I’m interested in a horse who raced over hurdles and timber. Is there anywhere I can look up his records or find videos/photos?
Also, is there a website that markets ex steeplechasers, like CANTER or RRHP does for flat racers?
For this year, the National Steeplechase Association has both results and videos on its website for its races. For 2016, here are the results.
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Link?
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I’m interested in a horse who raced over hurdles and timber. Is there anywhere I can look up his records or find videos/photos?
Also, is there a website that markets ex steeplechasers, like CANTER or RRHP does for flat racers?[/QUOTE]
Here’s a previous thread that sums up finding a ex-chaser best.
Check with chaser trainers in states that have numerous hunts like VA, MD, and PA. I agree with the comment that many failed flat racers turn to jumps and hunts graciously.
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?307999-Looking-for-an-ex-steeplechaser
Check out Sean Clancy’s website. Here is his new link.
If you post the name of the horse, someone here might be familiar with it or be able to point you in the right direction.
As to finding ex chasers for sale, I have owned two. Both came though connections so were word of mouth sales. That seems to be the predominant method since I have rarely seen one advertised. Most of the ones I know stay with their owners or circle of friends as fox hunters.
What’s his name?
The NSA doesn’t give much details other than overnights and results for a couple of years at best. Only sanctioned races.
Pretty complete records going back a long time can be found here. The NSA should provide a link to this page. It also covers all Point to Point entries and results. You can pull up Overnights going back something like 30+ years. It is also the site to check out overnights and race day entries for the spring Point to Points. All for free. Provided by Will and Kathleen O’Keefe, good people.
http://centralentryoffice.com/
Click on Reports, click on type of report, click on the type of past performance you want. The subject horse’s name has to be entered exactly as it is spelled with the JC, it doesn’t give suggested spelling.
You should be able to order videos from Huntcup Productions. They have been filming Steeplechase races for the NSA for years. I assume they archive everything. Sam Slater is a good guy. This service is not free.
My God, but that’s a fantastic resource.
I pulled up some results from the 1960s that had Barclay Tagg as a jockey.
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Definitely give the name - one of the 'chase folks here is almost certain to know the horse. There aren’t that many …
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No disrespect intended Petey, but it only takes a few seconds to type or copy & paste National Steeplechase association on Google to get it.
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My God, but that’s a fantastic resource.
I pulled up some results from the 1960s that had Barclay Tagg as a jockey.
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You’ve got to give a big hand to the O’Keefe’s for putting the site together. Not like there is a lot of advertising dollars to support it let alone pay them something for the all of the time it took to archive all that historical information.
All Point to Point entries are made on, taken by Central Entry. The usually post the results the next day. They take the time to add some race commentary also to the results. They post/link to the results of the NSA sanctioned races.
It is where entries and results for most if not all of the Hunt Pace, Team Chases etc are made and found.
For those who handicap and bet flat races it can come in handy. There are jumps trainers who run some horses on the flat also. There are a number of “training flat” races carded at both Point to Points and sanctioned races. These races DO NOT count towards their “official record”. In other words the results do not show, count on the a horse’s offical PPs. They are/can be used for “tune up” races for horses being pointed towards a race at a flat track.
If I see certain trainers with a horse entered in a turf race at “odds” because it appears that the horse hasn’t run in a while I check Central Entry to see if it has run in a Training flat recently. If the horse won and or ran really well good chance they will do the same at the racetrack. Bingo, I’ve cashed some really nice tickets using this “secret tool”. There are some flat trainers that know about these races also. Or they have a jumps trainer run the horse for them.
Funny you should mention Barclay’s name. Had a horse with him a few years ago. While talking with him I brought up his jump racing days. He said I wasn’t old enough to see him ride. I said I must look younger than I appear because I did. Mainly because as a kid I though his name was really cool.
