Sentence examples for last strides from inspiring English sources

Greene fought with passionate defiance in those last strides but it was a desperate cause and it seemed he brought that knowledge on the track last night.

Neither jockey knew who won. "His horse was pulling up in the last strides and our horse surged," Stevens said.

"Daryl also put down his whip about 50 yards from the line and just pushed his horse past Sunnyhilboy in the last strides and won on the nod.

"I tried to get her going again in the last strides and it was only her determination when the other horses came to her that kept her in front.

Richard Hannon's colt locked horns with Dick Whittington in the closing stages but could not respond as the son of Rip Van Winkle found a final effort in the last strides.

If Ad Hoc doesn't pull it off this time then Shotgun Willy, who showed plenty of guts after being off the track for 315 days to grab victory from the jaws of defeat in the last strides of the Red Square Vodka Gold Cup at Haydock on Saturday, certainly could.

OUTLOOK -- Despite the retirement of Lothar Matthas and Thomas Dooley, this team, which went from worst to first in the division last season, is collectively better and should take the last stride that prevented it from playing in the championship game last season.

Davis at last strode into the room a man in a hurry.

And until the very last stride, it appeared that Taylor, too, would not find fulfillment in the 400 hurdles.

"We don't want to be another good team that couldn't take that last stride towards a major championship," Coleman said.

Shinjo raced back and slightly toward left-center, putting his back to the plate and looking over his head for the last stride.