Silverton Hill’s Bodes Well and jockey Gerard Galligan won the Jonathan Kiser novice stakes for trainer Leslie Young at Saratoga on Wednesday. ©Tod Marks

This is a race they’ll be talking about for a long time. And it’s proof, once again, that Yogi Berra was correct when he said, “it ain’t over til it’s over.” With less than a sixteenth of a mile to go in the $75,000 Jonathan Kiser novice stakes at Saratoga on Wednesday, Buttonwood Farm’s The

It’s official. The Far Hills Races in New Jersey are on for 2021. And they’re back in a big way. American steeplechase’s premier event, which was canceled last year due to Covid-19, will celebrate its centennial at Moorland Farm with a six-race, all-stakes hurdle card. In fact, race day at Far Hills will be the

Week two of jump racing at the New Kent, Va., track saw the emergence of a newcomer along with continued success of a familiar face. In the opener, a $30,000 maiden at two miles, jockey Tom Garner, fresh off of victory aboard Baltimore Bucko in the G1 A.P. Smithwick Stakes at Saratoga, guided Van Cushny

The National Steeplechase Association spring season ended on a dramatic note on Saturday as the sport’s brightest star stood out on its biggest stage.   When you’ve reeled off nine straight victories over 25 months, it’s a big deal. When you do so with relative ease in stakes competition, fans start comparing you to some

Two-time Eclipse Award winner and Hall of Famer Good Night Shirt, along with trainer Jack Fisher and Willie Dowling following their victory in the 2008 Lonesome Glory Stakes at Belmont Park. ©Tod Marks

Thirteen-time leading National Steeplechase Association trainer Jack Fisher has been elected to the National Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga, and will be enshrined during ceremonies in Saratoga Springs on Aug. 6. Joining Fisher are Triple Crown winner American Pharoah and seven-time Eclipse Award-winning flat trainer Todd Pletcher. American Pharoah and Pletcher were elected in