Sentence examples for the last strides from inspiring English sources

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.

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

Out of luck at Longchamp yesterday when Rio De La Plata was mugged in the last stride of the Prix Daniel Wildenstein by Rajsaman, Dettori is in search of his 500th Group winner, another extraordinary achievement.

It was won in the last stride by a 13-year-old, Tartan Snow, at odds of 100-1 – and the tricast, with placed horses at 33-1 and 40-1, proved so unaccountable that it paid just under £75,000.

But where Swinburn was barely a passenger, Pour Moi put his nose in front in the last stride under one of the most audacious Classic rides of modern times.

Hunt was crowded out in the last stride as he met a cross from the left, but after 75 minutes he had a hand in England's second goal.