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stake race
or stakes race
noun
, Horse Racing.
- a race in which part of the prize or purse is put up by the owners of the horses nominated to run in the race.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stake race1
First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences
If I knew anything 'bout a four-mile stake race, I'd try to mislay the name of it.
From Project Gutenberg
If I could ever get her safely away from the post in a stake race, yes; sure as anything on earth.
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It was even said that he had procured a jockey to throw a stake race.
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