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steeplechase - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • run: Track & Field competition at all levels Paul running the steeplechase.
  • do: Iain then did the 1500m Steeplechase with an up for it Gary Smallman.

Adjective modifier

  • 3000m: Fitness similar to that of a 3000m steeplechase or marathon runner is required.
  • 2,000m: Tom Adams picked up his first Midland championship medal when he finished third in the under-20s 2,000m steeplechase.
  • 3,000m: Among other oddities was the result of the 3,000m steeplechase; a mistake by the lap counter meant that runners ran an extra lap.
  • 1,500m: Joe Saddington and Steve Harris played their part in the team effort by running in the 1,500m steeplechase.
  • 1500m: Iain then did the 1500m Steeplechase with an up for it Gary Smallman.
  • great: Yet the powder of your cellar Would embolden any feller To start for the Great steeplechase We rode at Quenby Hall.

Modifies a noun

  • jockey: Like the author, Kit Fielding is a steeplechase jockey and considered one of England's finest.
  • race: In 1926, there was the introduction of a hurdle race as the steeplechase races had dwindled in numbers.
  • event: The Grand National, the greatest steeplechase event in the world takes place each spring at Aintree racecourse.
  • course: Ego had great potential and loved the Aintree steeplechase course.
  • fence: Further fields, each entered by a succession of stiles, either have horses grazing within or contain practice show jumping or steeplechase fences.
  • champion: Former Scottish schools steeplechase champion and multiple university champion, ( but now by his own admission, lamentably slower ).

Noun used with modifier

  • meter: Silver 1920 - 5000 meters; 1928 - 5000 meters - 3000 meters steeplechase.

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