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单词 stakes race
释义

stakes race

noun

: a horse race in which the prize offered is made up at least in part of money (such as entry fees) put up by the owners of the horses entered

called also stake race

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Slammed will be competing in her first graded stakes race. San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 The Kentucky Derby is a top rank, Grade l stakes race for 3-year-old thoroughbred horses and the first leg of the American Triple Crown. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022 Trainer Chad Brown plans to send out Speak of the Devil and In Italian for the Grade 2 Longines Churchill Downs Distaff Turf Mile, the first graded stakes race on the Derby Day card. Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 6 May 2022 Jockeys who have never won any big stakes race of any kind don’t win the Kentucky Derby. Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2022 Despite all his success locally, however, Leon had never ridden in a graded stakes race before the Derby. Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 12 May 2022 Especially for jockey Sonny Leon, who won his first graded stakes race in the Kentucky Derby. . Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 8 May 2022 Seconds into the first stakes race of the day, trainer Chad Brown's In Italian (GB) jumped out to an early lead while his 2-to-1 favorite Speak of the Devil slipped into last. Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 7 May 2022 The mission was a high-stakes race to save a Pentagon crown jewel from the extreme depths, with their frigid temperatures and crushing pressure. Jason Sherman, Scientific American, 2 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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