Iroquois Steeplechase Archive — Page 2 of 2

June 2, 2016

Steeplechase ambassador

The 2016 Iroquois Steeplechase drew more than 25,000 spectators to Percy Warner Park on May 14. The event has raised nearly $10 million over the years to benefit specialty programs, equipment, research and other needs for patients and families of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.

By Vanderbilt Health News
February 4, 2016

Webber named Steeplechase honorary co-chair

The Iroquois Steeplechase, considered Nashville’s rite of spring, is saddling up for the 75th annual running of the horses.

By Christina Echegaray
August 27, 2015

McNeilly, Stein show that support can last a lifetime

John Stein and Bob McNeilly Jr. were students at Vanderbilt University decades apart. One studied biology, the other education. One was a Nashville native, the other from Florida.

By Vanderbilt Health News
April 9, 2015

Steeplechase again set to saddle up for Children’s Hospital

Nashville and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are gearing up for another year of one of America’s premier horse racing events, the Iroquois Steeplechase, now in its 74th year.

By Christina Echegaray
May 21, 2014

Photo: Steeplechase 2014

This year’s Iroquois Steeplechase drew more than 25,000 spectators to Percy Warner Park.

By Vanderbilt Health News
April 10, 2014

New events on tap for this year’s Iroquois Steeplechase

The 2014 Iroquois Steeplechase, Nashville’s annual spring horse racing tradition, has selected one of Vanderbilt’s own as an honorary co-chair and also announced a new pre-race event — a golf tournament.

By Christina Echegaray