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MAY 18, 2023 | VOLUME 35 | NUMBER 20
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Mayoral race kicks into gear with televised forum BY CONNOR DARYANI
Irish race horse Scaramanga is celebrated following his win on May 13 with Jockey Paul Townend, Owner Malcom C. Denmark and Trainers Rachel Robins and William Mullins. PHOTO COURTESY OF IROQUOIS STEEPLECHASE/THE ANDREWS AGENCY
82nd Iroquois Steeplechase returns to Percy Warner Park IRISH RACEHORSE SCARAMANGA UPSETS TWO-TIME WINNER SNAP DECISION IN THE CALVIN HOUGHLAND IROQUOIS RACE
BY MATT MASTERS
Fashion was on full display at the 82nd Iroquois Steeplechase. PHOTO COURTESY OF IROQUOIS STEEPLECHASE/THE ANDREWS AGENCY
The 82nd annual Iroquois Steeplechase drew thousands to Percy Warner Park on Saturday, May 13, where Irish racehorse Scaramanga pulled off an upset in The Calvin Houghland Iroquois Race beating two-time winner Snap Decision. The Eight-year-old Scaramanga (lovingly known to his team as “Scuba Steve”) prevented Snap Decision from securing a historic three-peat. “It was a great experience to come to Nashville; it’s such a friendly place,” Scaramanga’s Owner Malcolm C. Denmark said. “The ground here is firmer than the UK, and we know it’s a great place to run Scaramanga.” “This is a very special race with a lot of history and to beat a horse like Snap Decision is really cool,” Scaramanga’s Jockey
Paul Townend added. The winners of the all of the races are as follows: Race 1 - 11 JIMMY P, Jockey Danny Mullins, Owner Madaket Stables LLC, Molly Willis, Paul Willis, Trainer Keri Brion Race 2 - 3 L’IMPERATOR, Jockey Stephen Mulqueen, Owner Hudson River Farms, Trainer Archibald Kingsley Jr. Race 3 – 4 BARBADOS, Jockey Stephen Mulqueen, Owner Richard C. Colton Jr. and Stella Thayer, Trainer Archibald Kingsley Jr. Race 4 – 1 COOL JET, Jockey Graham Watters, Owner Riverdee Stable, Trainer Jack Fisher
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Metro election season is heating up this week, with one of the first major mayoral forums taking place Tuesday night. Following Mayor John Cooper’s decision not to run for a second term, the field quickly expanded. Ten candidates took the stage for WKRN’s mayoral forum: Heidi Campbell, Freddie O’Connell, Matt Wiltshire, Jeff Yarbro, Natisha Brooks, Jim Gingrich, Sharon Hurt, Vivian Wilhoite, Stephanie Johnson and Alice Rolli. Over the past few weeks, both Gingrich and Wiltshire have aired TV ads, yard signs have begun popping up throughout the city and with the May 18 qualifying deadline fast approaching, Tuesday night in some ways marked the beginning of a busy season. An early poll from school choice group Tennesseans for Student Success had Campbell and Yarbro, both Democratic state senators, leading the race going into Tuesday night, with O’Connell, the District 19 Metro councilmember, close behind. Over two hours, candidates spoke about transportation and infrastructure, housing, education, crime and inequality. With so many topics to discuss, two hours felt insufficient for 10 candidates to differentiate themselves from one another. Following each question, asked by various community leaders, candidates were given one minute to respond, and from the jump it was apparent that the future mayor would need to put in the work to stand out. “As you can see, all of us on this platform have the same interests,” said Wilhoite. “We want affordable housing. We all want public safety, investment in what’s happening in our city, but there’s one thing that separates all of us. The will and drive to make things happen.” Wilhoite, one of the more recent entrants in the race, said that her time as Davidson County property assessor shows she has that energy more so than the other nine candidates — a crop that includes state >> PAGE 3
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