Virginia Horseman Randall “Randy” D. Rouse has been awarded the National Steeplechase Association (NSA)'s 26th F. Ambrose Clark Award–jump racing's highest honor–for his many contributions to the sport. Rouse, who will turn 100 years old Dec. 30, guided the NSA through some of its most challenging years in the 1970s and changed the focus of steeplechasing to its unique race meets near large metropolitan areas.
“Randy Rouse is a most deserving recipient of the F. Ambrose Clark Award,” said NSA President Guy J. Torsilieri. “He has been a leader of the sport in his native Virginia and nationally, and he is an inspiration to those who have followed him.”
Rouse served as president of the NSA from 1971 to 1974 and is credited with planting the seeds for a sustained period of growth that has resulted in record purses in the present day. He maintains an active presence in the game as a trainer, and his win with Hishi Soar at the Foxfield Spring Steeplechase in Charlottesville, Virginia in April put him in the record books as the oldest trainer to saddle a Thoroughbred winner in North America.
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