Hunt racing

distance horse race in which competitors are required to jump diverse fence and ditch obstacles

thumb|Track and field hurdles thumb|A traditional wattle hurdle thumb|A horse free-jumping a steeplechase-type hurdle right|175px|thumb|A mobile cattle pen made using steel hurdles; attached to a cattle crush in foreground thumb|Hurdles being used to cross the Mississippi River. thumb|Ancient site of the "ford of hurdles", Dublin A hurdle (UK English, limited US English) is a moveable section of light fence. In the United States, terms such as "panel", "pipe panel" or simply "fence section" are used to describe moveable sections of fencing intended for agricultural use and crowd control; "hurd

items jumped over by horses in some equestrian sports