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

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First 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 Loan
If 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 Brand
It 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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