selling race

American  

noun

1. a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.

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selling race British  

noun

1. a horse race in which the winner must be offered for sale at auction

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Etymology

Origin of selling race

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

It will readily be seen that this system discourages the practice of entering a two-thousand-dollar horse in a five-hundred-dollar selling race, but it also permits a disgruntled owner to revenge himself upon a rival.

From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)

Satan, a thoroughbred I bought after a selling race at Morphetville, was my second string.

From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by Gordon, J. M. (Joseph Maria)

Robert Harlan made considerable money buying and selling race horses.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various

Now the "selling race" is an institution devised and created for the protection of owners against owners, the theory being to prevent the running of horses out of their proper class.

From Old Man Curry Race Track Stories by Van Loan, Charles E. (Charles Emmett)

All the racing of the last three years lay within his mind's range; he recalled at will every trifling selling race; hardly ever was he obliged to refer to the Racing Calendar.

From Esther Waters by Moore, George (George Augustus)