How to Use stakes race in a Sentence

stakes race

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Definition of stakes racenext
  • Phil D’Amato is 1 for 25 but at least that one win was in a stakes race.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2019
  • Momma won a stakes race on the turf so this one is bred to like the green.
    — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The final stakes race of the meeting was a mile on the turf for fillies and mares.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2021
  • As a 2-year-old, Riva Ridge won five stakes races and an Eclipse Award.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2018
  • Four of the races are maiden specials, there are four turf races and there is one stakes race.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2019
  • And the high-stakes race is the most expensive state Supreme Court race ever.
    — Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • After taking the lead in the stretch Taco fought back the late charge by a horse that was a next out winner in a stakes race.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Irad Ortiz gets the mount and seeks his first career win in the Grade 1 stakes race for 3-year-old fillies.
    — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 5 May 2022
  • His best stakes race was a second in the Fountain of Youth, losing to Code of Honor.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 8 June 2019
  • Idol, who had five starts and never won a stakes race, went from fifth at the top of the stretch to win by a half-length over Express Train.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2021
  • The opening day program will not feature a stakes race.
    — Tom Jicha, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Chase Elliott won the high-stakes race to earn his first career berth in the championship four.
    — Jenna Fryer, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Nov. 2020
  • Call Me Fast is entered in a stakes race in West Virginia today.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Another stakes race for 3-year-old fillies takes place on the turf.
    — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The lone stakes race of the weekend is the Pat Hyland Handicap for 2-year-olds on Sunday night.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
  • The former two-term governor’s name is the biggest in both parties in the wide-open and high-stakes race for the state’s top job.
    — Kyle Potter, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2018
  • The Kentucky Oaks isn’t the only stakes race for 3-year-old fillies on Friday’s card.
    — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2020
  • His dirt form was very solid last summer and should improve off of the one prep race in a sloppy stakes race.
    — Star Tribune, 22 June 2021
  • This new featurette shows off another group of pilots and a bit more of the high-stakes racing that will take place in the show.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2018
  • The $1 million stakes race is the lead-in to Saturday's 148th Kentucky Derby.
    — Steve Bittenbender, The Courier-Journal, 4 May 2022
  • Both horses had won their first race before running in this stakes race.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2021
  • Mage had never won a stakes race before Saturday and did not race as a 2-year-old.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 6 May 2023
  • Jockeys who have never won any big stakes race of any kind don’t win the Kentucky Derby.
    — Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2022
  • Slammed will be competing in her first graded stakes race.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022
  • This is his first stakes race and is coming off an allowance win at Santa Anita in April.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2021
  • The shared ambitions of these giant corporations set the stage for a high-stakes race to craft the metaverse.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
  • It’s the first major stakes race to be transferred to another country.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2021
  • More than a dozen stakes races from around the country will be available to live stream through FanDuel racing.
    — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The positioning of the track’s tent pole stakes races on this year’s calendar is unchanged.
    — Tim Dwyer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Star Guitar is now a successful sire and has a Fair Grounds bar named after him as well as stakes race that will run later in the meet.
    — Michael Beychok, NOLA.com, 11 Dec. 2020

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