horse racing

noun

an organized sport, closely associated with gambling, in which riders race horses over dedicated courses, often incorporating hurdles.

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How to use horse racing in a sentence

And if horse racing endures and survives, it will be the result of an overdue focus on the august animal that defines the pastime.
How Kentucky Will Save Horse Racing From Itself | Jonathan Miller | September 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
California Chrome crossed the line in a tie for fourth and the crowd—some fans of horse racing, others of great spectacle—hushed.
Why California Chrome’s Fairy Tale Didn’t End Happily Ever After | Michael Fensom | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
His most famous stories are about boxers and horse racing, but he had an affinity for football, too.
The Night Vince Lombardi Lay Awake Brooding Over a 49-0 Win | W.C. Heinz | January 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is best known for bourbon and horse-racing, Republican senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, coal mining.
How Steve Beshear Became Kentucky’s Democrat Whisperer | Jill Lawrence | December 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Angry Driver Pulls a Gun Oh, Kentucky, land of horse racing, bourbon, and apparently severe road rage.
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It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
He frequently combined the pleasures of horse racing with the practice of his profession.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers Fithian
Next to horse racing these functions draw the greatest crowds.
Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 | Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
Horse-racing and gambling are things you might consider excusable in a young man, even in one meaning to be a minister.
Southern Hearts | Florence Hull Winterburn
Card playing, horse-racing and other sports were fashionable and popular and had not abated in 1800 when the Government came.
A Portrait of Old George Town | Grace Dunlop Ecker

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