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Why are steeplechasers chasing steeples in this unusual 3000-meter event, requiring runners to jump over hurdles and water on the track?

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

This year’s steeplechasers must be fit, and the ice leaves little opportunity to exercise De Chera over open fields.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2015

A physical freak, she weighs around 575kg, more than burly, big-boned steeplechasers such as Denman and Kauto Star.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2012

Today is the 50th anniversary of the last occasion when a grey won the National and yet I can remember plenty of fine grey steeplechasers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 25, 2011

Of his love for that sport there is ample proof in the fact that he trained and rode his own steeplechasers.

From Sir John French An Authentic Biography by Chisholm, Cecil