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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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After days of deliberation and faced with a forecast getting soggier by the day, Santa Anita officials have decided to postpone opening day of the 2025-26 race meeting from Friday until Sunday, Dec. 28.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 21, 2025

More than150,000 people are expected to attend the race meeting, with the festival finishing on Saturday.

From BBC Apr. 4, 2025

Three horses died during the Aintree race meeting last week, with one, Hill Sixteen, dying during the Grand National itself.

From BBC Apr. 21, 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

Now it happened that the proprietor of the inn was absent at a race meeting, and Eliza was in charge.

From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Louis Tracy

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