| The History of Steeplechase Horse Racing
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| | corporate sponsors vie with each other
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| The sport of Steeplechase racing dates
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| | for sponsorship of the events. It
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| back to 1752 in Ireland when two,
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| | attracts the best talent for horses,
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| half-crocked, friends settled the
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| | horse owners, and riders and also raises
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| argument over who owned the best horse by
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| | millions of dollars in charities. Thus it
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| racing to the nearest Church steeple
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| | also attracts the most powerful and the
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| after returning from Fox hunting. The
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| | influential men and women. If you have
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| winner actually rode right through the
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| | seen Pretty Woman, you pretty much have
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| church where the vicar was holding a
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| | got the idea.
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| solemn funeral. Soon steeplechase racing
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| | Some of the oldest and the most
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| spread to England, where in 1792, the
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| | prestigious steeplechase horse racing
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| first recorded race was held. This sport
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| | events are Montpelier Hunt Races, which
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| then crossed over from the Atlantic to
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| | was started on the estates of Former
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| the US, where it has became very popular.
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| | President James Madison since 1929. For
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| In the early 19th century nine prominent
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| | more information you can visit their site
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| men from New York - August Belmont, H.
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| DeCourcy Forbes, Samuel S. Howland, James
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| | Others are The American Grand National
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| O. Green, Frederick Gebhard, A.J.
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| | that began in 1899 and the The National
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| Cassatt, Foxhall P. Keene, John G.
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| | Hunt Cup in Radnor, Pa., which was
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| Follansbee and Frederick H. Prince
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| | started in 1909.
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| founded the National Association for
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| | For more information on steeplechase
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| Steeplechase. When it was first founded,
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| | racing across the country, you can visit
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| its mission was to make the sport popular
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| | which lists all the races, their
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| in the US and help it grow across the
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| | schedules and the prize monies.
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| Atlantic. For membership details and
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| | In Virginia, you can visit the Virginia
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| other small tidbits about the
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| | Steeplechase Association at
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| Association, you can visit their website
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| | The big races in Virginia are The
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| | Virginia Gold Cup, The FoxField Races at
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| Steeplechase races are held at 12 states
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| | Charlottesville, Fairfax Hunt races at
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| across the country and the cumulative
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| | Great Falls, Middleburg Spring races at
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| purses for these events are $5 million
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| | Middleburg, Montpelier Hunt Races at
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| annually. The horse races are a place to
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| | Montpelier Station, Morven Park
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| see and be seen at. It's seen across the
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| | Steeplechase Races at Leesburg and the
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| country by millions of fans and admirers
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| | Mountaineer Chest Track in Chester.
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| and is a major sponsored event where
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