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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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Other sporting events including a planned horse race meeting at Musselburgh have also been called off.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022

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

Los Alamitos Race Course will conduct what is essentially the last race meeting of the year-long California thoroughbred season when the track holds a seven-day meeting starting Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2019

A race meeting, which included a hurdle race, was being held.

From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)