Tax Ruling wins Iroquois Steeplechase
May 9, 2010NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -Tax Ruling beat pace-setting Slip Away by 4 3/4 lengths Saturday in the $150,000 Calvin Houghland-Iroquois Steeplechase at Percy Warner.
The 7-year-old gelding edged seven rivals in the 3-mile contest over 18 hurdles in a track-record 5:37 1-5 with Irish jockey Darren Nagle in the saddle.
Tax Ruling, a four-time winner in 15 starts over hurdles, earned $90,000 to raise his jump racing earnings to $209,450 for owner Irvin S. Naylor, a York, Pa. utility executive and former steeplechase rider.