It is also home to the Steeplechasing Hall of Fame. From the early 1900s, Middleburg began welcoming visitors who participated in foxhunting and steeplechasing. He went on to be the national champion of steeplechasing for seven years. This form of steeplechasing is unique to North America. However, he had even greater success in steeplechasing. The 13th Earl brought steeplechasing to Scotland. For some years, there was no regulation of steeplechasing. Point-to-point is a form of steeplechasing for amateur riders. Jump racing can be further divided into hurdling and steeplechasing. By the 1870s the future king had taken a keen interest in horseracing and steeplechasing. In the 2013/14 National Hunt season Djakadam was campaigned in novice steeplechasing. It is the richest event in American steeplechasing with a purse of $500,000. Steeplechasing first became organised by Tom Colman at St Albans in the early 1830s. Steeplechasing was one of the main events in the racing season. Steeplechasing was brought under the jurisdiction of the Calcutta Turf Club in 1888.