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race meeting

British  

noun

  1. a prearranged fixture for racing horses (or sometimes greyhounds) over a set course at set times

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Blackpool South MP, who chairs an all-party group with links to the gambling industry, has declared only one race meeting since he was elected in 2019.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2023

The weeklong bonanza is Britain’s most popular race meeting, with some 300,000 visitors attending over five days.

From Seattle Times Jun. 21, 2022

It was rescheduled for September, but a clash with a race meeting has resulted in it being brought forward to August.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2021

Less than two weeks before the start of perhaps the most important race meeting in Santa Anita’s history, there was a fatality during training Monday at the Arcadia track.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2019

For a good deal had happened, and that since the averted tragedy of the race meeting.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram

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