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The My Lady's Manor Steeplechase

APRIL 15, 2023

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HISTORY

The opening of the Maryland sanctioned timber racing season, usually the second Saturday in April, signifies the true start of spring to many Marylanders; much more so than the weather or the almanac. For the next three Saturdays, thousands of asphalt-bound city denizens will walk on grass for the first time since last fall as they join their country cousins to follow the colors of the amateur jockeys flying over timber fences in three or four-mile races that are true tests of man and horse.

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Steeplechase races over timber, as a Maryland tradition, are not as venerable as fox hunting, which goes back to Colonial days, but the records go back nonetheless some 100-plus years. And few sports can boast the tradition of family participation which characterize these races, perhaps the My Lady's Manor most of all.

The race began in 1902 as a sporting way of deciding who among a group of young men on the Manor had the fastest and best jumper. Harry T. Pearce, John Rush Streett, J.M. Pearce, Charles M. Pearce and Walter Hutchins were the originators. In the years since, the descendants of some of these men, plus a lengthening list of other families - Bosley, Bonsal, Brewster, Cocks, Fisher, Griswold, Fenwick, Janney, Voss - have supplied two or more generations participating in these races as either riders, owners or trainers.

 

There have been many changes over the years, but the attraction of the spring countryside remains. The beauty of the race in the distance, the thrill of being within yards of thousands of pounds of man and beast pounding down the homestretch. As a long ago newspaperman wrote, "Today you have fine horses and courageous riders fighting it out over a fair line of countryside, for all to watch and enjoy. How better to spend an afternoon of early spring?" How better indeed. And the city dwellers will continue to walk on grass at the races each spring as long as the descendants of these early horsemen continue to race.

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SPONSORSHIP

SPONSORSHIP  

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Finish Line Tent Packages

SOLD OUT FOR 2023

Come out and enjoy the races with clients or even a large group of friends! We have corporate packages available which include advertising for your business.  

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THESE SELL OUT FAST SO RESERVE YOURS TODAY!

Please contact info@manorraces.com for more information 

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2022 SPONSORS

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Renegade River
Mini Manor
Mini Manor
Mini Manor
Jay Young, Michael Finney and Ross Pearce
My Ladys Manor 2022
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Hadden Frost and Michael Finney
Team Political Theatre
Chaflin Family
Ann Jackson and Dorian Filbert
Win Lewis in the Leadline Races
Class Indian (3), Ray de Light (2), Stand Down (7)
Lead Line Race Jockey's
Jockey's Darren Nagle, Hadden Frost and Mark Beecher
2017 John Rush Street Winner Formidable Heart
2018 John Rush Strett Memorial Winner Shinobi (GER)
Mayo Family Band
Elizabeth McKnight and Granddaughter
Satish and Schoodic, 2019 John Rush Street Memorial
Gerry Brewster
109th Running of the My Lady's Manor
Grand Manan
Dom Boccia, Parker Pearce and Ross Pearce
View from the finish
Our Town, 2019 John Rush Street Memorial
2019 Thomas H. Voss Memorial winner, Political Theatre
Willie McCarthy, Todd and Blair Wyatt and Michael Finney
Our Town and Schoodic
(L to R) Hadden Frost, Willie McCarthy and Jack Fisher
2019 Lead Line Race Winner
Witor with Collin Smith
Jeffrey G
TICKET INFOMATION

RACE DAY information 

GATES OPEN 10 AM  |  FIRST RACE 1:30 PM

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ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED!
yOU MAY PURCHASE TICKETS AT BRADLEY'S LIQUORS,
THE WINE MERHCANT AND DOVER SADDLERY.
General and Preferred Parking are available for cash purchase at the gate. (G-$60 P-$80)

ENTERANCE IS BY PARKING PASS ONLY.
NO INDIVIDUAL TICKETS ARE NEEDED.

**There are no refunds on parking passes**

IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY TO HORSES AND PEOPLE, THE FOLLOWING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE RACECOURSE:

MOUNTED SPECTATORS

UNLEASHED DOGS

GRILLS

GATORS AND GOLF CARTS (OTHER THAN THOSE IN OFFICIAL USE)

DIRT BIKES

BUSES/LARGE VANS

DRONES (OTHER THAN THOSE IN OFFICIAL USE)

The Walkover
Mystic Strike with Todd McKenna
Jockey Justin Batoff
Trainer Kathy Neilson and Jockey Skylar McKenna
Willie White
Place your bets!
Skylar McKenna and Super Saturday
14.21
In the Paddock
View from the Paddock
Tailgate Time!
Drift Society
Quite the setup
Onto the finish
Vintage Vinnie connections
5.21
Renegade River
Catching the action
Outrider Geoff Hyde
Super Saturday connections
Schoodic
Location
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