Champion jumper Stern Idol defied multiple challengers to win the Thackeray Steeplechase (3450m) at Warrnambool on Sunday.

Champion jumper Stern Idol defied multiple challengers to win the Thackeray Steeplechase (3450m) at Warrnambool on Sunday.

The son of Tavistock has ended his 2025 jumps campaign with three wins from four starts over the obstacles, while overall he's now won six steeplechase races in his career over the past two years.

Pateman's other ride at Sandown on Sunday is Sing For Peace, who he guided to his maiden victory over the obstacles at Warrnambool in his previous start. "He won really well at Warrnambool," Pateman ...

Devils Lake's Brady Goss of Concordia has DIII top time in steeplechase Goss broke a 41-year-old school record earlier this season and now holds the division's No. 1 time ...

Spectators will flock to Aiken's Spring Steeplechase on March 22 at the Aiken Steeplechase Association’s racecourse at 2020 Richland Ave. E for races and food.

Cheltenham’s Gold Cup (Friday 14 at 4pm) is a steeplechase event. Chases are run over distances that range between 2 and 4½ miles with obstacles including plain fences, water jumps or open ditches.

As the track and field events get underway at the Paris Olympics, here's an explanation of the steeplechase.

The Olympics steeplechase event is an obstacle course that spans 3,000 meters on a standard 400-meter outdoor track and includes seven water jumps and 28 fixed barriers.

The runners keep running over the hurdles before crossing the water again, for a total of seven laps of this obstacle course. A 3,000-meter steeplechase has 28 barriers and seven water jumps in total.

The event's name is derived from the horse racing event, in which horses must traverse over a set of obstacles and jump over fences. Though women's competition in the 3,000-meter steeplechase ...

The 3,000m steeplechase is one of the more fascinating events at the Olympic Games – and its origins even pre-date Queen Victoria. The event has come a long way since it's inception in Ireland ...