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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 eight-year-old has never finished outside of the first two in steeplechases bar an uncharacteristic jumping lapse at Aintree.

From The Guardian • Feb. 5, 2011

I believe if I was in the habit of attending low pigeon matches, dog fights, or steeplechases, in the "Harrow County," I should recognize most of them enjoying the spectacle of such diversions.

From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.