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Sentence Examples The leader gave way to Daliapour over three furlongs out as rider Johnny Murtagh drove for home for all he was worth. This is a promising young horse, who is likely to relish every yard of the two miles and six furlongs. About three furlongs out, I knew that he was not only going to win, but he was going to spreadeagle a class field, and win easing up. A wide and galloping track, one of the key moments comes about two furlongs from the winning post where there is a dip in the course. Six furlongs out in the two-mile event, Captain's Leap was going well, but not as well as Janoramic, ridden by a fine young claimer. Of course, he is well aware 10 furlongs is Fantastic Light's ideal distance and that's an obvious plus. Cecil reportedly sees her more of an Oaks-type and tomorrow's race, over nine furlongs, should fit the bill perfectly. He was hailed as the wonder horse, the Bullet from Ballydoyle, which would be invincible from a mile to 12 furlongs. A dour stayer, very much at home over this distance of three miles and three furlongs, he is taken to clinch the spoils. The roar of the crowd must have been music to the ears of McCoy, who never looked back and led for all two miles and five furlongs of the race. Silca's Gift takes up the running in the final two furlongs and draws away to score a comfortable victory by three lengths. The Prix du Moulin winner, ridden by Christophe Lemaire, took over the lead in the final couple of furlongs. Tomorrow's underfoot conditions are ideal for her to score again in this six furlongs dash. Earlier this month the area between seven and six furlongs was flailed and the nesting skylarks took flight. He won over a mile and two furlongs at Leopardstown back in May, coasting home by half a dozen lengths. For the first part of the race Attraction was boxed in but when a gap opened up on the rails with two furlongs to go the race was over. Bandari's fast pace caught up with him in the closing four furlongs as first Millenary and then Warrsan outpaced him. I knew Silver Patriarch would stay every yard of 12 furlongs and more and at 6-1 second favourite he was the best each-way bet of all time. Enclosed strips and furlongs are fields that probably originate from the enclosure of medieval strip fields. In a wide open race, Wannabe Around broke from the start and opened up a five-length lead with three furlongs to go. Show More Sentences Tomorrow's three miles and three furlongs contest should bring out the best in him and a return to winning form is expected. Magna Graduate kept close to the leaders on the inside and moved to within one length of pacesetter Tani Maru through six furlongs. Eight furlongs into the ten furlong race, Gatwick looked to have next to no chance. Much of the early running had been made by the Michael Jarvis-trained Rakti but he faded with three furlongs to go. Long before the Norman Conquest in 1066, Saxon farmers in England were measuring distance in rods and furlongs and areas in acres. Goodwood is a right-handed course which has a straight section of six furlongs with a loop attached by two bends for longer races. Two furlongs out, the field bunched and the apprentice jockey moved his mount out to try to get a run from fifth place. Trained by Mark Tompkins and ridden by Philip Robinson, Babodana made his move about three furlongs out. The Danehill Dancer filly quickly made up the leeway under Michael Hills to challenge with two of the seven furlongs to go. Run over 12 furlongs it is the longest race on the card and is worth 1 million. The field bunched up turning into the straight with over four furlongs to run and a host of horses were in with a chance. Just over two furlongs out he sneaked a glance behind and the sight of everything else off the bridle was all he needed. Haafhd raced into second over three furlongs out and came galloping alongside Chorist to make his bid. Rudi's Pet pulled out of the pack with two furlongs to go for a two-length victory. Ridden by Paul Eddery, Press settled at the rear, then hogged the rails and made good headway but found nothing extra in the last two furlongs. No wonder Morshead's eyes regularly stray skyward, as dark clouds canter across furlongs of watery blue. Tomorrow he steps up to a marathon three miles and three furlongs and, in a very modest event, can surely play a strong role. The race was marred by the fall of Ginger Jack two and a half furlongs out. Whispered Promises gets the nap vote over an extended seven