Editing Horse racing (section)

===Jump racing===
[[File:Horses jump over hurdle.jpg|thumb|Race horses hurdling at [[Bangor-on-Dee Racecourse|Bangor]]]]
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Jump (or jumps) racing in Great Britain and Ireland is known as [[National Hunt racing]] (although, confusingly, National Hunt racing also includes flat races taking place at jumps meetings; these are known as [[National Hunt flat]] races). Jump racing can be subdivided into [[Steeplechase (horse racing)|steeplechasing]] and [[Hurdling (horse race)|hurdling]], according to the type and size of obstacles being jumped. The word "steeplechasing" can also refer collectively to any type of jump race in certain racing jurisdictions, particularly in the United States.

Typically, horses progress to bigger obstacles and longer distances as they get older, so that a European jumps horse will tend to start in National Hunt flat races as a juvenile, move on to hurdling after a year or so, and then, if thought capable, move on to steeplechasing.