Leslie Young, Kathy Neilson and Mark Beecher have winners at the Grand National
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- April 23, 2025
- By SARA CAVANAGH
BUTLER, Md--Wrestlingwithrae (Ire), owned by Michael A.Smith, trained by Leslie Young and ridden by Jordan Canavan,, won the $35,000, 3 1/4 mile Grand National Timber Stakes on Saturday, April 19.
Hard Game won the Benjamin H Murray Allowance raceMark Beecher trained the winner of the second race, and Kathy Neilson saddled the winners of the third and fourth races.
Wrestlingwithrae won by 1 1/2 lengths in 6:35 1/5 over Goodoldtimes (Ire), trained by Mark Beecher, and Queens Empire (Ire), trained by Jack Fisher.
Wrestlingwithrae won an allowance race at Cheshire Point-to-Point and was second in the My Lady's Manor Stakes earlier this year.
The 7-year-old bay gelding ran mid-pack in the five horse field in the early going, led over the final fence and went on to win.
None of the five in the Grand National are going in the Maryland Hunt Cup.
Beecher saddled Bruton Street-US' Track and Trace (ire), ridden by Dan Nevin, to win the $15,000, 3 mile Maiden Timber by 10 3/4 lengths in 6:21 2/5 over Hey Teacher (GB), trained by Neilson, and Blackstar Rocco (Ire), trained by Willy Dowling.