stakes race
nounDefinition of stakes race
: 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
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Brown’s pending departure accelerates a high-stakes race to take over an office responsible for one of the world’s busiest court systems. — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, "The feds once seized her cellphone, a line of people want to replace her and now Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown says she won’t seek reelection," 13 Aug. 2019 There is even a Grade 2 $200,000 stakes race for sophomores. — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, "Racing! Is the Saudi Cup a good idea?," 10 Aug. 2019 Santa Anita, when applying for a fall meet license, submitted paperwork that stakes races would be run on the downhill course. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "High-priced 2-year-olds running this weekend at Del Mar," 8 Aug. 2019 First race post is 1:10 p.m. The card includes two $75,000 stakes races for Ohio-breds, the William Petro Memorial and the George Lewis Memorial, the latter in honor of the late Plain Dealer turf writer and handicapper. — Bob Roberts, cleveland.com, "Preakness placer Owendale favored in 2019 Ohio Derby," 20 June 2019 In agreeing to the gradual elimination of race-day Lasix from stakes races in April, a coalition of leading tracks made a timely show of unity in a notoriously fragmented business. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "Reform or extinction? Many see horse slaughter as existential threat to racing," 15 June 2019 This new featurette shows off another group of pilots and a bit more of the high-stakes racing that will take place in the show. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Meet the pilots of Star Wars Resistance in a new featurette," 14 Sep. 2018 The former two-term governor’s name is the biggest in both parties in the wide-open and high-stakes race for the state’s top job. — Kyle Potter, The Seattle Times, "Minnesota GOP governor primary tests Pawlenty’s comeback bid," 13 Aug. 2018 Cigar won 16 stakes races in a row from 1994-96 which tied the legendary Citation a the only two horses to accomplish the feat. — The Aegis, "Two more Harford champions [Editorial]," 6 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stakes race.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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