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

The Foxfield Races. ©Rick Stillings

From The Foxfield Races press release, January 7, 2021 We wish all a Happy New Year and we are all looking forward to 2021. As you know, our spring races are scheduled for April 24th. After much careful consideration, our Board has decided that the chances of the pandemic being well enough controlled by April