The easiest way to buy the best tasting cup of coffee you'll ever have. Gift packages also available. Ad rates . Hurdle races were held on the main dirt tracks of racetracks in New York, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and Louisiana in the late 1800s. Steeplechase jockeys are relatively normal-sized people.
Jockeys always let horses look at a fence before they race.
In some European countries, a practice fence is provided. The Palm Beach Polo Club hosted the first steeplechase meet in Florida. Current steeplechase promoter George Sloan, who was instrumental in the creation of the new Little Everglades Steeplechase, won a race as a jockey on the card. Please read our Privacy Policy . Advertise with us .