Sentence examples for fine race from inspiring English sources

Harried by Anthony Davidson, whose works Peugeot was in fine race trim, he was overtaken midway into the first stint.

The second, Notus De La Tour (13-2), ran a fine race, staying on in gutsy style having been under pressure some way out.

There was almost as much delight for Carlin, 25, who swam another fine race to finish second behind the inevitable winner, Katie Ledecky of the United States.

Monitor Closely, who has improved for his winter break, also ran a fine race in second and Aidan O'Brien's Rockhampton in third is another to be positive about.

Will an ordinarily bred horse with a fine race record and solid — but hardly spectacular — speed figures carry an untested jockey around a massive racetrack at a distance he has never tried and pass the Test of the Champion?

Ran a fine race to be second to Cole Harden last year and is the choice once more of Sam Twhoton-Davies, who could have ridden Aux Ptits Soins.

Devotion to fine racing horses remains a local passion, with flat racing at Keeneland and trotting at the "Red Mile".

Narrowly beaten in the Arkle Trophy and a runaway winner at Aintree, Kalahari King has run two fine races of late, considering he is reckoned most effective on a fast surface.

In a country where speeding tickets are directly tied to income on a sliding scale, he racked up a 116,000 euro ($170,000) fine racing his motorcycle through Helsinki, although he was able to negotiate that figure down somewhat.

But Codemasters has demonstrated that, if nothing else, it knows how to make a darn fine racing game.

It gets bigger brakes as well (from that fine racing-brake builder, Brembo) and 18-inch tires rather than 17-inch treads on unique six-spoke rims.