a.a horse race across a stretch of open countryside including obstacles to be jumped b.a rare word forpoint-to-point vb (Horse Racing) (intr) to take part in a steeplechase [C19: so called because it originally took place cross-country, with a church tower serving as a landmark to gu...
has joined the list of star names, along with Henry Daly, long-time lieutenant to the late Captain Tim Forster, three times a winner of the world's greatest steeplechase, courtesy of Well To Do (1972), Ben Nevis (1980) and Last Suspect (1985).O'Neill, the Cheltenham Gold Cupwinner wh...
Steeplechase— an athletics distance track running event with barriers and water jumps. Steeplechase— a horse racing sport in which competitors on horsebacks race on a long-distance course that has several types of obstacles. Stick-Fighting— a type of martial arts which uses a hand-held long ...
The course runs past many of the most famous sights of England’s capital, including the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace, where the race ends. The London Marathon first took place in 1981 after Olympic 3,000m steeplechase gold medallistChris Brasherwas inspired to create a race based on...
ARKLE: The best steeplechaser since the Second World War, known simply as 'himself' by the Irish, got the better of the supposedly 'unbeatable' odds-on fav... TB Post 被引量: 0发表: 0年 Racing: MISSEDISAN ARKLE HIT MISSED That powered to victory in the Baileys Arkle Perpetual Challenge...
There are so any great stories about running and how it impacts our lives. From memoir to fiction, health to hope, here are the best reads for runners.
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Fun fact: Donn Byrne, as he was known, was one of the most successful Irish-American novelists of the early 20th century. This novel was adapted, in 1928, as a silent film directed by John Ford. John Wayne makes a brief appearance, in a steeplechase scene — his first John Ford movie...
“As young officers, most of them had jumped ladder-back kitchen chairs for fun, and the more enterprising of the military types had jumped a saber stuck in the ground. Narrow fences and agility tests were nothing new to them.” Without the steeplechase phase, big fences are being jumped ...
Directed by Martin Ritt, this 1965 espionage staple follows MI6 agent Alec Leamas (Richard Burton) through a harrowing steeplechase of betrayal and brilliance. When the jaded Leamas, nearing retirement, is asked to sell British secrets to the East German Intelligence Service, his decision to defec...