The Cattail Chase Races

The Cattail Chase Races A charity sporting event the Cattail Chase features horses racing and jumping across open countryside

Entries attached!  (For pony entries, please visit U.S Pony U.S. Pony Racing)"How's the footing?"From the committee:• Fi...
10/16/2025

Entries attached! (For pony entries, please visit U.S Pony U.S. Pony Racing)

"How's the footing?"
From the committee:
• Firm.
• Better than last year!
• Little hard, but we have really good turf for cushion.

JOCKEYS: jump course is flagged if you wish to walk it; flat course will be flagged on Saturday. Please text farm manager to let her know you are on the property: 443-375-6448
Course maps on website; hard copies will be in stewards' stand by Saturday.
MANDATORY JOCKEY MEETING SUNDAY 11:45 a.m. at the stewards' stand.

10/14/2025

Our charities are not just our beneficiaries; they are our supporters, our cheerleaders and are our fully integrated community partners. Thank you MedStar Montgomery Medical Center for this particular promotional, and thank you to the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Company, Respite Retreats, Bridges to Housing Stability and Fund for Arts Ellicott City for all you are doing to help support and grow this community charity sporting event! IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO PURCHASE TAILGATE TICKETS! Just visit our website - and REMEMBER to select your preferred charity at check-out!

Hey Pony Racer parents! Entries closing soon for the Cattail Chase Pony Races! See below for more info!
10/12/2025

Hey Pony Racer parents! Entries closing soon for the Cattail Chase Pony Races! See below for more info!

Use this dreary day to make your pony race entries at The Cattail Chase Races ... entries close TOMORROW. Divisions include:
Leadline walk/trot for those who have not had their 7th bday as of Jan 1
Small Pony, Shetland Pony, Medium Pony and Large Pony flat races. All riders not to have had their 16th bday as of Jan 1 and ponies are to be at least 5 years old. Don't have an overgirth? No worries, we can lend you one!

https://www.usponyracing.com/cattail-chase-pony-races
PC: Della-Vollpe

HEY RACE GOERS: Don't feel like packing a tailgate this year? Or is this your first time and you just want to scope it o...
10/11/2025

HEY RACE GOERS: Don't feel like packing a tailgate this year? Or is this your first time and you just want to scope it out, without worrying about lugging a picnic? Then you will want to check out our Beer Garden and Food Trucks! Brookeville Beer is BACK, and we welcome Tasty Treats & Taco Joint! It's not too late to purchase your passes online: a $25 general admission pass gets you in the gate with as many people as you can fit in your vehicle, for a day in the country with fast horses, faster ponies and great food and drink! www.cattailchase.org

10/10/2025

ENTRIES REMAIN OPEN through Wednesday at noon. Enter with Alissa Norman at Central Entry or [email protected] or TEXT 484-897-0096
SCRATCHES: By noon on Wednesday prior to Race Day IN WRITING ONLY (email or text)

Open Timber - The Waterford
PURSE $7,000. 3 miles, fences not to exceed 3’6; For Five-Year-Olds and Upward. Weight 165 lbs.
Entry Fee: $200

Novice Timber - The Harwood
PURSE $2,000. 3 miles, fences not to exceed 3’6”.. For Five-Year-Olds and Upward which have not won over timber prior to the 1st of the current year; Weight 165 lbs.; for each win since the 1st of the current year add 5 lbs. Entry Fee: $100

Maiden Timber Race – The J. Thomas & Mary Scrivener Memorial
PURSE $2,000. 3 miles; fences not to exceed 3’6”. For Five-Year-Olds and Upward which have never won a race over timber. Five-year olds $160; Older 165 lbs. Entry Fee: $100

Training Flat Race
PURSE $500. About 1 mile 3 furlongs. For Four-Year-Olds and Upward. 155 lbs. Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Entry Fee: $50; riders must have finished in at least 3 point-to-points or be acceptable by the race committee.

Amateur Rider Flat Race
PURSE $500. About 2 miles on the turf. For Four-Year-Olds and Upward. 155 lbs.; To be ridden by amateur riders. Entry Fee: $50; riders must be be acceptable by the race committee

$3,000 Trainer Award
• $500 will be awarded to the Leading Trainer in the Open Timber.
• $500 will be awarded to the Leading Trainer in the Novice Timber.
• $500 will be awarded to the Leading Trainer in the Maiden Timber
• $250 will be awarded to the Leading Trainer Training Flat
• $250 will be awarded to the Leading Trainer Amateur Flat
• $1,000 will be awarded to the Overall Leading Trainer to be determined by total points in all horse races.

Sales have opened for the 2025 Cattail Chase Races!
09/04/2025

Sales have opened for the 2025 Cattail Chase Races!

11/03/2024

Many thanks to Chesapeake Drone for filming our races this year! We decided to take the leap into modern technology, and we are glad we did! This exciting finish should give you goosebumps (make sure you turn up the volume). Note the splicing in of the finish line camera. Thank you, Jesse Hammett! We will have complete race videos available soon.

Many thanks to Denise Koch, our celebrity tailgate judge, and to local photographer Korey Hopkins for his fabulous photo...
11/03/2024

Many thanks to Denise Koch, our celebrity tailgate judge, and to local photographer Korey Hopkins for his fabulous photos!

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4389 Jennings Chapel Road
Brookeville, MD
20833

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