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steeplechasing

[ stee-puhl-chey-sing ]

noun

  1. the sport of riding or running in a steeplechase.


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Example Sentences

Largs Regatta in 1892 will long be remembered; it was no flat racing, but real steeplechasing in the Clyde.

Although not keen on polo he was very fond of steeplechasing.

It was used for both flat racing and steeplechasing, and the steeplechase course was more than two miles in length.

Steeplechasing has altered entirely since the first introduction of this essentially British sport.

Hunting and steeplechasing, leaping fences and ditches, are the highest art of horsemanship.

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