race meeting
Britishnoun
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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
Four horses died at the Aintree meeting last year, including two injured in the Grand National, which is the climax of the annual race meeting.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 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
Covid regulations curtailed the famous race meeting in 2020 and 2021, keeping the usual crowds away from Aintree.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2022
I asked her if I should tell you to roll up at the race meeting, and she answered in that candid, innocent way of hers ‘Of course.’
From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram
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