selling race

noun

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

selling race

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of selling race¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Otherwise, I would rather get my living by selling race-cards and sleep under a furze bush.

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An owner, entering a selling race, must set a price upon his horse—let us say five hundred dollars.

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Some of the bitterest feuds in turf history have grown out of "selling-race wars."

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It was in an overnight selling race for two-year-olds, for which Faulkner had in despair named Gracious.

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"Running second is always bad business, except in a selling race," retorted his master.

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