Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase

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Grade I race
Breeders' Cup Grand National

Location	Moorland Farms Racecourse Far Hills, New Jersey
Inaugurated	1899
Race type	Thoroughbred - Steeplechase
Website	Far Hills Race Meeting Association, Inc.
Race information
Distance	2⅝ miles
Track	Steeplechase, 14 fences
Qualification	Three-year-olds
Weight
Purse	$300,000

The Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase is an American Grade I NSA sanctioned steeplechase race run each fall over the rolling hills of Moorland Farms in Far Hills, New Jersey. Set over a 2 5/8-mile course during the one day "Far Hills Race Meeting," it has 14 national fences, and a purse of $300,000. This new purse, increased in 2006, makes it the richest event in American steeplechase racing.

The race dates back to 1899 and was long the premier stakes in U.S. jump racing. Past winners include 11 of the 14 steeplechasers inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Flatterer (also a close second in the 1987 Champion Hurdle), Zaccio, Café Prince, Bon Nouvel, Neji, Oedipus, Elkridge, Bushranger, Battleship (in 1938 became the only winner of this race and the Aintree Grand National), Jolly Roger and Good and Plenty.

The race has been held at Belmont Park, at Saratoga Race Course, and at Morris Park racetracks, as well as the steeplechase meets at Fair Hill, Maryland and Charlottesville, Virginia.

The Grand National (once called the American Grand National) is one of the oldest races in steeplechasing and one of the most important outside Europe. It has been brought back from oblivion by the dedication of a combination of steeplechase enthusiasts. Run in 2006 for the 14th time in its latest incarnation, the day of steeplechasing at Far Hills includes seven races, the most important of which is the Grand National.

1 Winners of the Grand National since 1998
2 Earlier winners
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Winners of the Grand National since 1998

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2007	McDynamo	10	Jody Petty	Sanna Hendriks	Michael J. Moran	5:30.60
2006	McDynamo	9	Jody Petty	Sanna Hendriks	Michael J. Moran	5:58.20
2005	McDynamo	8	Jody Petty	Sanna Hendriks	Michael J. Moran	5:46.65
2004	McDynamo	7	Craig Thornton	Sanna Hendriks	Michael J. Moran	5:06.80
2003	McDynamo	6	Craig Thornton	Sanna Hendriks	Michael J. Moran	5:24.12
2002	Flat Top	9	Robert Massey	Janet Elliot	Nancy Gerry	5:19.44
2001	Quel Senor	6	Cyril Murphy	Tom Voss	Coppertree Farm	4:54.20
2000	All Gong	6	Blythe Miller	Bruce Miller	Calvin Houghland	4:53.90
1999	Ninepins	12	Arch Kingsley, Jr.	Jonathan Sheppard	Hudson River Farm	5:28.40
1998	Flat Top	5	Bitsy Patterson	Janet Elliot	Nancy Gerry	4:55.60