flat race
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of flat race
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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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
The 12th stage on Thursday is a 173km flat race from Escaldes-Engordany to Lleida.
From BBC • Sep. 2, 2015
The sports commenced at 1 p.m. on the 13th, with a closely contested flat race of 100 yards.
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by Smith, J. J.
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