Sentence examples for consecutive hurdles from inspiring English sources

Big Buck's won his 15th consecutive hurdles race to move within one win of the record for an unbeaten run.

Sandra Glover of the United States won her fourth consecutive 400 hurdles (53.50) since failing to qualify for the Olympics; she finished fourth at the trials.

Big Buck's is being aimed at a fourth consecutive World Hurdle and 16th straight victory, while veteran Kauto Star looks to regain the Gold Cup he won in 2007 and 2009.

"He travelled and jumped very well". Fresh from winning a sixth consecutive Mares' Hurdle at Cheltenham, Quevega was the 9-10 favourito to secure a fifth victory on the bounce in the three-mile Grade One feature.

In compiling 15 consecutive wins over hurdles, Big Buck's has proved a miracle of soundness and consistency.

In doing so, he would match Sir Ken's record of consecutive wins over hurdles, which has stood since 1953.

The nine-year-old, trained by Paul Nicholls, is also bidding to equal the record of 16 consecutive wins over hurdles set by Sir Ken in the 1950s.

His overall streak in championship races was 34, according to USA Swimming, which is far short of Moses' 107 consecutive wins in the hurdles but remarkable nonetheless.

American Aries Merritt delivered a third consecutive sub-13 second 110m hurdles victory - equalling his world-best time of the year of 12.93 - to establish himself as favourite for gold in London.

The third horse on Tuesday's card expected to start at odds-on is Quevega, who will be going for a fourth consecutive victory in the Mares Hurdle after wins at 2-1, 6-4 and 5-6 over the last three seasons.

Quevega is also among 18 entries remaining in the race although Willie Mullins intends to let her bid for a fifth consecutive win in the mares' hurdle on Tuesday.