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The level of American steeplechasing continues an upward spiral as purse level increase annually. National Steeplechase Association-sanctioned races in 1997 were worth more than $3.4 million. Non-monied point-to-points were equally competitive.
With that type of stake, horsemen bring out their fastest, finest, most athletic runners to vye for top prizes. Steeplechasing dawned in 1750s Ireland with foxhunters chasing each other to the nearest visible steeple on their cold-blooded field hunters. Today’s steeplechasing bears little resemblance to the sport of yore as stakes winners on the flat and high profile pedigrees regularly race “between the flags.”
A point-to-point placing judge is most often a hunt member pressed into service for race day. As the photos on these pages clearly show, a camera is the only definitive answer to some of the most questionable calls in today’s jump racing sport. Even then , the camera had best be loaded with high-speed film to capture the whole story....
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