stake race
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8.2
- noun
- Jargon
:
carrera de apuestas
- This Saturday, the local track will host a prestigious stakes race where owners will compete for a large cash prize.
- stake race on Saturday
- win a stake race
- high-stakes race
Examples
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The excitement at the stakes race was palpable as the crowd cheered for their favorite horses.
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You know, that used to be a stakes race.
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Match race, stakes race, potato sack race.
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That's a $20,000 stakes race.
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Was it Spectacular Bid's fault when he had a walkover in a stakes race in New York?
Blog text (18) -
The Daylily is highlighted by even-money favorite Nicole H, who has won three stakes races this year and reported home second in the Grade 1 Princess Rooney Handicap at Calder in July.
Blog text (13) -
"It's a pleasure to stick it to that guy," Jay told me one afternoon, after he'd loudly rooted in a long shot to nose out Fido's even-money favorite in a stakes race, causing the tout to bolt white-faced out of his box.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her horse finished in second place in the annual stakes race after a challenging run against strong contenders.
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Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'stake' (a sum of money at risk) with 'race' (a contest): it denotes a race in which money (stakes) is contributed toward the prize. This is a straightforward compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun stake race comes from owners putting up a stake, a 'sum of money' that becomes the prize for the race. That's why a stake race means a race where the owners all add part of the prize money.