent, Va., rather than The Plains in late October, Bruton Street-US’ Snap Decision captured the G2 $75,000 David L. “Zeke” Ferguson hurdle stakes while Dolly Fisher’s Schoodic scored in the $75,000 International Gold Cup timber stakes. The day…

By Tod Marks For the third time this fall, the jumpers return to Virginia on Saturday, where they’ll compete for $325,000 in purses at the International Gold Cup Races at Great Meadow Race Course in The Plains, the second richest program on the National Steeplechase Association autumn calendar. The card consists of eight races –…