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

Example Sentences

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racing form

He eased his way back into racing form, running an open 400 in mid-July.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2023

“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

An index listed every horse to have raced in the Antipodes, and there were handwritten, single-spaced results of the hundreds of races, as in a racing form.

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2018

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

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

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole