horse race

noun

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

2. any formidable contest or competition.

   The primary election is expected to be a horse race among four opponents.

Other Word Forms

• horse racing noun

Example Sentences

Still, the leadership change, announced in early October, was abrupt for a company that conducted a multiyear horse race before appointing Vestberg.

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Half Yours has won the Melbourne Cup, with Jamie Melham becoming only the second female jockey to win Australia's most famous horse race.

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These are the headlines the media is using to suggest the gerrymander fight remains a tight horse race, rather than what it continues to be: a GOP win.

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She has also attended events such as a watch party for “The White Lotus” and trips to the horse races.

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Swinney later denied his "two horse race" comment was an attempt to eat into Labour's vote by spotlighting Reform.

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