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HORSE RACING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sport of racing horses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("horse racing" is a kind of...):
racing (the sport of engaging in contests of speed)
Domain member category:
field (all of the horses in a particular horse race)
triple crown ((horse racing) a title won by a horse that can win the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness)
triple-crown (of a horse that has won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness races)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horse racing"):
thoroughbred racing (the sport of racing thoroughbred horses)
