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The horses are in the backstretch.
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Truly Quality was seventh down the backstretch for the first time and moved up to third the second time down the backstretch.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
After spinning the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on the 260th lap, Hocevar came to a stop on the backstretch with multiple flat tires.
—Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Horses enter and exit a track at one of four gaps along the backstretch.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Cody Ware spins on the backstretch.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 1 Sep. 2025
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
After spinning the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet on the 260th lap, Hocevar came to a stop on the backstretch with multiple flat tires.
—Lydia Mee, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Horses enter and exit a track at one of four gaps along the backstretch.
—Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
Cody Ware spins on the backstretch.
—Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Backstretch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backstretch. Accessed 4 Dec. 2025.
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backstretch
noun
back·stretch
-ˌstrech 
-ˈstrech
: the side of a racetrack that is opposite the part between the last turn and the finish line
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