selling race

noun

: a claiming race in which the winning horse is put up for auction

Examples of selling race in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The league makes most of its money by selling race sponsorships and broadcasting rights. Youyou Zhou, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2020 SF Racing — controlled by top employees of billionaire investor George Soros — maintains its share of the breeding rights but sold racing rights to Starlight Racing and Head of Plains Racing. Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 15 June 2018

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Word History

First Known Use

1867, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of selling race was in 1867

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“Selling race.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selling%20race. Accessed 24 Sep. 2023.

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