The Steeplechase is a three tracked racing

roller coaster A roller coaster, or rollercoaster, is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions. Passengers ride along the track in open cars, and the rides are o ...

Blackpool Pleasure Beach Blackpool Pleasure Beach is an amusement park situated on Blackpool's South Shore, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. It operates as a secure facility, and has introduced epayments via smartphones for admission charges, replacin ...

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. It is a custom design made by

Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was an American manufacturing and engineering company that specialized in designing and building amusement park rides, especially roller coasters. Based in Clearfield, Utah, the company was the successor to Arrow Development (194 ...

. The ride was officially opened in 1977 by

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winner

Red Rum Red Rum (3 May 1965 – 18 October 1995) was a champion Thoroughbred steeplechaser. He achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and also came second in the two intervening years, 1975 and ...

, whose hoof print was also taken and is on display near the ride's exit. It is the only operating

steeplechase roller coaster A Steeplechase roller coaster is a type of roller coaster that has several side-by-side tracks in a dueling "racing" arrangement. Riders straddle horse-shaped single cars and launch simultaneously, as from a horse-race starting line. Examples ...

left in the world. The riders sit upon a horse-shaped vehicle which can seat one or two people in line. The ride has two

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hills and the track winds around part of the

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and underneath part of the

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. The station is located near the Big One in the south of the park.

Gallery

File:Steeplechase (Pleasure Beach Blackpool).JPG, A lofted view of the ride. File:Steeplechase station (Pleasure Beach Blackpool).JPG, The station. File:Steeplechase-Pleasure Beach Blackpool.jpg, The ride in action.

External links

Official Pleasure Beach website

{{Authority control Blackpool Pleasure Beach Roller coasters in the United Kingdom