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flat racing

British  

noun

    1. the racing of horses on racecourses without jumps

    2. ( as modifier )

      the flat-racing season

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They offered a variety of events, including flat racing, steeplechase and harness racing.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

She was the champion owner in British flat racing on two occasions, in 1954 and ’57.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Meanwhile, jump racing trailblazer Rachael Blackmore - the first female jockey to win the Grand National in April - will have her first ride at the flat racing showpiece.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2021

Jockey, the nephew of top flat racing trainer Aidan O'Brien, finished second on McKelvey in 2007.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2016

January following, two-year-olds twelve months later, and many of them begin to race in the following March, for flat racing always starts during the week which contains the 25th, except when Easter falls unusually early.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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