The joy, too, of the engine-driver and the steeplechaser is upon us. |
Then gradually he slowed up his steeplechaser, jerking powerfully at the bridles. |
Above all, it continues to confer due distinction upon the old-fashioned stamp of steeplechaser, the big and the bold, who relish the demands of three and a quarter miles through the mud on a galloping track. |
Horses are very sporting animals, and the love of competition is inherent in them all, from the hack to the steeplechaser. |
And so the stage is set for a fourth, classic shoot-out between the old king and his young usurper – so much so that Master Minded, another top-class steeplechaser in Smith's colours, barely warrants a footnote. |
An Irish point-to-point winner last year, Galero is a steeplechaser in the making. |