flat race

noun

Track, Horse Racing.

a race run on a level track having no hurdles, water jumps, hedges, or the like to hinder the speed of the entrants.

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flat racing noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flat race¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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While the Derby is the richest flat race in Britain, with a total purse of £1.5m, and described as the ultimate test of the thoroughbred, its popularity in recent times has been under pressure.

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Top Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien won the English Derby for a record-extending ninth time when Auguste Rodin reeled in King Of Steel to win the 244th edition of Britain’s richest flat race on Saturday.

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In the keenly contested six-furlong Ayr Gold Cup, the richest flat race of the year in Scotland, the eight-year-old Summerghand surged in the final furlong to triumph by a length.

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He was 18 when he won his first Epsom Derby, the most prestigious flat race in Britain, on the colt Never Say Die.

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His horse Adayar won this year’s famous Epsom Derby flat race.

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