stake race

or stakes race


nounHorse Racing.
  1. 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

1
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.