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Morven Park Steeplechase Races

When: Saturday, Oct. 11, time TBA

Where: Morven Park Equestrian Event Center, Tutt Lane, Leesburg

Cost: Not available

Age limit: Not available

Categories: Sports

Description: Steeplechasing includes all the thrills and speed of horse racing at flat tracks. It mixes in the precision of jumping to create a hybrid not unlike hurdle events in track and field where the premium is on speed, but the concern is focused squarely on the jumps. The races are between two and four miles in length. The fences are man-made 52-inch hurdles called National Fences or timber jumps constructed of posts and rails at varying heights. Thoroughbred horses, almost all of them converted flat racers, compete in 12 states at 35 National Steeplechase Association stops and at some of the nation's finest racetracks.

Voted Loudoun County's Best Equestrian Event in "Leebsurg Today" Best of Everything Poll. An exciting afternoon of horse racing and family fun.

Phone: (703) 777-2414

Event posted: Aug. 23, 2007
Last updated: Aug. 23, 2007

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