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steeplechase

stee puhl chays

  • n  a footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump
  • n  a horse race over an obstructed course

  • Visitors said it was the most beautiful steeplechase course in the world.
  • To horsemen, Hitchcock also means America's greatest steeplechase trainer.
  • These days the only steeplechase surprise is when a horse handled by Pat and Mike Smithwick is shut out of a big purse.
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  • Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Deutsche Welle
    The CSU "is taking part in a steeplechase. I've no idea what the outcome will be," Steinmeier told national public broadcaster ARD.
  • Philip Catherine in JazzTimes Magazine
    That was one aspect of my music, making albums for SteepleChase, but it wasn't at all what I was trying to do,Catherine says. "I was doing Guitars, but it's disappeared, and everyone knows SteepleChase. I loved playing with Dexter and...
  • Ron Clarke in Melbourne Herald Sun
    I made the analogy that this is like getting over the last hurdle, and now it is just a run to the tape,Clarke said yesterday. "We've got over all those water jumps and steeplechase hurdles . . . a lot of people invested a lot of time....

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