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noun Horse Racing.

a race in which each horse is assigned a specified weight according to age, record of past performance, sex, etc.

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Such strands of story trace into the past, as when Baffert contended in 2001 the trace of morphine in his horse Nautical Look, who had won a middling allowance race, may have owed to barn hands ordering bakery goods containing poppy seeds.
Bob Baffert, long horse racing’s irreverent king, sits on a precarious throne|Chuck Culpepper, Gus Garcia-Roberts|May 14, 2021|Washington Post
On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.
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Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
How far has Congress really evolved on race when in 50 years it has gone from one black senator to two?
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST

If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Each individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His hero, Gulliver, discovers race after race of beings who typify the genera in his classification of mankind.
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Ever since his majority Lord Hetton had annually entered a colt in the great race.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Decide about it, ye that are learned in the ethnographic distinctions of our race—but heaven defend us from the Bourbonnaises!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
His unbounded generosity won for him the admiration of all his race, who graciously recognized him as their Maguinoó.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
One of the lower and mixed forms of artistic activity, in the case of the child and of the race alike, is personal adornment.
Children's Ways|James Sully