furlongs. The Curragh is a right-handed horseshoe shaped course with a circuit of two miles with no sharp bends and a straight run-in of three furlongs uphill. Show More Sentences Three mares listed in foal to Danjur, who set a track record for five furlongs in winning the 1996 Churchill Downs Turf Sprint Stakes, are in the catalog. His jockey, Philip Robinson did an excellent job calming him down for the race, but in many respects the damage had been done, and he faded in the final furlongs. The track is an undulating one with a long run-in of almost five furlongs. The Barry Hills-trained Turtle Island filly finished fourth in a decent maiden over six furlongs at Newmarket last October, running on takingly at the finish. A dual-winner last season, Josh has the makings of a high-class horse and, although unproven over this seven furlongs I think he will cope with the longer trip. He will, however, appreciate tomorrow's return to a distance just short of eight furlongs and will surely get a furious gallop, which seems to suit him. Previously, the selection won a conditions race very easily over three miles at Gowran Park and dropping down four furlongs in trip and going left-handed are in his favour. The top-weight shrugged of his impost with the minimum of fuss, easing into the lead with less than four furlongs to go and then scampering away for a seven lengths success. That victory, gained in a photo-finish from Kier Park, was all the more meritorious in that it was achieved over the minimum distance of five furlongs. With 35 horses galloping in a straight line over nine furlongs this famous cavalry charge is a thrilling race, made even more exciting by the hope of backing the winner. Cupid's Glory, with Seb Sanders in the irons, struck the lead approximately three furlongs out, after racing forwardly through the first half-mile. However, over two furlongs out it looked as though Pat Eddery had the four-year-old in trouble as he was boxed in behind early leader Zaajer, seemingly with nowhere to go. The next three runnings were over one mile six furlongs and 12 yards. With this last horse, I want you to blow him out at three furlongs. Today's historic rehearsal saw two Ascot landaus and nine horses, based at the Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace, gently wind their way down six furlongs. We've kept her to five furlongs so far this year when she was third at Chester and unplaced at Thirsk but as the season progresses, I'm sure she'll get the six. Dropped to five furlongs for his last start, he was always going to need further as his dam is a halfsister to Halicarnassus. It was discovered in 1991 that the exact length of the race was one mile, four furlongs and 10 yards. The return to six furlongs might do for Wedgewood Estates in the 32Red-Sport. Captain Dunne and Jaconet were first and second at York over five furlongs and the pair meet again in the Black Sheep Brewery Handicap at Thirsk. Show More Sentences Candy Mountain shared company with Kithara and the improving maiden Time Control in a similar exercise over seven furlongs. Second over seven furlongs at Folkestone last time, the 8-11 favourite cruised clear under Alan Munro to beat Barricado by six lengths. He worked over seven furlongs at Beechy Park yesterday morning with stable-mate Light Heavy. Top Cees was pulled up by Kieren Fallon with about five furlongs to go in his bid to win the pounds 100,000 race for the third time. Moonsail will appreciate the step up to 10 furlongs in the Sovereign Health Care Maiden Fillies' Stakes at Doncaster. He jumped and moved well but had to battle to hold off Toby Jug who challenged hard for the last two furlongs. Chewit, whose best form has been at six and seven furlongs, is another that comes into the equation providing his suspect stamina lasts out. Starcraft, who won over distances from seven furlongs to a mile and a half in Australia, has a 12-1 quote for the Classic by Coral. Bagan, a 50-1 York winner led the classy Tuning Fork in similiar exercise over seven furlongs. The East Everleigh handler has also entered the progressive Tupi while Henry Candy's top sprinter Limato tries seven furlongs for the first time. And Giust In Temp, to be ridden by Luca Maniezzi, is up against previous winners in the Premio Usmate Velate also over nine furlongs. The former champion jockey broke his training duck at Kempton this month when Visionist won a competitive handicap over seven furlongs. Now I partner Pechora who failed to stay ten furlongs when third at Naas to Zaynal. If I may