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- noun Plural form of
steeplechaser .
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Examples
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The big-name steeplechasers tend not to make a grand entrance but saunter on from the wings, understated.
Talking Horses Chris Cook 2010
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Trumpeter, Lady Ashton and Royal Oak were three steeplechasers owned by him that won several good races.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Of the nine provenly fast steeplechasers lining up, Golden Malt was generally counted only fourth or fifth in the hierarchy.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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They still had their steeplechasers trained in the same yard in Lambourn.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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It had been something to do with his horses, his steeplechasers in training at Lambourn, and I'd had other reasons than press of business to avoid going there.
They didn’t read Pitchfork or Stereogum or Gorilla vs. Bear or Hipster Runoff Josh Spilker 2010
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Not that it makes today's contest any easier to unravel with Wymott and Tarablaze also holding considerable potential as steeplechasers, albeit ones who will surely want a stiffer test of stamina than this if their hurdling form is anything to go by.
Talking Horses Will Hayler 2010
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Bring on the Olympics even though the steeplechasers might have to be leaping over dead bodies.
China Scales Back Torch Relay After Quake - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Bring on the Olympics even though the steeplechasers might have to be leaping over dead bodies.
China Scales Back Torch Relay After Quake - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Power stalked past us in the muscular rumps of fully grown steeplechasers, animals capable of covering ground at thirty miles an hour or more for distances of from four and a half miles: the length and speed of the Grand National.
Penalty Francis, Dick 1997
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What I lost, once everything was stitched and repaired, was the strength to ride half-ton steeplechasers over the black birch.
Penalty Francis, Dick 1997
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