stake race
or stakes race
nounHorse Racing.
a race in which part of the prize or purse is put up by the owners of the horses nominated to run in the race.
Origin of stake race
1First recorded in 1905–10
Words Nearby stake race
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How to use stake race in a sentence
If I knew anything 'bout a four-mile stake race, I'd try to mislay the name of it.
Old Man Curry | Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van LoanIf I could ever get her safely away from the post in a stake race, yes; sure as anything on earth.
The Garden of Eden | Max BrandIt was even said that he had procured a jockey to throw a stake race.
Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight | Mathew Joseph Holt
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