Notable Moments in Horse Racing
…1927: Arlington Park opened. The track, built by H. D. Brown, had a steeplechase course and a polo field and was adjacent to tennis courts, a golf course and a…
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Changes Afoot for Eventing in Olympics
…embarking on the cross-country course. Other minor changes include the shortening of steeplechase and cross-country phases and some adjustments to the show-jumping rules. These changes have been made to insure…
A Surrender Before the Battle is Begun?
…for cross country is nowhere close to the speed required in a steeplechase. Our show jumping course on the last day would not be big enough to even warm up…
STARS First Rating Session
…fences like a steeplechaser. We pulled up to regroup and reconsider our readiness. Gale suggested we try the second line again, and that I sit back and really take hold…
Abigail Lufkin’s Brush with Fame
…nominates her most recent outing, appearing in a Nissan Pathfinder commercial. Ab; her boyfriend, steeplechase jockey Joe Gillet; and another jockey, Arch Kingsley Jr.; as well as a few others…
Linden Wiesman Reports from Burghley 2001
…a bending two strides to a narrow brush oxer. Then after that, a big old ditch and brush. “They have a huge steeplechase fence called the Pardubice after that.” On…
Get With The Beat
…speeds he tolerated before trying to drop him further. Jumpers, steeplechasers, barrel racers, etc. will eventually move from flat speed work to specific competition conditions for some of the workouts….
Summer in Saratoga
…charming towns anywhere. The scene: champagne breakfasts on the track rail, afternoon racing and polo, tophats and tails at evening soirees, carriage parades, steeplechases and sporting art exhibits. The experience:…