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[6] [7] [8] The term "steeple chase," first appears in the British Newspaper Archive in this context on 20 March 1802, "steeple-chase" first appears on 12 July 1811, and "steeplechase" on 30 December 1819. [9] [10] [11] The earliest mention of a foot race being called a steeplechase took place in the back garden of a pub in Edinburgh in May 1827.
Steeplechase Times newspaper covers the sport. [6] Thomas Hitchcock (1860–1941) is known as the father of American steeplechasing. In the late 1800s, he built a steeplechase training center on his 3,000-acre (12 km 2) property in Aiken, South Carolina and trained horses imported from England.
Steeplechase may refer to: Steeplechase (horse racing), a type of horse race in which participants are required to jump over obstacles; Steeplechase (athletics), an event in athletics that derives its name from the steeplechase in horse racing; Steeplechase (composition), a jazz standard by Bebop alto saxophonist Charlie Parker
Steeplechase at the World Athletics U20 Championships (32 P) Pages in category "Steeplechase (athletics)" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as 3000m SC) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field. It is an obstacle race over the distance of the 3000 metres , which derives its name from the horse racing steeplechase .
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The Iroquois Steeplechase (also known as the Iroquois Hurdle Stakes) is an American Grade I NSA sanctioned steeplechase race run each May at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. The race dates back to 1941 and has been held annually, except in 1945, due to World War II , and in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 1 ]
The 1965 Chase is a Grade 2 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (2 miles 5 furlongs and 8 yards, or 4,231 metres), and during its running there are seventeen fences to be jumped.