Iroquois Steeplechase
Grade I race
LocationPercy Warner Park
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Inaugurated1941
Race typeThoroughbred – Steeplechase
WebsiteIroquois Steeplechase
Race information
Distance3 miles
SurfaceTurf
TrackSteeplechase, national fences
QualificationFour-Year-Olds and Upward
WeightFour-year-olds, 142 lbs.; older, 158 lbs.
Purse$150,000

The Iroquois Steeplechase (also known as the Iroquois Hurdle Stakes) is an American Grade I NSA sanctioned steeplechase race run each May at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee.

The race dates back to 1941 and has been held annually, except in 1945, due to World War II, and in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Iroquois itself is the culmination of a card of races which usually includes five to seven preliminary races, both flat races and steeplechases. The race is named for Iroquois, the first American-bred Thoroughbred to win the prestigious British Epsom Derby.[2]

Several winners of the race have been named American Champion Steeplechase Horse, including Flatterer, Lonesome Glory, Correggio, All Gong, Good Night Shirt, Pierrot Lunaire, Divine Fortune, Demonstrative, Rawnaq, and Scorpiancer.

The race is three miles (4.8 km) long, over national fences and for four-year-olds and over.[3]

Records since 1991

Speed record:

Most wins by a horse:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Most wins by an owner:

Winners

1982–1990

1991–present

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
1991[4] Victorian Hill 6 Blythe Miller Janet Elliot William C. Lickle 5:29.40
1992[5] Victorian Hill 7 Blythe Miller Janet Elliot William C. Lickle 5:31.90
1993[6] Mistico 7 Sanna Neilson Jonathan E. Sheppard R. Dee Hubbard 5:43.00
1994[7] Mistico 8 Craig Thornton Jonathan E. Sheppard R. Dee Hubbard 5:28.60
1995[8] Lonesome Glory 7 Blythe Miller F. Bruce Miller Walter M. Jeffords, Jr. 5:32.80
1996[9] To Ridley 6 Sean Clancy Jack Fisher Mrs. F. Eugene Dixon, Jr. 5:41.80
1997[10] Correggio 6 Archibald Kingsley Janet Elliot William C. Lickle 5:51.80
1998[11] Rowdy Irishman 9 Vincent Marzullo Bruce Haynes Vesta Balestiere 5:51.80
1999[12] Rowdy Irishman 10 Vincent Marzullo Bruce Haynes Vesta Balestiere 5:50.60
2000[13] Pinkie Swear 6 Sean Clancy Charles Fenwick Jr. Arcadia Stable 5:50.00
2001[14] Rand 7 Eddie Lamb Mark Oulaghan Eamon Cleary 5:35.00
2002[15] All Gong 8 Blythe Miller F. Bruce Miller Calvin Houghland 5:32.40
2003[16] Pelagos 8 Tom Foley F. Bruce Miller Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hoffman 5:46.60
2004[17] Tres Touche 7 David Bentley Richard Hendicks Estate of Barracuda Stables 5:38.60
2005[18] Sur La Tete 7 Christopher Read Neil R. Morris Kinross Corporation 5:47.40
2006[19] Sur La Tete 8 Christopher Read Neil R. Morris Kinross Corporation 5:47.60
2007[20] Good Night Shirt 6 Willie Dowling Jack Fisher Harold A. Via Jr. 5:50.40
2008[21] Good Night Shirt 7 Willie Dowling Jack Fisher Harold A. Via Jr. 5:47.60
2009[22] Pierrot Lunaire 5 Chip Miller F. Bruce Miller Calvin Houghland 6:27.40
2010[23] Tax Ruling 7 Darren Nagle Desmond Fogarty Irvin S. Naylor 5:37.20
2011[24] Tax Ruling 8 Darren Nagle Brianne A. Slater Irvin S. Naylor 5:46.20
2012[25] Arcadius 8 Brian Crowley Jonathan E. Sheppard Hudson River Farms 5:36.20
2013[26] Demonstrative 6 Robert Walsh Richard L. Valentine Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom Jr. 5:42.20
2014[27] Divine Fortune 11 William McCarthy Jonathan E. Sheppard William L. Pape & Jonathan E. Sheppard 5:39.40
2015[28] Demonstrative 8 Jack Doyle Richard L. Valentine Mrs. George L. Ohrstrom Jr. 5:47.60
2016[29] Rawnaq 9 Jack Doyle Cyril Murphy Irvin S Naylor 5:42.40
2017[30] Scorpiancer 8 Sean McDermott Jack Fisher Bruton Street US 5:37.00
2018 Zanjabeel 5 Ross Geraghty Richard J Hendricks Rosbrian Farm 5:36.40
2019 Scorpiancer 10 Sean McDermott Jack Fisher Bruton Street US 5:43.80
2020 Not held due to COVID-19
2021 Snap Decision 7 Graham Watters Jack Fisher Bruton Street US
2022 Snap Decision 8 Graham Watters Jack Fisher Bruton Street US 5:40.20
2023 Scaramanga[31] 8 Paul Townend Willie Mullins Malcolm C. Denmark

References

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