intersert a short speculation, the depth of the sea is determined in Pliny to be fifteen furlongs. Dettori looked all set to collect on Starry Lodge as he surged to the front two furlongs out where Fallon was hard at work on Prins Willem. Eye Of The Storm has a stout pedigree, so it is hardly surprising O'Brien is already giving him the chance to shine over 10 furlongs. Eye Of The Storm has a stout pedigree, so it is hardly surprising O''Brien is already giving him the chance to shine over 10 furlongs. In sprints of 7 furlongs and less, 13winners have gone wire-to-wire, and 10 have rallied from second, 4 from third, 6 from fourth, 7 from fifth. Dubai Delegator bids to atone for his disappointment at Glorious Goodwood last month when he contests the Group Two CGA Hungerford Stakes over seven furlongs at Newbury today. The former champion jockey broke his training duck at Kempton earlier this month when Visionist found enough daylight to win a competitive handicap over seven furlongs. Show More Sentences That was his first time over six furlongs and he stayed the distance well. Not surprisingly, TomTate ups him to seven furlongs today and winning an ordinary maiden like this should be a formality, especially as all Tate's improve massively for a run. On outsider Melodize he led from one and a half furlongs out in the 5f Follow Redcarracing on Facebook and Twitter Handicap, holding off 7-4 favourite Irish Boy. I think 10 furlongs in the Lupin will suit him first time out. Upped to six furlongs at Chester last time, Tamareen looked much more at home, going down by just under a length to Rutterkin after being worn down in the finish. Bolger had boxed the pair at his new Beechy Farm complex, some 35 minutes from his Coolcullen stables, to work over five furlongs of an impressive mile-anda-quarter gallop. Shamexpress showed his well-being ahead of the six-furlong showpiece when going five furlongs on the July Course in the hands of work rider Paul Koumis. Captain Dunne and Jaconet were first and second at York recently over five furlongs and the pair meet again in the Black Sheep Brewery Handicap at Thirsk. Tim Easterby's sprinter hacked up by five lengths from Yorkies Boy in a conditions race over six furlongs and should have too much dash for his rivals over the minimum trip. Edgar Prado, partnering Darley Stable's Woodlander, took the lead before the field had gone four furlongs and remained there, beating Reel Legend by nearly a length. Go Figure showed he got 10 furlongs with a brave performance, looking to have stolen it off the bend before Gracechurch swooped late for a short-head verdict. Examples from Classical Literature The upland stretches into the heart of the country for twenty furlongs at least. At the village of Yamamoto yonder, ten furlongs further, you will find a good inn. Tim Easterby's six-year-old took this Group One prize over six and a half furlongs in 2004 but was only tenth to Whipper 12 months ago. Two furlongs hence, and we shall be safe in the hostel at Dogmersfield. Frankie Dettori and Summoner had shaken off all bar one of his four rivals two furlongs out. A gentle, breathing swell, three furlongs from trough to barrel, would quietly shoulder up a string of variously painted dories. Is it a fact that at the weights Bayard could give the other a hundred yards in five furlongs, and that the stable have put their money on him? That not only underscored his versatility, but it also showed that competing over seven furlongs in hurly-burly handicaps is very much his forte. Six furlongs is regula's distance, and she will then lie down and die. That the mother and father unknown to one another, were dwelling within so many miles, furlongs, yards if you like, of one another. Now from Abydos to the opposite shore is a distance of seven furlongs. Postponed boasts smart form at this meeting, having finished strongly for a close third to Cannock Chase in last year's Tercentenary Stakes over 10 furlongs. In the Palace House Stakes, over the minimum five furlongs, Robin Bastiman's Nunthorpe winner Borderlescott should have the measure of last year's winner Amour Propre. Ben Hanbury's Ramooz and the John Gosden-trained Exeat are the two British-based raiders in the Group Three Aon MacDonagh Boland Stakes over seven furlongs on the same card. Hailing from one of Khalid Abdullah's established families, Distain had to give best to a nice filly in French Dressing when beaten a length and a half over 10 furlongs. Find more words! 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