The annual NSA stewards and racing officials continuing education program, normally a one-day session, was expanded to a two-day event in 2026, held on Monday, September 14 and Tuesday, September 15 in Fair Hill, Maryland. The comprehensive seminar was conducted at the Equine Veterinary Care facility, on the grounds of the Fair Hill Training Center,…

©Tod Marks In a stirring conclusion to the summer jumps season at the New Kent, Va., course, Runnymoore Racing’s Timetoshine (Dan Nevin) got revenge over Irv Naylor’s Gold Charm (Jamie Bargary) to take the third and final leg of the new Triple Tiara series, the G2 $100,000 Marion DuPont Scott filly & mare stakes by…

©Tod Marks Mr. Percy steps up to the big time with Grade 1 win in Jonathan Sheppard A field of seven went postward in Wednesday’s $150,000 Saratoga summer steeplechase finale, and when the dust cleared it wasn’t any of the three previous G1 winners who finished in the money, but a trio of runners who…

©Tod Marks Cyber Ninja proves too tough to handle in $75,000 Michael G. Walsh novice stakes Riverdee Stable’s Cyber Ninja, sent off as the 4-5 favorite, waited patiently in third, unleashed a powerful rally with a little less than a quarter mile to go, then repelled a strong challenge from Del Rio Racing’s Lynches Knock…

©Tod Marks Smart Uncle earns Grade 1 glory in first graded stakes score After making a big splash with three straight wins — capped by a score in the Van Clief Memorial restricted stakes at Foxfield — early in his National Steeplechase Association career, Gill Johnston’s Smart Uncle made a couple of starts on the…