winner's circle

noun

: an enclosure near a racetrack where the winning horse and jockey are brought for photographs and awards

Examples of winner's circle in a Sentence

The jockey and horse approached the winner's circle.

Recent Examples on the Web

His second trip to the winner's circle, a three-shot victory, came this August at the Wyndham Championship against a stronger crop of players fighting for a spot into the FedEx Cup Playoffs. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

That's commentator Derek Thompson asking the question and trying to keep up with Shergar on his way to another winner's circle. — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Whether Emerging Market can carry that momentum over to the Derby and the winner's circle remains to be seen, but Brown has something to build on from his strategy of running both horses through two-turn races beforehand. — ABC News, 1 May 2026

Bastian is not alone in the winner's circle of the World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest; two runners-up joined the pooch in the competition's top three. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for winner's circle

• encircle
• tubercle
• cercle
• preopercle
• semicircle