horse race

noun
1.
a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
2.
any formidable contest or competition: The primary election is expected to be a horse race among four opponents.

horse racing, noun
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horse race

noun
a contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting 
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Horse race is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example sentences
Manned spaceflight is now no longer a two-horse race.
It is obvious that they show a profound appreciation of anyone who has wagered
  an odd bob or two on a horse race.
T his is not a story about the presidential horse race.
Add to this an ineffective media that only covers politics as a horse race and
  the picture gets worse.
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