blanket finish
Britishnoun
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The other qualifier Saturday was the $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, where long shot Lord Miles won a three-horse blanket finish and paid $120.50 to win.
From Los Angeles Times
His retirement will be a blow to the chances of race leader Evenepoel, 22, from Belgium, who retained his two minutes and 41 seconds advantage over Slovenia's Primoz Roglic after stage 11's blanket finish.
From BBC
Saturday’s result: Seaside Dancer got away with a soft trip on the lead but was run down near the wire while just holding second in a three-way blanket finish.
From Los Angeles Times
But nobody short of someone with bionic stop-action eyes could have split the blanket finish in the race.
From Los Angeles Times
Majestic Eagle won the Grade 3 $100,000 American Stakes for horses going a mile on the turf by a neck in a near blanket finish.
From Los Angeles Times
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