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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

In the keenly contested six-furlong Ayr Gold Cup, the richest flat race of the year in Scotland, the eight-year-old Summerghand surged in the final furlong to triumph by a length.

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2022

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

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

From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by Pritchett, R. T. (Robert Taylor)

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