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years, including the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association (NSHA), the governing body for sanctioned steeplechase meets in America.
Most point-to-point and steeplechase racers are ex-flat racers claimed from the race track or bought at auction or in private sales.
To get a claimer you should be an owner or trainer with a horse running at the track where you want to claim a horse. In some states this rule does not apply or is not strictly adhered to, and if you know a trainer racing at the meet it becomes a lot easier to find a suitable horse.
“If you buy a horse that has run a lot of times and is sound you should be pretty safe,” says Speedy Smithwick, a successful steeplechase rider who has also trained many of his own horses. “A good-sized racehorse with a nicely-sloping shoulder who can cover a lot of ground should usually make a good point-topoint or steeplechase horse.”
Some people turn show horses into point-to-point horses. Mr. Smithwick did this with his horse Crocodile Fears and won
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