Michael A. Smith’s Le Chevalier, ridden by McLane Hendriks, won the 118th running of the Grand National timber stakes for trainer Julie Gomena. Tod Marks photo

Talk about a throwback feeling. On Saturday at the Grand National Races in the heart of Maryland timber racing country, it seemed as if it was 2016, 2018, or even 2019. After last year’s event was cancelled due to Covid, fans were allowed to attend the races in Butler at 50 percent capacity, and the

Kathy Neilson in the winner's circle with Awesome Adrian and jockey Eddie Keating after her 200th career win on Saturday. Tod Marks photo

Pennsylvania-based trainer Kathy Neilson recorded her 200th career win on Saturday when Awesome Adrian captured the Benjamin H. Murray Memorial timber allowance at the Grand National Races in Butler, Md. Kathy, an accomplished jockey who cut her training teeth working for Hall of Famer Jonathan Sheppard from 1991 to 1997, saddled several horses on her

Vintage Vinnie and Chris Gracie set the pace early in the $30,000 My Lady's Manor timber stake. TOD MARKS PHOTO.

Call him the king of consistency.  Vintage Vinnie’s victory in Saturday’s $30,000 My Lady’s Manor timber stakes in Monkton, Md.,  was the 12-year-old Vinnie Roe gelding’s fifth straight in-the-money finish on the NSA tour since coming over from Europe in 2018 for Armata Stables. Ridden by Chris Gracie for trainer Joe Davies, Vintage Vinnie was

If you can’t make it to the races in person, you can watch live or through a new recap show, Jump Racing USA. Here’s how it works. The National Steeplechase Association and its generous sponsors want to make sure that jump racing fans won’t miss a single race this season. Starting with the My Lady’s