steeplechase

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

Tade Ojora triumphed in the men's 110m hurdles in 13.34, Phil Norman retained the men's 3000m steeplechase title in 8:40.47, and Cam Corbishley and Hannah Hopper won the men's and women's 5,000m race walks respectively.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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

Lizzie Bird dug deep to make sure she finished in the first five of her women's 3,000m steeplechase heat and booked her place in the final, which is also on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 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

Traditions linger in parishes round Cambridge that the University "gentlemen" used certain fields or commons for the purpose of riding races; the Cottenham steeplechases are presumably a survival of this practice.

From St. John's College, Cambridge by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)

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 Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)

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 Gibbon, Perceval

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 Lawson, Thomas William

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

Often, Fenwick says, as he sits by the wood stove in his office, surrounded by saddlery, model tractors and photos of his steeplechasing successes, the right fix is only a wait away.

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

No horse has ever won the race, the midwinter championship of steeplechasing, five times, but he is odds-on to be the first.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2011

In fact, it is the exception when another than an Irish-bred horse annexes the blue riband of steeplechasing.

From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.