Spring is for steeplechases _ cross-country horse races whose name dates back to England, where riders would gallop toward church steeples peeking over distant hills.
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"' Auroras Encore "'is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred hurdle races and six steeplechases from forty-seven starts.
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Horses with long sequences of jumping victories include : Sir Ken won 16 hurdle races in England, Poethlyn won 11 steeplechases in succession including 2 Grand National races.
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Despite the setback, they aimed Crisp at the following year's Grand National, one of the world's most famous steeplechases, at Aintree near Liverpool.
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"' Rule the World "'( foaled 30 March 2007 ) is a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who won the steeplechases.
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However, it was the 1999 Cheltenham Festival that saw Nicholls'breakthrough into jump racing's elite, winning three of the most prestigious steeplechases in National Hunt racing.
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The show greets visitors with a room dedicated to England's love affair with horses _ steeplechases, horse races and horse markets _ which is not an unknown passion here.
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When switched to steeplechases he recovered from a fall on his debut to win the Arkle Novice Chase, Arkle Challenge Trophy and Ryanair Novice Chase in the 2014-15 season.
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Point-to-point races, amateur steeplechases normally run on farmland, remain hugely popular in the same region and in many parts of rural Ireland and Great Britain, today.
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Jonathan Sheppard, who won three previous Breeders'Cup Steeplechases, trains four of the entrants, and Janet Elliot, who captured the first one with Census in 1986, has three.
