A horse race after which the winning horse must be auctioned.
拍卖马赛(赛后随即拍卖获胜马的跑马赛)
Example sentencesExamples
Back in 1850 JJ Turner had advertised his willingness to attend country meetings, specifically to conduct auctions of winners of selling races.
There is no big-money prize at the end of it, only a minor selling race confined to juvenile fillies.
It came recently in a selling race at Ayr, one of the courses still using the old stalls, when hot favourite Locombe Hill was involved in a dreadful incident at the start.
Having got off the mark at Redcar, Windchill followed up in a valuable selling race at Newcastle.
That was only a selling race, but Cast Iron left the impression that he was capable of something a little bit better.
Definition of selling race in US English:
selling race
noun
A horse race after which the winning horse must be auctioned.
拍卖马赛(赛后随即拍卖获胜马的跑马赛)
Example sentencesExamples
It came recently in a selling race at Ayr, one of the courses still using the old stalls, when hot favourite Locombe Hill was involved in a dreadful incident at the start.
Back in 1850 JJ Turner had advertised his willingness to attend country meetings, specifically to conduct auctions of winners of selling races.
Having got off the mark at Redcar, Windchill followed up in a valuable selling race at Newcastle.
That was only a selling race, but Cast Iron left the impression that he was capable of something a little bit better.
There is no big-money prize at the end of it, only a minor selling race confined to juvenile fillies.