harness race

American

noun

a trotting or pacing race for Standardbred horses harnessed to sulkies.

harness race British

noun

horse racing a trotting or pacing race for standard-bred horses driven in sulkies and harnessed in a special way to cause them to use the correct gait

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harness racing

noun

Etymology

Origin of harness race

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

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He’s hoping to make it back in time to attend a harness race on Sunday.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2023

After graduating from Brown University, he worked as a blacksmith at harness race tracks in the U.S. and Canada before entering politics.

From US News • Apr. 10, 2015

My great-uncle on my mother’s side was a Minnesota train conductor on the Dan Patch line, named for a 20th-century harness race horse, which thundered between the Twin Cities and Northfield.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2014

Manofmanymissions will start from the No. 2 position in $1.5 Hambletonian harness race at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday in East Rutherford, N.J.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2011

But he had never managed to win the richest harness race of all�the Hambletonian classic, which determines the top three-year-old U.S. trotter.

From Time Magazine Archive

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