flat race
nounTrack, Horse Racing.
a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.
Origin of flat race
1First recorded in 1840–50
Other words from flat race
- flat racing, noun
Words Nearby flat race
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How to use flat race in a sentence
Then came a good flat race, three out of five horses coming in neck and neck.
The Last Voyage | Lady (Annie Allnutt) BrasseyI saw one gallant fellow racing up quite alone, never stopping, running as a man runs a flat race.
Letters from France | C. E. W. BeanThis course was well in view of the grand stand, as well as from the middle of the flat-race course.
A Danish Parsonage | John Fulford VicaryWhy, I would not cross that brute's back in a flat race, let alone a steeple-chase.
Jack Harkaway in New York | Bracebridge HemyngIt was a flat race of course, for you can walk from one end of the country to the other without meeting a fence of any kind.
Under the Red Crescent | Charles S. Ryan
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