racing form

American  

noun

1. a sheet that provides detailed information about horse races, including background data on the horses, jockeys, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of racing form

First recorded in 1945–50

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Example Sentences

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racing form

“I learned how to read a racing form before I learned how to read a book. That’s who my grandmother was and she was the most interesting person in my family,” Sanchez said, “until Lauren.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2019

He always showed up wearing a trench coat with a racing form hanging from a pocket, and carrying a briefcase that was empty.

From Golf Digest ● Jun. 1, 2015

And so the contest to win the library lottery has become the big game in town, complete with racing form coverage in the tabloids and ward-against-ward jostling.

From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2013

The early rounds of racing in the Columbia Cup in the Tri-Cities went true to the racing form as favorites Jimmy Shane in the Graham Trucking and Steve David in the Oh Boy!

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2013

Even the man with the racing form agreed to take a macaroon.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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