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horse race
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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horse race
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n.
1.
a race between two or more horses ridden by jockeys.
2.
a very close contest:
eight hours after the polls closed, the election was still a horse race.
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Horse racing vote is today
Newspaper article from: The Billings Gazette; 11/27/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the Montana Board of Horse Racing control over funds that...county fair boards, horse owners and breeders...involving Montana-bred horses by 20 percent. Havig...must be made quickly. Horse owners have to make plans...that the loss of horse racing in Billings would kill...
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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Horse racing is still saddled by cruelty issue.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA); 5/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...s position on racing, there is no doubt that horses trained and literally...at high speed, a horse's leg bones can...soul are with that horse. And when they...feel devastated. "Racing isn't cruel...anything to hurt horses. My horses are...you can't love horses, then ...
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Racing's two gift horses: Funny Cide, Seabiscuit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/6/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Rosenberg DETROIT _ Two horses. One has been dead for...other became known to racing die-hards two months...they are trying to give horse racing its biggest boost in...country. How big can horse racing become now, in...Crist said. "When racing was on the front page...
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 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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HORSE RACING HEYDAY IN NORTH DOCUMENTED.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 5/21/2005; 700+ words
; ...started with a love of horses. "If you enjoy horses, there's no way you cannot enjoy horse racing. Whether it's harness...who could keep their horses on the farm and bring...matter. By the 1980s horse racing was on the way out...
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+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
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Tracks, horse racing fans optimistic.
Newspaper article from: The Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis, Indiana) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 7/30/2005; 700+ words
; ...Without owners in horse racing, we don't have an...getting people to buy horses. Nationally, Standardbred...according to Harness Racing Communications, a division...Louisville professor, likens horse racing ownership to the stock...
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Keep Horse Racing on Track.
Newspaper article from: San Francisco Chronicle; 6/4/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...to reflect on the numerous contributions horse racing bestows on California. In all, horse racing provides more than 50,000 jobs to Californians...and instead gives back to the community. Horse racing doesn't threaten to move, nor does it...
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Against all odds?Horse racing in Illinois faces uncertain futurewith smaller payouts and fewer owners
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL; 9/21/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...on another day of horse racing at the Illinois...level, dozens of horses, riders and owners...harnesses and taping the horses' legs. Among them...Trenton, owners of horse Super Tea Rose...participated in horse racing in some capacity...and drives his own horses. But ...
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Leading Developer of Horse Racing Games Introduces The Ultimate Gaming Experience Just In Time for the 135th Running of the Kentucky Derby.
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 4/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- Horse Racing Simulation LLC, developer and...The Internet's most popular horse racing game and community has just added...that take virtual skill gaming and racing to a whole new level. "We are...
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WELFARE AND HEALTH OF HORSE RACING JOCKEYS AND WORKERS:DICK MONAHAN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/17/2005; 700+ words
; ...statistics for the American Quarter Horse racing industry. * To recognize the...achievements of American Quarter Horses in racing. AQHA supports and promotes American Quarter Horse racing, which is authorized in twenty...
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Horse racing's long-simmering problems finally bubble to surface
Newspaper article from: Daily Breeze; 1/30/2005; ; 700+ words
; If you've read horse racing's headlines this...to a plot to fix a horse race by doping one...the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority for trying...York case. Giving a horse a performance-enhancing...editor of the slick racing magazine The Blood...
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horse racing
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...s Union Course (N.Y.) for a contest of three four-mile heats between two horses. Development of Modern Horse Racing Steeplechase (the racing of horses over a course with hurdles and shallow water jumps to approximate country riding conditions...
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Horse Racing and Showing
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Colonists began breeding horses that could sprint...Institutionalized racing began in New York...Richard Nicolls held horse races in the late...audiences, organized horse racing on a large scale...the Civil War. Horses had been used extensively...and after 1865 horse breeding ...
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Horse Racing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...fuelled the sport. Horse racing flourished in the...pace was slow since horses ran on dirt tracks...ended professional horse racing, but by reforming...reduced the doping of horses and illegal gambling...Willie Shoemaker and horses like Man o’...avidly followed ...
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horse-racing
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
horse-racing consists of...sticks’. Racing became popular during...at Chester in 1540. Racing received support from...Newmarket where he bred horses, Charles I offered...48), an influential horse breeder-owner, devised...chasing derived from horses racing each other ...
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Horse Racing Near Misses
Book article from: American Decades
HORSE RACING NEAR MISSES Horse as...during the 1950s was horse racing. Perhaps as a result...the quality of race horses declined sharply in...difficult to match. Horses of the 1950s were measured...1951 became the first horse in racing history to earn $1...
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