The phrase "a dog race" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a competitive event where dogs race against each other, often for entertainment or gambling purposes.
Example: "The annual greyhound racing event attracted many spectators eager to place their bets on a dog race."
Alternatives: "a canine race" or "a dog competition".
Ms Wallgren likens it to a hare that sets the pace of a dog race.
His first centred on a dog race; the second on a polygamist.
Shouting over the commentary on a dog race, I said to the clerk: "I'd like to put £5 on Jim Crace to win the Man Booker prize".
At every break in play, there was some kind of competition or entertainment -- a hip-hop dance troupe, a putting contest, a dog race, a one-minute romp through the team store for a lucky fan.
Kyle Hopkins, a veteran Iditarod correspondent for the Anchorage Daily News, warned me that "there are only so many ways to win a dog race, and not resting is one of them," but after extended observation in Takotna I came to appreciate the finer distinctions among the contestants' philosophies.
Underneath the umbrella of Hogmanay events are a carnival that begins on the Dec. 29 (and lasts until Jan . 8, that includes a night-before-the-night-before street-arts event with a Catalonian theme, a dog race, a triathlon, musical acts at the Royal Bank Street Party on New Year's Eve and, yes, fireworks.
4. We had a flagstone path, a pond, four birches, a dog racing in tight circles, helpless against the dream of fresh snow.
Rooney Enterprises LLC, which owns 80percentt of the Steelers, has investments that include a horse racing track in New York and a dog racing track in Florida that has poker tables.
He owned some video rental stores in Florida; she was the food and beverage manager at a dog racing track.
After Homer is paid less than expected for his Department Store Santa work, he and Bart receive a dog racing tip from Barney.
He left school at 15, worked as a reporter for a dog-racing journal and joined the Royal Navy as a telegrapher aboard destroyers in World War II.
