Iroquois Steeplechase


The Iroquois Steeplechase is an American Grade I NSA sanctioned steeplechase race run the second Saturday of May every year 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. 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.
Several winners of the race have been named American Champion Steeplechase Horse, including Flatterer, Lonesome Glory, Snap Decision, Correggio, All Gong, Good Night Shirt, Pierrot Lunaire, Divine Fortune, Demonstrative, Rawnaq, and Scorpiancer.
The race is long, over national fences and for four-year-olds and over.

Records since 1991

Speed record:
  • 5:29.40 – Victorian Hill
Most wins by a horse:
Most wins by a jockey:
  • 4 – Blythe Miller
Most wins by a trainer:
Most wins by an owner:

Winners

1982–1990

  • 1982 Uncle Edwin
  • 1983 Census
  • 1984 Census
  • 1985 Uncle Edwin
  • 1986 Uncle Edwin
  • 1987 Flatterer
  • 1988 Steve Canyon
  • 1989 Kesslin
  • 1990 Pacific Spy