race meeting

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noun

a prearranged fixture for racing horses (or sometimes greyhounds) over a set course at set times

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Words nearby race meeting

racecourse, racegoer, racehorse, racemate, raceme, race meeting, racemic, racemic acid, racemiform, racemism, racemization

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How to use race meeting in a sentence

Tenders had been called for, to clear the course for the annual race meeting.
The Black Opal|Katharine Susannah Prichard
She never appears to better advantage than when she is togged out in her Sunday-go-to-race-meeting-best.
The Transgression of Andrew Vane|Guy Wetmore Carryl
The jockey is powerful with Dickon, who rides two hundred miles by day and night, to be bought and sold himself at a race-meeting.
Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett
The polo season closed with a race meeting, just as the hunting season did.
The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon|Jos Maria Gordon

What do you think of Mr Lamont having saved the whole of Gandela from being massacred on the day of the race meeting?
In the Whirl of the Rising|Bertram Mitford