06/16/2026
A late-breaking NSA ruling has created a ripple effect with some of the Maryland Steeplechase Series Awards.
2026 Awards will be presented to the following at the MSA Awards Reception on June 25; scroll down for link to RSVP.
MARYLAND STEEPLECHASE HORSE OF THE YEAR: Mr. Fine Threads Owned by Armata Stables Trained by Joe Davies
MARYLAND NOVICE TIMBER CHAMPION: Recoup (GB) Owned by Irv Naylor Trained by Kathy Neilson
THE MARYLAND IRISH-BRED THOROUGHBRED: Our Legend (IRE) Owned by Adlestrop Hill Trained by Emily Hannum
$500 MHBA MARYLAND-BRED Steeplechase Horse of the Year: Mr. Fine Threads by Sightseeing our of Seven Counties/Wayne County (Ire). Bred by William B Harris; owned by Armata Stables, trained by Joe Davies.
$500 MARYLAND MILLION MARYLAND-SIRED Steeplechase Horse of the Year: Master Seville, by Seville (Ger) out of Casablanca Lily (Ire)/Hurrican Run (Ire). Bred by South Branch Equine LLC, The Kinsley Family, owned by South Branch Equine LLC, trained by Mark Beecher
MARYLAND HEAVYWEIGHT TIMBER – TIE: Road To Oz Owned by Dan Baker Trained by Mark Beecher & Bogey’s Image Owned by Harvey Goolsby, A O’Donovan, Dan Colhoun Trained by Joe Davies
AMATEUR APPRENTICE TIMBER HORSE & RIDER CHAMPION - TIE: For the Parish (IRE) & Paddy Barlow & De Nordener (IRE) & Sophie O'Brien
OVERALL LEADING OWNER The H.Turney McKnight Perpetual Trophy: Runnymore Racing LLC (the change is not due to the NSA ruling but to a clerical error in the earlier announcement)
THE H. BROOKS DURKEE MEMORIAL LEADING TIMBER RIDER: Dan Nevin
LEADING AMATEUR RIDER Thomas H. Voss Memorial Perpetual Trophy - TIE: Eric Poretz & Dan Nevin
OVERALL LEADING RIDER - 3 WAY TIE: Dan Nevin, Eric Poretz, Graham Watters
THE VOSS AMATEUR FLAT SERIES: Sophie O'Brien
LEADING LADY RIDER: Sophie O'Brien
$1,000 LEADING TRAINER: Joe Davies
LEADING JUNIOR SMALL PONY RIDER: Rosey Crane
LEADING JUNIOR MEDIUM PONY RIDER�: Abby Taylor
LEADING JUNIOR LARGE PONY RIDER: Pauly Aguilera
OVERALL LEADING PONY RIDER: Rosey Crane
LEADING JUNIOR HORSE RIDER: Abby Taylor
OVERALL LEADING JUNIOR RIDER: Abby Taylor
(Is your name, your stable's name, your syndicate's name, your child's name, your horse's name or your pony's name spelled incorrectly? Please PM the MSA with the correction!)
TO RSVP:
Please join us for the 2026 Awards Reception for the Maryland Governor's Cup Series
