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Joe Clancy 
Graham Motion’s world tour continued this week as he left Maryland Sunday night for Lambourn, England to see his stable star Animal Kingdom for the first time since they stood in the winner’s circle after the world’s richest horse race.
Sometimes, the best thing about jump racing isn’t really the jumps, or even the racing. It’s where the horses come from, their pasts, their stories.
Kingfisher Farm’s Maya Charli put her front-running skills to good use Saturday, taking the $30,000 Georiga Cup filly/mare hurdle stakes for trainer Jack Fisher and jockey Sean Flannagan.
In early April every year, Marylanders leave steeplechase meets with one simple question. Did we see the Hunt Cup winner today?
Get back to work. The fearless steeplechase handicappers at TIHR go to bat once again with two meets on tap Saturday – in Georgia and Maryland.
Alicia Murphy shops for steeplechase prospects in the bargain aisle, and knows what she wants. She’s not all that sure how to explain it, however.
The first double-meet weekend of the 2013 steeplechase season turned into a showcase for the proverbial little guy as wins came early and often for stables that don’t routinely crack the top 10 on the circuit. Good for the game, no matter who you root for.
The handicappers are back at work, looking for winners on the steeplechase circuit. Joe leads the early going with five wins to three apiece for Sean and Tom.
Trainer Graham Motion and Barry Irwin’s Team Valor International – the team behind 2013 Dubai World Cup and 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom – will soon part ways, according to a statement released today by the racing syndicate.
