Sentence examples for a preparation race from inspiring English sources

This is a preparation race".

When horses were considered to be adequately trained (trainer's opinion) they participated in a preparation race (2,140 m, velocity standardized to 10.5 - 11.4 m/s) as 2-year-olds, a qualification race (required for permission to participate in official races 2,140 m, > 11.8 m/s) as 3-year-olds and also in official races (1,600 - 2,140 m) as 3-year-olds.

It's a good preparation race and put us in good stead for the rest of the season".

The training programs used were also efficient in terms of getting horses fit for race as horses from both groups were able to pass a national qualification race and preparation race to a higher extent than the rest of the cohort of 2009 in training.

He is also a fine time-trialer and was among a handful of favorites for this first of 21 daily stages since he won a similar race against the clock -- flat and nearly the same distance -- two weeks ago in the Route du Sud, his final preparation race.

"Obviously it is less than ideal for a preparation going into a big race," Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Prince Khalid Abdullah, Kingman's owner, said on Sunday.

"It's true, I have a motor, it's my heart," Cancellara declared before the start of the weeklong race, a preparation for the Tour de France next month.

On a few occasions, as a preparation for participation in official races, heat exercise of 2,000 m was performed by all horses, since most official races in Sweden are 2,140 m.

"I did two races in two days, so in terms of mental preparation and race preparation, it helped me," he said.

It estimates the group has about 80 members, and continued its activities  – including recruiting, and combat training in preparation for an imminent "race war" – from a warehouse in an industrial area of Warrington in England's northwest.

The Anti-Defamation League has issued a warning about Atomwaffen and its preparations for a "race war".