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  2. Steeplechase (horse racing) - Wikipedia

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    A steeplechase is a distance horse race in which competitors are required to jump diverse fence and ditch obstacles. Steeplechasing is primarily conducted in Ireland (where it originated), Great Britain , Canada , United States , Australia , and France .

  3. Point-to-point (steeplechase) - Wikipedia

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    The first Steeplechase ever was run locally between Buttevant and Doneraile, County Cork, over 250 years ago.Chasing from 'steeple to steeple' or point-to-point began in 1752 when Mr Blake challenged his neighbour Mr O'Callaghan, to race across country from Buttevant church to Doneraile church some four and a half miles distance and to jump stone walls, ditches and hedges as they presented ...

  4. List of racehorses - Wikipedia

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    Buena Vista. Barbaro: 2006 Kentucky Derby winner whose racing career and life was cut short due to a life-ending injury [1]; Battleship (1927–1958) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who is the only horse to have won both the American Grand National and the Grand National steeplechase races.

  5. Aintree Racecourse - Wikipedia

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    In 1835 Lynn organised hurdle racing, which was a great success, especially when a well-known, rider, Captain Martin Becher, agreed to take part and rode a horse named Vivian to two victories. The story goes that Becher told Lynn about the Great St. Albans Steeplechase, a four-mile point-to-point race across country, which was first run in 1830.

  6. American Champion Steeplechase Horse - Wikipedia

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    The American Champion Steeplechase Horse is an American horse racing honor awarded as part of the Eclipse Award program since its inception in 1971. It is awarded annually to the top horse in steeplechase racing. Flatterer is the only horse to win the award four times in a row, his last coming at age 7 in 1986.

  7. Steeplechase (athletics) - Wikipedia

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    Steeplechase at the 2014 Lithuanian Championships in Athletics. The steeplechase is an obstacle race in athletics which derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing. The foremost version of the event is the 3000 metres steeplechase. The 2000 metres steeplechase is the next most common distance.

  8. Maryland Hunt Cup - Wikipedia

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    The Maryland Hunt Cup is a Timber race, which is an American Steeplechase. It was first run on May 26 [1] 1894 [2] and won by Johnny Miller. Eight horses have won the race three times but no horse has won it four times. [3] It is considered one of the most difficult steeplechase races in the world. [4]

  9. Velká pardubická - Wikipedia

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    The race was first run in 1874 in Pardubice, a town long known in the horse racing world, as some trainers and jockeys from England came there to work. The current steeplechase course was established in 1856, however the course first took its present-day form in the years just after World War II.