flat race

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.

Other Words From

• flat racing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of flat race¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Then came a good flat race, three out of five horses coming in neck and neck.

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I saw one gallant fellow racing up quite alone, never stopping, running as a man runs a flat race.

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This course was well in view of the grand stand, as well as from the middle of the flat-race course.

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Why, I would not cross that brute's back in a flat race, let alone a steeple-chase.

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It 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.

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