Dr. Alfred Griffin Archives • The Racing Biz

Steeplechase, flat worlds combine at Gold Cup races

Nick Hahn / 12 years

6 min read

Saturday’s International Gold Cup at Great Meadow will include both steeplechase and flat racing and could be a blueprint for racing’s Virginia future.

Parimutuel wagering boosts Virginia Gold Cup

Nick Hahn / 13 years

4 min read

The Virginia Gold Cup steeplechase races annually draws tens of thousands of spectators. With parimutuel wagering in place, that number is rising.

Dr. Alfred Griffin
International Gold Cup
Mike Pearson
Virginia Gold Cup
Virginia Racing Commission

Gold Cup’s mobile wagering experiment may strengthen Virginia racing’s roots

Nick Hahn / 13 years
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5 min read

With the Gold Cup in the forefront, steeplechase racing’s experiment in mobile wagering may point the way to Virginia racing’s future.

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Steeplechase, flat worlds combine at Gold Cup races

Parimutuel wagering boosts Virginia Gold Cup

Gold Cup’s mobile wagering experiment may strengthen Virginia racing’s roots

Triple Crown? What Triple Crown?

LRL: Full field slated for Thirty.

Zip Start lukewarm fave in contentious.

PODCAST: 3,800 wins and still going.

PRX: Lady Annabelle cruises in Disco.

Owner-breeder Tracy Johnson Mulroy passes