The fields of stick horses soon will be going to the post for Saturday’s Aiken Virtual Steeplechase, an opportunity for jump-racing fans to savor the sport’s merriment through their internet connections. Sponsored by the Aiken Steeplechase Association and Alison South Marketing Group, the online will allow fans to enjoy horse racing (with stick horses), spring

The Iroquois Steeplechase, benefiting The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been canceled for 2020. The highest priority of The Iroquois Steeplechase is the safety of the patrons and participants. It has been determined by rules and regulations from city officials and health department that social distancing will still be in place on

NASHVILLE, Tenn. –The Iroquois Steeplechase, benefiting The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, has been cancelled for 2020. Event organizers for the 79th annual event sponsored by Bank of America are planning a citywide safer-at-home celebration to honor Nashville’s grand tradition in place of the race meet that was to take place on June

Queen's Cup patrons of all ages sported their finery in the 2019 hat contest. (Tod Marks photo)

Steeplechasing is going virtual in the coming days and weeks. The virtual Queen’s Cup will be held on Saturday, and the virtual Aiken Spring Steeplechase will come under starter’s orders on Saturday, May 2. Both meets had to cancel their live events—Aiken on March 23 and the Queen’s Cup on this coming Saturday—to protect the

Todd and Jimmy Wyatt at the races in 2010. (Tod Marks photo)

Former steeplechase jockey and lifelong horseman James R. Wyatt, Jr., 83, of Marshallton, Pa. died April 17. He was born in Chilhowie, Va., on Sept. 24, 1936. Known to his friends as Jimmy, Wyatt began his career as a steeplechase jockey with Richard Atkinson, near Malvern, Pa., before riding races for Hall of Fame trainers

Senior Senator and regular jockey Eric Poretz soared over the Maryland Hunt Cup's towering third fence in 2019. (Douglas Lees photo)

Senior Senator, who retired the Maryland Hunt Cup trophy last year for owner Irvin “Skip” Crawford with his third victory, died Wednesday, April 15, as a result of colic. “He was special. We relished every minute we had with him,” said Joseph G. Davies, who trained Senior Senator to the three Hunt Cup wins—in 2016,