Definition of Horse race

1. Noun. A contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting.


Definition of Horse race

1. Noun. A competitive race for horses carrying jockeys; often the subject of betting ¹

2. Noun. An exciting and arduous competition (as in a political campaign). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Horse Race

horse mackerels
horse manure
horse mushroom
horse nettle
horse of a different color
horse of a different colour
horse of the wood
horse opera
horse operas
horse parsley
horse pistol
horse power
horse puckey
horse race
horse races
horse racing
horse radish
horse sense
horse thistle
horse tick
horse trade
horse trader
horse trading
horse trailer
horse whip
horse whisperer
horse whisperers
horse wrangler

Literary usage of Horse race

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1849)
"19, a horse race for money given by third persons, by way of prize, ... A horse race for a sweepstakes of 21. each is not within the 2nd section of the 9 ..."

2. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"A horse race.—On Saturday last one Walker, a Poulterer, robbed a Gentleman in his chaise (who had with him his wife) near the Green Man ..."

3. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"It was urged upon us in the argument that the betting here being on the event of a horse-race, it could not be considered as wagering on a game of chance, ..."

4. A Treatise on Pleading and Parties to Actions: With Second and Third Volumes by Joseph Chitty, Henry Greening, John A. Dunlap, Edward Duncan Ingraham, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1851)
"... a certain at a horse- race was intended, and then shortly about to be run, at a certain place race (c). called , in the county of , by and between a ..."

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