Archive By Section - Equine
A good walk unspoiled
Using the Springdale Race Course as his classroom and his good friend and retired National Steeplechase Association champion jockey Jonathan Smart and Camden-based trainer Mickey Preger as his professors, Willie McCarthy went back to school last week in the days leading up to McCarthy's ride aboard Top Striker in Saturday's 82nd running of the $50,000 Carolina Cup steeplechase.
Early morning rain fails to dampen Cup day
All those gloomy early week predictions of the possibility of --- your pick --- rain, hail, thunderstorms, threat of a tornado ... locusts ... on Saturday did not keep too many Carolina Cup patrons from descending upoon the Springdale Race Course in strong numbers.
Top Striker looking to use home course to his advantage
Had it been the 1980s and if it were Wall Street, it would have been considered insider trading.
Dalton, Cat Feathers hope Cup day will be Ladies Day
Brushing beneath the chin of a horse whose winter coat is shedding and floating into the air, Kate Dalton apologized for the mess it was making as hairs flew everywhere.
Clean and green
At a time of morning when many a Carolina Cup-goer is rolling over in their bed, the men charged with making sure everything on the grounds of the Springdale Race Course and its adjoining property are in working order are already on the job and rolling out, assuring that everything is in place for the tens of thousands of patrons who will make their way through the gates in the coming hours.
Martini Brother tops six Cup entries
Bill Pape's Martini Brother, who blossomed last year as one of American Steeplechasing's emerging stars, heads a talented field of six for the $50,000 Carolina Cup, the featured race of the 82nd annual Carolina Cup Races in Camden on Saturday.
Carolina Cup parking spaces, tickets still on sale for Saturday’s races
Tickets and parking spaces are still available for Saturday's Carolina Cup Steeplechase Races
Six jumpers eyeing $50,000 Carolina Cup
What has been a tough winter up and down the East Coast is having a profound effect on the first two weeks of the 2014 National Steeplechase Association campaign.
Pleasant Woodman chops down field in Aiken feature
Pleasant Woodman continued his love affair with Ford Conger Field when he broke on top in the Aiken Spring Steeplechase's $50,000 Budweiser Imperial Cup (Gr. 3), fought off a challenge from Street Fight, and drew clear to a 1 1/2-length victory on Saturday.
Aiken feature field trimmed to four
With the Wednesday morning scratch of pre-race favorite Alajmal, the $50,000 Budweiser Imperial Cup (Gr. 3), the featured hurdle race of the 48th annual Aiken Spring Steeplechase on Saturday, March 22.
Luck of the Irish comes through for horses with Camden ties
On the day before St. Patrick's Day, it was lucky to have been a horse which was developed in Camden as two graduates of Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables and another from Donna Freyer's Custom Care Equine found their way into the winners' circle.
Saturday is deadline for discount Cup tickets
Saturday, March 15 is the final day to purchase discount general admission tickets for the Carolina Cup steeplechase races.
Carolina Cup-date on ticket sales
Even though the Carolina Cup is more than a month away, reserved parking spaces are selling at a brisk pace.
Boyd, Towell and Brunello pile up wins and honors
Even though we are not a full two months into 2014, the new year has already been a memorable one for Camden's Liza Towell Boyd and her younger brother, Hardin Towell, and the Towell family's Finally Farm.
Carolina Cup parking space renewals due Feb. 18
Due to the inclement weather the deadline for renewing Carolina Cup reserved parking space for this year's races has been moved to Tuesday, Feb. 18.
Articles by Section - Equine
Deadline nears to secure Cup reserved parking spaces
Previous year's box seat and reserved parking space holders have until Friday, Feb. 13, to secure their spaces for the 2015 Carolina Cup Steeplechase Races in Camden.
Time to start thinking about the Cup
Even though the calendar just turned to January and cold weather is on the way, it is not too early to be thinking about the warmer days of spring.
Page 1 of 1
Contents of this site are © Copyright 2015 Chronicle Independent All rights reserved. Privacy policy and Terms of service
