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In spite of a tendency to make mistakes, Captain Christy was an outstanding hurdler and one of the best steeplechasers of all time. He was the top-rated steeplechaser in Great Britain and Ireland for three successive seasons, 1972–73 to 1975–76. [2]
Most of the earlier steeplechases were contested cross-country rather than on a track, and resembled English cross country as it exists today. The first recorded steeplechase over a prepared track with fences was run at Bedford in 1810, although a race had been run at Newmarket in 1794 over a mile (1600 m) with five-foot (1.5 m) bars every ...
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup was first run as a steeplechase on 12 March 1924, over 3 miles 3 furlongs, for five year olds and upwards, with five year olds carrying 11 st 4 lbs, and the remainder 12 st. The race was covered by Pathe News. [1] A prize of £685 was awarded to the owner of the winning horse.
A cameraman, apparently unaware there was a race going on, wandered onto the track in the middle of the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships.
A healthy Colleen Quigley will return to the steeplechase at the U.S. track and field championships next month. Then she'll plunge into triathlon training.
Burrough Hill Lad (1976–2004) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. Named after Leicestershire village Burrough-On-The-Hill, [2] he competed in National Hunt races and won seventeen times from twenty-seven runs in steeplechases.