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noun

a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.

any formidable contest or competition: The primary election is expected to be a horse race among four opponents.

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The media is going to want a horse race, and it is going to create friction between the base and her record.
Can This Ornery Socialist Spoil the Clinton Coronation?|David Freedlander|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Will Zara's horse win Britain's most famous horse race this weekend?
Zara's Horse Tipped For Grand National Glory||April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Germond, by the way, was always completely unapologetic about the horse race.
Jack Germond and the Old Days|Michael Tomasky|August 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But he always did say, and said to me that day, that "there's smart horse race and dumb horse race," and he was right about that.
Jack Germond and the Old Days|Michael Tomasky|August 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST

When you think about it, this makes sense—why bet on just one horse in a two-horse race?
‘Rumsfeld’s Rules’ Review: Good Rules, Shame He Didn’t Follow Them|Dean Obeidallah|May 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Like a boil, such a horse race as this must burst some day, and it was reaching the acute stage.
Scattergood Baines|Clarence Budington Kelland
When I went to a horse-race I used to fasten my mind on the signal, and tried to see beforehand the number of the winner.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Often when a charge was ordered, a genuine horse-race followed, the swiftest steeds leading the way.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
This day there was great thronging to Banstead Downs, upon a great horse-race and foot-race.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
After the great horse race matters moved along smoothly for some time.
Frank Merriwell's Races|Burt L. Standish

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