selling race


noun

a claiming race at the end of which the winning horse is offered for sale.

Origin of selling race

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example sentences from the Web for selling race

  • Some of the bitterest feuds in turf history have grown out of "selling-race wars."

    Old Man Curry |Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

British Dictionary definitions for selling race

selling race

selling plate


noun

a horse race in which the winner must be offered for sale at auction