The Iroquois Steeplechase Races. ©Tod Marks

A spring racing season that began three months ago with questions about the state of the sport in the face of the ongoing pandemic, concludes on Saturday with full fields and full stands for the 80th running of the Iroquois Steeplechase at Percy Warner Park in Brentwood, Tenn., just south of Nashville. With seven races,

Ferrin Peterson and All the Way Jose

By The Real Rider Cup 2021 rider Ferrin Peterson From The Real Rider Cup website: Ferrin Peterson is a professional jockey competing on the Mid-Atlantic circuit, and a veterinarian. After completing her veterinary degree from UC Davis, she headed east to dedicate herself to her riding career. She enjoys following her race horses as they

Mell Boucher is all smiles riding The Happy Giant to win The Block House on Saturday. ©Tod Marks

The penultimate race meet of the 2021 National Steeplechase Association spring calendar saw the jumpers return to Western North Carolina for the first time in three years. And in the featured $30,000 Block House Handicap, for horses rated at 125 or less, girl power was on full display. The Happy Giant, a five-year-old New York-bred

The Tryon Block House Races. ©Tod Marks

For the first time since April 2018, steeplechase racing returns to Green Creek Race Track in Columbus, N.C., on Saturday for the 73rd running of the Tryon Block House Races. First race post time is 12:30 p.m. The five-race card, with $80,000 in purses, consists of two maiden hurdles, a maiden claiming hurdle, a handicap

Dolly Fisher's Schoodic and Hadden Frost win 96th running of the Virginia Gold Cup on Saturday. ©Tod Marks

With a total of 13 events carded at the Virginia Gold Cup Races at Great Meadow and Winterthur Point to Point in Delaware, last weekend’s whirlwind series of racing had more storylines than a long-running television soap opera. In the $50,000 Virginia Gold Cup timber stakes, Dolly Fisher’s hard-knocking Schoodic returned to his winning ways

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