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That makes them more popular with < spectators who can see more of the horses and appreciate their jumping style. Timber . horses are usually experienced foxhunters and they are generally at least 5 years old.
A hurdle or brush race varies from two to three miles with the horses jumping over brush fences. A brush fence is either a natural bush, a box stuffed with cut brush (or sticks) or a plastic simulation of brush.
The plastic brash fences, or hurdles, are the most commonly used now because they are always the same, so a trainer racing a horse at different meets can be assured that the fences fire consistent.
The Nation. ,i Steeplechase and Hunt Association, ne sanctioning body for American st jeplechasing, owns several sets of bru h fences (six or seven are usually needed for a one-mile course) and those are rented to courses holding race meets.
Hurdle fences are designed so that a horse can brush its legs through them without danger, and because of that, those ‘ races are a lot faster than timber races.
Horses that start racing over hurdles and then progress to timber usually aren’t accustomed to lifting their legs high enough to clear the solid wood fences, They usually require several months of training over those unforgiving jumps before they can race safely. I
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