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In horse racing a maiden race is an event for horses that have not won a race. [1] Horses that have not won a race are referred to as maidens. [1] Maiden horse races are held over a variety of distances and under conditions with eligibility based on the sex or age of the horse. Races may be handicaps, set weights, or weight for age.
A maiden race is one in which the runners have never won a race. Maiden races can be among horses of many different age groups. Maiden races can be among horses of many different age groups. It is similar to a stakes race in the respect that horses all carry similar weights and there are no handicapped "penalties."
In Thoroughbred racing, a claiming race is a type of horse race in which the horses are all for sale at a specified claiming price until shortly before the race. In the hierarchy of horse races, based on the quality of the horses that compete, claiming races are at the bottom, below maiden races (races for horses that have never won a race).
Maiden race Specific race for horses that have never won a race, usually by age, but not always. [5] Margin The distance between horses at a given point in the race, usually measured in lengths (see above). For the leader, it is the distance ahead of the second place horse. For other horses, it is the distance by which they trailed the leader.
Maiden name, the family name carried by a woman before marriage; Maiden over, in the sport of cricket, an over in which no runs are scored; Maiden race, the first race for a horse; Maiden race horse, a race horse that has yet to win a race; Maiden speech, the first speech made by a politician in a formal assembly
On race day, the track was fast, and the weather was warm and sunny. [74] Secretariat broke well on the rail and Sham rushed up beside him. The two ran the first quarter in a quick :23 3 ⁄ 5 and the next quarter in a swift :22 3 ⁄ 5, completing the fastest opening half mile in the history of the race and opening ten lengths on the rest of ...
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The word "race", interpreted to mean an identifiable group of people who share a common descent, was introduced into English in the 16th century from the Old French rasse (1512), from Italian razza: the Oxford English Dictionary cites the earliest example around the mid-16th century and defines its early meaning as a "group of people belonging to the same family and descended from a common ...