Look up: Steeplechase

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   Steeplechase
   Originally a steeplechase was a trial of speed and jumping powers between two or more horses across the country between two church steeples. Today, the course is a regular race course with artificial fences for the horses to jump. In athletics, the 3000 meters steeplechase is a hurdling event for men on the programme of all major athletics championships.
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   steeplechase
   [n] - a footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump 2. [n] - a horse race over an obstructed course
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   Steeplechase
   The `steeplechase` is a form of horse racing (primarily conducted in the United Kingdom, United States, France and Ireland) and derives its name from early races in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple, jumping fences and ditches and generally traversing the many intervening obstacles in the countryside. In the UK and Ireland the term `steeplechase` is not used, even though the word originated in Ireland: the term ...
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   steeplechase
   in horse racing, a race over jumps or obstacles. Although dating back to Xenophon (4th century ), it derives its name from impromptu races by fox ... [15 related articles]
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   steeplechase
   in athletics (track-and-field), a footrace over an obstacle course that includes such obstacles as water ditches, open ditches, and fences.[1 related articles]
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