Champion jockey Graham Watters celebrates at the Steeplechase of Charleston on Sunday. ©Andrew J. Whitaker / Post and Courier

Watters, Fisher claim titles in season finale The 2021 National Steeplechase Association season ended on Sunday much as it began in March, with high drama. Only this time the drama had nothing to do with the pandemic and everything to do with racing. On the final day of the season, Graham Watters and Jack Fisher

Riverdee Stable's Sean Clancy with jockey Jamie Bargary after Queens Empire won the maiden hurdle at Montpelier. Both Riverdee and Bargary had three wins on Saturday. ©Douglas Lees

A weekend of remarkable numbers The second-to-last weekend of racing on the National Steeplechase Association 2021 schedule provided a series of accomplishments involving the numbers two and three. With 13 races at two venues on Saturday in Georgia and Virginia, consider these quirky highlights: At Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga., jockeys Parker Hendriks and

Dwight Hall with the McMillans and the Georges

The Brown McMillan Timber Course will be ready for the 2022 race From Iroquois Steeplechase Press Release, originally published October 21, 2021 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Wednesday, October 21, the Iroquois Steeplechase broke ground on a new timber course donated by Leiper’s Fork Steeplechasers owners Mark McMillan and Mark George in honor of Brown McMillan.

Leipers Fork Steeplechasers' Tomgarrow, with Tom Garner up, won the International Gold Cup convincingly for trainer Leslie Young. ©Tod Marks

Saturday was a day of mostly “twos” at the International Gold Cup Races at Great Meadow Race Course in The Plains, Va. Tennessee owner Gill Johnston captured two races, as did jockey Gerard Galligan. Trainer Leslie Young padded her lead with a pair of victories on the eight-race card, too. And two riders, Stefan Tobin