300 metres hurdles to beginning of a standard 400 meter hurdle race, but its placement on the track is shifted 100 meters around the track so it finishes at the common finish line on the straightaway, where the longer race would reach the same point near the end of the second turn. There are 8 hurdles in the high school version, the last hurdle just 10 meters before the finish line. High schools began adopting the longer hurdle event state by state starting in the 1960s. At the time, most which school competition was using United States customary units, so the race was
Rendlesham Hurdle Rendlesham Hurdle The Rendlesham Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of about 2 miles and 7 furlongs , and during its running there are twelve hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in February. The race was first run in 1980 and was initially held at Kempton Park. It was a limited handicap from 1995 to 2001. The race was transferred to Haydock in 2006, and its distance here