horse race

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Last week the 20-year-old became the first black female British jump jockey to win a UK horse race.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Media outlets, including Barron’s, cited the shifting odds as the process began to resemble a horse race.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

Still, the leadership change, announced in early October, was abrupt for a company that conducted a multiyear horse race before appointing Vestberg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

And gone is the self-congratulatory pomp and circumstance over the 150th running of the most well-known horse race in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

Belmont officials, anticipating the largest crowd ever to attend a horse race in America, had worked themselves to exhaustion and spent $30,000 to publicize the race and prepare the track.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand