Sentence examples for starting gate for from inspiring English sources

"The bonus tends to be the starting gate for them".

Shotgun Gulch was scratched at the starting gate for the Filly and Mare Sprint.

I'll Have Another, 30 hours from walking into the starting gate for the Belmont Stakes, was going to be scratched.

— Fourteen horses, the maximum number allowed, entered the starting gate for the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Race Course.

Horseplayers and enthusiasts alike should count themselves lucky Saturday when Zenyatta pulls into the starting gate for the Classic.

Now this one-horse stable has a place in the starting gate for the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby.

Ten miles away at Whiteface Mountain, the landmarked original starting gates for the 1980 Alpine skiing events rise at the edges of recreational trails.

Drysdale's powerful pair will most likely lead a full field of 20 horses on Saturday as they enter the starting gates for the Derby, with its $1 million purse and its guarantee of enshrining the winner with the ultimate celebrity status in racing and breeding.

— Shortly after Eskendereya pulled away from an overwhelmed Wood Memorial field in New York and established himself as the early Kentucky Derby favorite, 10 horses edged into the starting gate here for the Santa Anita Derby in a race that was supposed to sort out who was the best 3-year-old in the West.

What does it feel like to be poised at the starting gate, waiting for it all to begin?

But if all children cannot get to an even starting gate, the race for rewards will continue to be a sham.