Sentence examples for finish a length from inspiring English sources

Ridden by Robbie Albarado, the gelding rallied in the deep stretch to finish a length in front of Perfect Shower at the wire.

The 3-1 chance jumped superbly to finish a length and a quarter ahead of the evens favourite Long Run.

Movsesian finished a length and a half behind with 6-3.

Bridal Glow finished a length in front of Light the Lamp in the 10-horse field.

After pulling away by the top of the stretch, Speightstown finished a length and a half in front of Clock Stopper.

Westerner finished a length and a half second to Papineau in last season's Gold Cup, looks ready to reverse the form and is trading at 11-4 witHillll's.

The Scottish Derby winner has come up against the dazzling Westmead Hawk in the last two rounds, beating him last Saturday and then finishing a length second to him in Tuesday's quarter-finals.

Driven and trained by Trond Smedshammer of Norway, Windsong's Legacy finished a length ahead of Cantab Hall in the 79th running of the Hambletonian, the most prestigious event in harness racing.

Two tries in as many minutes through the replacement hooker George McGuigan and then full-back Alex Tait, finishing a length of field move, made the score- line look very different, and though Luther Burrell grounded a fifth try for Northampton, the Newcastle pack responded by driving flanker Richard Mayhew over the line to secure a losing bonus point.

The Richard Hannon-Richard Hughes partnership was looking for a third win in five years in the Lennox Stakes over seven furlongs, but finished a length and a half adrift in second as Chachamaidee powered through the field.

She crossed the finish line a length ahead of Mine That Bird.