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flat racing
noun
- the racing of horses on racecourses without jumps
- ( as modifier )
the flat-racing season
Example Sentences
Now based in the Flat racing capital of Newmarket.
"He's done a good bit of jumping at home. We gave him a break and brought him back in for the spring. I didn't think he'd be sharp enough for this. I saw the blue coming and was thinking, is that one of mine? That shows where his Flat racing experience comes in for this."
She was overlooked for rides, verbally abused and ridiculed by other staff at her stables, but still went on to become the first professional jockey to ride a winner in British Flat racing when, aged 22, she guided The Goldstone to victory at Salisbury in 1978.
He claimed some of Flat racing's biggest prizes globally, including the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Japan Cup, Dubai World Cup and at the Breeders' Cup meeting, along with the Champion Hurdle over jumps at Cheltenham in 1990 with Kribensis.
Dettori is flat racing's showman who has been the sport's poster boy since his Magnificent Seven at Ascot in 1996, when riding all winners on the card at odds of 25,000-1.
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