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CONTEST |
Horse race |
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NOCONTEST |
One-horse race, effectively |
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DERBY |
Important horse race |
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STEEPLECHASE |
A horse race with obstacles |
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CROWNDERBY |
Top horse race in China |
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ASCOT |
Horse race in my fair lady |
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TURF |
Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the. |
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SWEAT |
A short run by a race horse in exercise. |
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BACK |
To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse. |
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RUCK |
The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a
horse race. |
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STAY |
To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays
well. |
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RACER |
One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp.,
a race horse. |
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TIP |
A hint, or secret intimation, as to the chances in a horse
race, or the like. |
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RINGER |
A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is
fraudulently got into it. |
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PRESS |
To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard;
as, to press a horse in a race. |
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REPORT |
To write an account of for publication, as in a
newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race. |
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FAVORITE |
The competitor (as a horse in a race) that is judged most
likely to win; the competitor standing highest in the betting. |
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DASH |
A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race
course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the
race. |
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JUDGE |
A person appointed to decide in a/trial of skill, speed,
etc., between two or more parties; an umpire; as, a judge in a horse
race. |
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RECORD |
That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of
competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time
made by a winning horse in a race. |
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STAYER |
One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or
that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse,
man, etc., that has endurance, an a race. |
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WELSHER |
One who cheats at a horse race; one who bets, without a
chance of being able to pay; one who receives money to back certain
horses and absconds with it. |
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WEIGHT |
To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make
heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a
race; to weight a whip handle. |
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SWEEPSTAKES |
The whole money or other things staked at a
horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes
to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously
agreed. |
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COLOR |
...ol (usually
in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the
colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by th... |