French Light in the paddock at the Clonmel Racecourse on January 19. ©Mark Boylan of The Racing Post

Irv Naylor’s French Light ran an impressive race in his Irish debut today, finishing second at 12-1 in the Munster Rated Novice Hurdle at Clonmel Racecourse in County Tipperary. Making his initial start for new trainer Keri Brion, regular rider Gerard Galligan was content to relax and sit at the rear of the field of

Queen's Cup Steeplechase 2019. ©Tod Marks

From Press Release, January 16, 2021 The Board of the Charlotte Steeplechase Foundation has made the difficult decision to run this year’s races on April 24th but without an audience due to the pandemic. The choice to run at all was based on giving horsemen and horses in training an opportunity to compete, bolstering a

Gearing up for the 2021 season both on the track and in the office, the National Steeplechase Association announced two new hires to fill the void left by the retirement of longtime staffers. Emery Jones Taylor of West Grove, Pa., brings more than 40 years’ experience in various aspects of thoroughbred racing along with accounting,

Buttonwood Farm's Zoom Zoom Zoe and Keri Brion at Saratoga in 2020. ©Tod Marks

When Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard formally announced his retirement last week, it not only terminated his license in the U.S., but also voided his provisional ability to run horses in Ireland, under the country’s International Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) rules. So what does that mean for his six-horse string currently stabled at Baltimore