May 1, 2009

Steeplechase set for May 9

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(Photo by Kats Barry)

The 68th annual Iroquois Steeplechase benefiting the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt is set for Saturday, May 9, at Nashville's Percy Warner Park.

The event is sponsored by the Volunteer State Horsemen's Foundation in association with the Friends of Children's Hospital.

Gates open at 8 a.m., and the first horse race starts at 1 p.m. General admission tickets are $10 at the gate. Children 12 and under are admitted free. For more information, visit www.iroquoissteeplechase.org.