horse_race has definitions from the fields of sport,horse racing
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[ noun ] (sport,horse racing) a contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Dallas may get_to hear a debate on horse_race parimutuels soon between Reps._V._E._Red_Berry and Joe_Ratcliff .

`` We 're getting more ' pro ' letters than ' con ' on horse_race betting '' , said Ratcliff .

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