flat race

noun Track, 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

First recorded in 1840–50

Related formsflat racing, noun

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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.
A Danish Parsonage
John Fulford Vicary