steeplechase

In an injury-scarred spell since then, she transitioned to road racing but committed to returning to the track so she could compete at a second home Games in Glasgow after doing the steeplechase in 2014.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

The 78-year-old Englishman guided Portsmouth to 2008 FA Cup glory but Friday's win in a steeplechase, considered only second in prestige to the Cheltenham Gold Cup, will probably share pride of place in his life.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

Elise Thorner, who also has the UKA standard and will go to Tokyo if she qualifies by world ranking - ran a championship record 9:22.05 to win the women's 3,000m steeplechase.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025

If Liam ever wants to learn about running, he always can consult with his cousin, James Corrigan, an Eagle Rock grad who finished 31st in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Paris Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2024

Dozens of fans bristled over the tops of the steeplechase fences, leaving them teetering under the weight.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Winning in a time of eight minutes 6.05 seconds, the 28-year-old mirrored the achievement of Finland's Volmari Iso-Hollo, who won back-to-back steeplechases in 1932 and 1936.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024

Formulaic action scenes became riotous steeplechases as Zorro surmounted obstacles with somersaults and handsprings, sometimes pausing for a snack.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2020

These pieces are bracing, argumentative and engineered to show the range of the group members: fulminous, intense collective improvisation; rapid, chromatic steeplechases; research into long tones and textures.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2014

The experienced Muir was quick to accept that teenage horses can perform well in steeplechases and admitted that he did not "know a great deal about this horse, physically".

From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2012

Either in the summer, for the Eclipse Stakes, or in the spring for the steeplechases, most of the great English racehorses go to Sandown.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Hugh Thomson

Where before life had glided, now it steeplechased, taking its days bull-headed, and Paul grew to the age of four as a bamboo grows, in leaps.

From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Perceval Gibbon

My blood steeplechased in my veins as I waited for him to deal me the hand that might decide my fate.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Thomas William Lawson

I've steeplechased, raced, and 'run horses', but I think the most dashing of all Was the ride when the old fellow saved me from Gilbert, O'Maley and Hall!

From Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson

The collection, housed in Vine Hill, a red-brick house built in 1804 and its Federal revival addition, represents subjects related to equestrian pursuits such as thoroughbred racing, dressage, eventing, steeplechasing and polo.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2018

Until now, says Fenwick’s brother Charles, a five-time winner of the race, the steeplechasing community “has done zero to reach out.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2015

Eight-time champion trainer Paul Nicholls dominated the Gold Cup a few years ago with his steeplechasing greats Kauto Star and Denman, who were in neighbouring boxes at his Somerset stables.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2015

For seven fences it was a masterclass of steeplechasing.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2010

For the same reason, dust thrown up by the leaders, is not unfrequently the cause of accidents at steeplechasing in India.

From The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. by M. Horace (Matthew Horace) Hayes