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race meeting

British

noun

a prearranged fixture for racing horses (or sometimes greyhounds) over a set course at set times

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After days of deliberation and faced with a forecast getting soggier by the day, Santa Anita officials have decided to postpone opening day of the 2025-26 race meeting from Friday until Sunday, Dec. 28.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2025

And there were special ceremonies held at the Newmarket horse race meeting, as well as at the Badminton Horse Trials.

From BBC • May 6, 2023

Three horses died during the Aintree race meeting last week, with one, Hill Sixteen, dying during the Grand National itself.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2023

The weeklong bonanza is Britain’s most popular race meeting, with some 300,000 visitors attending over five days.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

A warning to the authorities to postpone the race meeting and put the township into a state of defence—would not such have been his plain duty?

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram

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