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Domestic-born horses that make it onto the steeplechase course are usually considered afterthoughts: geldings who've run out of conditions on the richer flat racing circuit who have little to lose to try out jumping. Few thoroughbred horsemen in this country breed strictly for steeplechasing.
So at the same time this U.S. ‘chasing game is burgeoning with sponsor prize money and expanding schedule, participants must fan out, combing foreign markets for horses — and riders — to be competitive here.
"I especially like the French-bred horses,” said trainer Doug Fout of The Plains. Fout trained top novice hurdler, the French-bred Golden Marvel, for Peggy Steinman last year. “They’re tough, and well bred to adapt
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