Royal Ruse and Skylar McKenna rocket over the last in the first division of the Louis "Paddy" Neilson apprentice timber race.

Coming off of successful 2020 campaigns, Charlie Fenwick’s Royal Ruse and Wendy Hendriks’ Cheers to Us captured the first sanctioned National Steeplechase Association races of the year at Sunday’s Cheshire Point to Point in Coatesville, Pa.  Royal Ruse, trained by Sanna Neilson, took the first division of the $7,500 Louis “Paddy” Neilson III at three

The Neilson, Hendriks and McKenna families celebrate the victory of Wendy Hendriks' Officer Sydney in the inaugural running of the Paddy Neilson Timber Race last fall at the Willowdale Point to Point. ©Tod Marks

The first of 13 scheduled spring meets takes place on Sunday in Coatesville, Pa., featuring the Louis “Paddy” Neilson III Memorial Amateur Apprentice Timber event. Though the meet will take place behind closed doors because of ongoing concerns about the pandemic, race-day video will be aired in the evening following the races. Eight horses have

After a brilliant career on both sides of the Atlantic, National Steeplechase Association jockey Michael Mitchell has decided to hang up his tack. The Englishman, known around the track as Mikey, brings down the curtain after 10 years in the saddle that saw him reach the pinnacle of steeplechase racing as champion rider in both

If you enjoy the thrill of the ‘chase, check out the new National Steeplechase Association Racing Club, featuring the Pick Six Fantasy Stable. From Football to NASCAR, cricket to golf, fantasy sports offer fans the opportunity to stay connected to the games they love as more than just passive observers. That’s why the National Steeplechase

The Cheltenham Racecourse

The four-day, 28-race Cheltenham Festival in England is the most anticipated and prestigious steeplechase meet in the world, and it takes place this week — from Tuesday through Friday. If you are a fan of American jump racing, you’ll fall in love with the sport even more once you experience the Cheltenham races with all

The New York Racing Association will honor the Hall of Fame trainer at Saratoga, where he achieved immortality by winning at least once race for 47 consecutive years. It’s only fitting that one of the most prestigious races in American steeplechasing carries the name of its most revered and accomplished ambassador, and starting with this