Philibert-Thiboutot put up a time of 7:35.73 for a fourth-place finish, while Fafard ran a 7:38.07, as the Canadian pair logged personal bests in the 3,000.

The Kenyan distance runner cruised to victory by more than eight seconds, while Regan Yee, of South Hazelton, B.C., finished ninth at 9:26.12.

Jean-Simon Desgagnés was leading the 3,000-metre steeplechase at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile, when he slipped and fell dramatically on the final water obstacle. But that didn't stop him from rising and claiming gold for Canada.

Racegoers are enjoying a day out at Aintree despite criticism of the Grand National from animal rights protesters who delayed last year’s race.



About 80,000 people are expected at the Liverpool racecourse to see the...

Velka Pardubicka Steeplechase run on the second Sunday in October, in the town of Pardubicka in Czechoslovakia. The race is one of the oldest and considered to be the toughest steeplechase in Europe

1) race in progress,...

Under half the competitors complete the first gruelling Czechoslovakian "Velka Pardubicka" steeplechase.

1. gv start, leading to first j
ump
2. gv slow motion of horses over ditch, several falls, zoom into riders...

Steeplechase race held in Prague.

1. various of racing course in Prague where Steeplechase horse race is about to
start
2. ms sign reading "Velka Pardubicka Stee
ple Chase"
3. gv twelve horse carriage...

The seventy eighth Pardubice steeplechase in Czechoslovakia

1. vs start of race and crowd and grands
tands
2. ws water jum
p two fall<
br/>3. ms crowd
4. ws slow moti
on jump with pile up
5. cu
jockey fall
s and...

United States horse and jockey win the British Grand National steeplechase at Aintree.

1. ws horses in pa
ddock
2. ms Jay Trump
in paddock
3. ws grands
tand with crowd
4. ws s
tart of steeplechase
5. ws wat
er...

ARCHIVAL - Grand National, Aintree, Merseyside, UK. 1958

ARCHIVAL - Cup Final, Wembley, Stadium, Greater London, UK. 1958

Story 2, SPORTS REVIEW 1952,

200 UN 25 427, 1952, b/w,
sound
01:08:22- Sports revie
w of 1952
The Editors of Universal Newsreel Present A Thrill-Packed Review Of The Year In Sports - Headlines That Made Sp
orting...

English/Nat

Pigs might not fly but in Northern Ireland a specially trained group of porkers are proving that they can jump ins
tead.
For the first time at the...

English/Nat

Massive security was in place Monday as officials prepared for the running of the Grand National in Eng
land.
The world's most famous steeplechase was due to start 48...

English/Nat

The Grand National, the world's most famous steeplechase, will be run Monday just two days after it was abandoned by bomb warnings that forced 70-thousand people to be evacuated...