Hurdling hurdle over various natural obstacles, such as logs, mounds of earth and small streams – this represents the sporting origin of the modern events. Horse racing has its own variant of hurdle racing, with similar principles. The standard sprint or short hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard number of steps to the first hurdle should be 8. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women. Each of these races is run over ten hurdles and they are all Olympic events. The men's 200 meters low hurdles event
Warfield Mares' Hurdle It is currently titled the olbg.com Mares' Hurdle. The 2017 running was cancelled after the original fixture at Ascot and a rescheduled race at Huntingdon were both abandoned due to frost. ---- Warfield Mares' Hurdle The Warfield Mares' Hurdle is a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to mares aged four years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of about 2 miles 7½ furlongs , and during its running there are thirteen hurdles to be jumped. The race is scheduled to take place each year in January. It was first