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111race — {{11}}race (n.1) act of running, c.1300, from O.N. ras running, rush (of water), cognate with O.E. ræs, which became M.E. resen attack, incursion, but did not survive into Modern English. Both the Norse and Old English words are from P.Gmc. *ræs… …
112Horse Cave, Kentucky — Infobox Settlement official name = Horse Cave, Kentucky settlement type = City nickname = motto = imagesize = 250px image caption = Downtown Horse Cave, December 2006, looking Eastward down Main Street/HWY 218. The cave opening is to the right.… …
113Horse Racing's Revolutionary Running Surfaces — ▪ 2008 The trend toward replacing traditional dirt tracks with synthetic surfaces at Thoroughbred race tracks in the United States grew significantly in 2007, lending momentum to one of the most revolutionary concepts in the long history of …
114hurdle race — ▪ horse racing horse race over a course on which a number of obstacles, called hurdles, must be jumped. Hurdle racing, a kind of preparation for steeplechasing, originated in England and Ireland in the 18th century and by the second half of the… …
115race — I [[t]reɪs[/t]] n. v. raced, rac•ing 1) a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing 2) races, a series of races, run at a set time over a regular course 3) cvb any contest or competition, esp. to achieve superiority: an arms… …
116race meeting — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms race meeting : singular race meeting plural race meetings British a series of horse races that take place at one place on one day or during a period of several days …
117One-line joke — A one liner is a joke that is delivered in a single line. A good one liner is said to be pithy.[1] Comedians and actors use this comedic method as part of their act, e.g. Rodney Dangerfield, Bruce Campbell, Steven Wright, Emo Philips, Tommy… …
118race meeting — noun Brit. a sporting event consisting of a series of horse races held at one course …
119Thoroughbred horse racing — is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing. National Hunt racing can be further divided into… …
120Secretariat (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Secretariat caption = Belmont Park sire = Bold Ruler grandsire = Nasrullah dam = Somethingroyal damsire = Princequillo sex = Stallion foaled = 1970 country = United States flagicon|USA colour = Chestnut… …
