Steeplechase races over timber, as a Maryland tradition, are not as venerable as fox hunting, which goes back to Colonial days, but the records go back nonetheless some 100-plus years. And few sports can boast the tradition of family participation which characterize these races, perhaps the My...
April 26, 2025 Maryland Hunt Cup Glyndon, MD Entries Results May 3, 2025 Virginia Gold Cup The Plains, VA Entries Results May 4, 2025 Winterthur Races Winterthur, DE Entries Results May 10, 2025 Iroquois Steeplechase Nashville, TN Entries Results May 10, 2025 Willowdale Steeplechase Kenne...
April 26, 2025Foxfield Spring RacesCharlottesville, VAEntriesResults April 26, 2025Maryland Hunt CupGlyndon, MDEntriesResults May 3, 2025Virginia Gold CupThe Plains, VAEntriesResults May 4, 2025Winterthur RacesWinterthur, DEEntriesResults May 10, 2025Iroquois SteeplechaseNashville, TNEntriesResults ...
April 26, 2025 Maryland Hunt Cup Glyndon, MD Entries Results May 3, 2025 Virginia Gold Cup The Plains, VA Entries Results May 4, 2025 Winterthur Races Winterthur, DE Entries Results May 10, 2025 Iroquois Steeplechase Nashville, TN Entries Results May 10, 2025 Willowdale Steeplechase Kenne...
chases in the large pony division. He also rode Domino Effect, a medium pony, winning one race at Elkridge and finishing second in the rest of the spring races. Tony the Pony was his small entry; the pair finished second at the Maryland Junior Hunt Cup and the Howard County Cup Races....
Maryland timber racing losses a stalwart ByNational Steeplechase Association|January 31, 2025 ©Tod Marks Perry Bolton, who co-owned Armata Stable with Ben Griswold and campaigned Maryland Hunt Cup winners Welter Weight and Vintage Vinnie passed away Tuesday at his home in Florida at age 94. A...
Maryland Novice Timber Champion: Western Exchange (Caves Farm) Amateur Apprentice Timber Horse & Rider Champion: *Two Way Tie: Witor (GER) (Eric Poretz) Stand Down (IRE) (Eric Poretz) Maryland Heavyweight Timber Champion: *Three-way Tie ...
It's one of the many races in the fall and spring when timber jockeys roam the rolling hills of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, in the run-up to the Maryland Hunt Cup. Jockey: Give me some room! The sport originated in Ireland 250 years ago, when horsemen raced through the countrys...
steeplechase, in horse racing, a race over jumps or obstacles. Although dating back to Xenophon (4th centurybc), it derives its name from impromptu races by fox hunters in 18th-century Ireland over natural country in which church steeples served as course landmarks. It differs from hurdle ra...
in that when races consisted of 4-mile heats, with the winning of two heats needed for victory, the individual rider’s judgment and skill were not sovital. As dash racing (one heat) became the rule, a few yards in a race gained importance, and, consequently, so did the rider’s ...