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ˈsteeplechaser
1. One who rides in a steeplechase.
1837Sir G. Stephen Search of Horse (1841) p. xxvi, I am neither a horse-breaker, nor a steeple-chacer. 1862G. A. Lawrence Barren Honour xix, The great stock-breeder and steeple-chaser. 1905A. R. Wallace My Life xiv. 215 At fairs they may be seen racing like steeple-chasers.
b. One who runs in a steeplechase.
1887M. Shearman Athletics & Football 112 The good steeplechaser must, of course, be a long-distance runner..; he must be a good jumper as well.
2. A horse trained for steeplechasing.
1839Sporting Mag. Jan. 261 [It] applies as equally to the proprietor of a steeple-chaser as to the owner of a hunter. 1898T. Haydon Sporting Reminisc. 62 A steeple-chaser called Peter Osbeck, a horse imported from New Zealand, where he had won a few good races. |