Turney McKnight has been an owner, a trainer, an amateur jockey and more. He won the 1982 Maryland Hunt Cup aboard Tong, a horse bred by his mother June. In 1978, McKnight became chairman of the My Lady’s Manor Races in Monkton, Md. He was an ideal choice as someone who knew all aspects of the race, including four wins as a jockey aboard Keelboat (1974 and 1975), Matlow (1977) and the mighty Perfect Cast (1978). McKnight reminisces about the early days, how he got into steeplechasing and where it all fits.
Joe Clancy
Joe Clancy writes about horses for thisishorseracing.com, The Saratoga Special and Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred magazine (mainly). He and his brother Sean started all this in 1994.