Jump racing fans probably thought they’d seen the final Saratoga steeplechase of the season after Wednesday’s $50,000 ratings handicap was cancelled due to inclement weather and time running out on the 40-day meet. But after discussions between NSA Race Director Bill Gallo and NYRA’s Martin Panza, senior VP of racing operations, the race was back

Irv Naylor’s French Light, fresh off an emphatic maiden score at Colonial Downs on Aug. 10, made an explosive move under Gerard Galligan in the stretch to overtake pacesetters Tomgarrow and Brianbakescookies, and stride out to a facile 5 1/4-length victory in today’s Spa steeplechase, a $48,000 allowance contest for non-winners of two races. Naylor

The National Steeplechase Association (NSA) today released its fall calendar consisting of an abbreviated schedule of seven sanctioned race meets to be contested between Sept. 26 and Nov. 15. The modified schedule reflects the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on the sport from the standpoint of safety and economics. Each race meet will continue to follow

After 28 starts over five years in Europe, Optimus Prime transferred his form to the US and turned heads from his very first the start, in the G1 2018 New York Turf Writers Cup at Saratoga. Racing for George Mahoney’s Rosbrian Farm and trained by Ricky Hendriks, the French-bred son of Deportivo rebounded from a

Wednesday, August 19, 2020 What can you say about the amazing Snap Decision that hasn’t already been said? Only that it’ll be incredible to see the king of the novice ranks take on open stakes company down the road. Today, Bruton Street-US’ 6-year-old Phipps-bred son of Hard Spun captured his seventh straight start (and fifth

Jockey Kieran Norris, the NSA champion rider of 2016 and a mainstay on the circuit since 2012, is hanging up his tack. The 35-year-old won 63 of his 600 career starts and achieved memorable wins aboard Merriefield Farm’s Foyle in the International Gold Cup and Pennsylvania Hunt Cup; Gill Johnston’s Awesome Pearl in the Jonathan