Sentence examples for a major race from inspiring English sources

Again, quite typical before a major race.

She took Berlin as a practice run as well as a major race".

But about a month before a major race, he begins to coach crews on their mindset.

Normally, the defection of two top players would be an open invitation to lesser horses to enter a major race.

Out of competition could mean anything from a few days before a major race to the off-season.

Even a Democrat in a major race who does mention his party identification, Thomas P. DiNapoli, the state comptroller, does so in cursory fashion.

Sarah Fisher, 21, the first woman to start from the pole in a major racing series, led the first 26 laps.

Yet records show that in Florida, a major racing state, trainers continue to use corticosteroids, an anti-inflammatory, on race day.

Schwartz owns a major racing stable in New York and in recent years has become a powerful figure in horse racing circles.

Gene Klein, who owned the San Diego Chargers and later a major racing stable, once said that the advantage he had with horses was that "they don't show up with their agents and ask for their contracts to be renegotiated".

Fisher's second-place finish at the Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami last month was her best and the highest finish by a woman in a major racing series.