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Terms to know

• Steeplechase: A race for Thoroughbred horses over jumps. Everyone knows flat racing, and the concept is the same here, except the race includes fences to jump. There are 250 sanctioned steeplechase races in the U.S.— at one-day race meets throughout the East in spring and fall, and at summer stops at some of the country’s finest racetracks. Races at the tracks are two to two and a half miles long, on the turf, and include 11 to 12 jumps. • Steeplechase horse: All steeplechasers are Thoroughbreds and most raced on the flat before being converted to

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