picnic races

British

plural noun

horse races for amateur riders held in rural areas

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picnic races

We drew up where there was a collection of motor-cars, lorries, and odd riding horses along the roadside, exactly as you might see at the picnic races.

From Letters from France by Bean, C. E. W. (Charles Edwin Woodrow)

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