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Definition of Horse race
1. Noun. A contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting.
Specialized synonyms: Claiming Race, Selling Race, Harness Race, Harness Racing, Stake Race, Steeplechase, Thoroughbred Race
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
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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