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purses.
# $1,118,104 dollars earned by McDynamo, steeplechasings career leader by American purses only.
#$211,755 dollars earned by Pompeyo in 2000. the horse's first year as a steeplechaser.
# 8-18 jumps are in a typical hurdle race (2-3 miles).
# 15-23 jumps are in a typical timber race (3-4 miles).
# 52 inches is the height of a standard U.S. steeplechase fence, called the National Fence. Also called a hurdle.
# 1 million people saw a steeplechase race in U.S. last year.
# 37 jump races won by Tuscalee, the afi-dme leader by wins in the U.S
# 10 race days in Virginia this fall, the most of any state (by comparison. Pennsylvania has , Maryland , New York , New Jersey . South Carolina . Georgia and Florida.)
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