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flat racing

British  

noun

    1. the racing of horses on racecourses without jumps

    2. ( as modifier )

      the flat-racing season

"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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They offered a variety of events, including flat racing, steeplechase and harness racing.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2023

Thoroughbreds owned by the Queen have won four out of the five flat racing classics, with only the Derby eluding her.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2022

Tall for a rider in flat racing, he spent much of his career on a punishing diet to keep his weight down but had an insatiable appetite for finishing first.

From BBC • May 29, 2022

The 28-year-old Boudot won the prestigious Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe race two years ago on Waldgeist and claimed his third French flat racing title last year.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2021

January following, two-year-olds twelve months later, and many of them begin to race in the following March, for flat racing always starts during the week which contains the 25th, except when Easter falls unusually early.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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