Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or sport of riding in a steeplechase.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of riding steeple chases.
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- noun the
racing ofhorses over open country, or over fences - noun
athletics overhurdles and a water jump
Etymologies
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Examples
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No horse has ever won the race, the midwinter championship of steeplechasing, five times, but he is odds-on to be the first.
Paul Nicholls has Kauto Star ready for historic King George Chase bid
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The evidence of recent Nationals suggests that seven-year-olds, who lack experience of steeplechasing, have just a 33% chance of keeping their rider in the saddle throughout.
Ballabriggs can give McCain family their fifth Grand National
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This story of enterprise and togetherness is from the top drawer of steeplechasing yarns.
Nicky Henderson craves Cheltenham Gold Cup at end of troubled Festival
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NSA-sanctioned steeplechasing and all kinds of kid and amateur races.
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'I understand,' Crispin said, 'that in steeplechasing in general, few stud values are involved, and in this year's National the horses are all geldings.
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Firstly, few retainer contracts of any sort were offered to jockeys in steeplechasing.
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Dick was a steeplechasing jockey for many years, and rode the Queen Mother's horses.
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Saturday's running of one of the best steeplechasing afternoon programmes of the whole midwinter season was stuck in a silly halt because the people who worked the Tote betting machines wanted to stay at home.
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On British racecourses that year the steeplechasing scene had been sizzlingly dominated by the improbable trainer - jockey allegiance of a long-haired descendant of true gypsies with the aristocratic nephew of an historic house.
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'I understand,' Crispin said, 'that in steeplechasing in general, few stud values are involved, and in this year's National the horses are all geldings.
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