photo finish
Example Sentences
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So it likely comes down to these two, and the stakes are chillingly high for such a photo finish.
From Slate • Mar. 23, 2026
The nine-year-old, ridden by jockey Charlie Deutsch, crossed the line alongside Cian Collins' horse, resulting in the first photo finish of the Festival.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
Their ticket purchases pushed “Iron Lung” into a photo finish for No. 1 against “Send Help,” a strongly marketed release from Disney’s 20th Century Studios.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Redknapp and Pauling as well as jockey Ben Jones spent a nervy few miniutes waiting on the photo finish before his number eight was called -- winning by just a nose.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
Incredibly, Woolf’s timing was so good that he rode for more than a decade before he was beaten in a photo finish of a stakes race.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
