national hunt

British  

noun

1. (often capitals)

   1. the racing of horses on racecourses with jumps

   2. ( as modifier )

      a National Hunt jockey

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Example Sentences

Even national hunt horse racing saw the jockey skills and, later, the training ability of Carrutherstown handler Len Lungo.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2012

In 2010, after the resignation of the previous school leader, Eileen Coppola, Dr. Fisher was named acting principal while a search committee began a national hunt for a permanent replacement.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2012

He was one of Britain's most successful postwar national hunt jockeys, although he never won the Grand National.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2010

Par was still on the run, still dodging the Secret Service's national hunt for the fugitive.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette

Even Republican France has its national hunt yearly, at Rambouillet, and visiting monarchs are invariably expected to partake in the shooting.

From Dumas' Paris by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)