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By Clive Camie Arundel Newspapers Staff Writer
The new season on the East Coast will see some exciting competition as owners vie for the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association year-end awards. The fall steeplechase season started Labor Day at Fair Hill in Maryland and will culminate at Camden in South Carolina November 20.
Steeplechasing originated in England in the late 16th century with informal races between foxhunters across country with the steeples of churches the final destination.
In America the sport has been popular for more than a century. It is chiefly an East Coast sport that is found in the large foxhunting areas of the country such as Virginia and Maryland. Only thoroughbreds are permitted to race in steeplechase events.
The governing body for the modern day sport in the United States is the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association (NSHA), which has its headquarters in Elmont, New York.
Steeplechasing in America is faster paced than it is in Europe. That is because in Europe the fences are higher and harder. From America there is less international travel with steeplechasers than there is with flat
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