Sentence examples for a decent race from inspiring English sources

What we want is a decent race — something interesting to write about and justify our expenses.

"I was just really happy to get up and run a decent race," said Aikines-Aryeetey.

Not the results the British athletes will have been looking for, but a decent race nonetheless.

"He needs a lot further than that to be shown to his best but he's run a decent race and hopefully will come out sound and we can go to Melbourne.

The encouragement comes from last year and from a fine effort when runner-up in a decent race at Ascot in February, with fellow Aintree hopefuls Saint Are and The Rainbow Hunter just behind.

"It sets up for hopefully a decent race," Phelps said.

What you want is a decent racing surface, so that all horses are able to run to their full ability".

I want to run all decent races.

He was moved to Paul Nicholls, the champion trainer, in the summer and has been given an operation to help him breathe, since when he's run a half-decent race over a distance that was too short for him.

Now seems on a fairer mark and won a decent trial race at Fairyhouse last time.

Don't expect a classic but Russian director Timur Bekmambetov should at least know how to stage a decent chariot race.