post time

noun

: the designated starting time of a horse race

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More on this point as the clock ticks on down to post time. Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025 Last year, Mystik Dan got 20-1 odds in the morning line — which improved to 18-1 by post time — before winning the Derby. Alex Sundby, CBS News, 2 May 2025 Too many things can go wrong, all the way up to post time, and the difference between success and disaster is thinner than the hair on the horse’s mane. Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 1 May 2025 Few are willing to line up and run against her, and she’s been the post time betting favorite in all five of her career races. Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for post time

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First Known Use

1941, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of post time was in 1941

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“Post time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/post%20time. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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