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Definition of Selling race
1. Noun. A horse race in which the winning horse must be put up for auction.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selling Race
Literary usage of Selling race
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"selling race. A selling race is one in which the owner of every horse entered in
the race as a contestant places a price on it before the race takes place, ..."
2. History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Rice (1879)
"... over for a selling race he shall not be liable to be sold unless the ...
of a selling race) shall be divided between those horses and the race fund. ..."
3. History of the British Turf, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Rice (1879)
"If a horse •walk over for a selling race he shall not be liable to be sold ...
of a selling race) shall be divided between those horses and the race fund. ..."
4. The English Turf: A Record of Horses and Courses by Charles Richardson (1901)
"... as breeders—The Hampton family—Bought out of a selling race—His great race
for the Northumberland Plate—Some of his descendants—The Touchstone line—Line ..."
5. Racing Reminiscences and Experiences of the Turf by Sir George Chetwynd (1891)
"... his life an optional selling race, in which he was entered to be sold for 100
sovs., had to carry a penalty in an ordinary weight-for-age race because ..."
6. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1881)
"Prince Charlie's brother, Athol Lad, won a selling race by a head, and was bought
in for the absurd sum of 510 guineas. Victorious, in the Wynnstay Welter, ..."
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