Sentence examples for preparation race from inspiring English sources

This is a preparation race".

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.

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.

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.

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

And after all the preparation, come race day on Sunday he will be hoping to cause not so much as a ripple that would detract from the 16 men doing battle ahead of him.

Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, interpreted the movie as "preparation for race war".

It is great preparation for racing on the road, though.

The level of accuracy now available in computer modelling means Formula One drivers, as a matter of course, do laps on simulators in preparation for races.

Until this split my own position and duties had been unclear, but now I became the engineer in charge of development, preparation, and racing at Slough.