Though there was no Grade 1, championship-calibre race on the card, the Steeplechase of Charleston in Hollywood, SC, on Nov. 11, did indeed settle some year-end titles. Darren Nagle, aboard Irv Naylor’s Moss Code, took the opener to successfully defend his champion jockey crown by wins, with 17, one more than runner-up Jack Doyle. Ross Geraghty topped all riders in purse earnings. Jack Fisher, who started the season very slowly, came to Charleston with a one-race lead over Ricky Hendriks for training honors, and increased his lead to two with a score by Noble Stables’ Dynaformersrequest (and Willie McCarthy) in the $30,000 Sport of Kings maiden hurdle. The victory gave Fisher his seventh consecutive training award. But Hendriks wasn't going down without a fight, saddling Rosbrian Farm's Caldbeck (Ross Geraghty)to win the allowance hurdle, which assured the 3-year-old the title of the game's top young jumper. Caldbeck also won The Gladstone Stakes at Far Hills last month, the season's biggest race for 3-year-olds. Another winner at Far Hills, Straylight Racing's Invocation, captured the featured ratings handicap for Billy Santoro and Sean McDermott. Though it didn't count in the standings, trainer Hendriks won the finale, a training flat race, with Rosbrian's Indigo Heart, the first US victory for jockey Katie Young. Catherine French has the photo recap.