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flat race

American  

noun

Track, Horse Racing.
  1. a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.


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Etymology

Origin of flat race

First recorded in 1840–50

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Top Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien won the English Derby for a record-extending ninth time when Auguste Rodin reeled in King Of Steel to win the 244th edition of Britain’s richest flat race on Saturday.

From Washington Times Jun. 3, 2023

He was 18 when he won his first Epsom Derby, the most prestigious flat race in Britain, on the colt Never Say Die.

From Washington Post May 31, 2022

His horse Adayar won this year’s famous Epsom Derby flat race.

From Reuters Oct. 6, 2021

This is the second consecutive world record along Berlin's flat race, considered the world's fastest marathon course, after Kenyan Wilson Kipsang's previous world best of 2:03:23 was set in the German capital last year.

From Chicago Tribune Sep. 28, 2014

The programme opened with the one hundred yard flat race.

From Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail by Ralph Connor

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