THOROUGHBRED RACE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A race between thoroughbred horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("thoroughbred race" is a kind of...):

horse race (a contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thoroughbred race"):

Kentucky Derby (an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky)

Preakness (an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Pimlico in Baltimore, Maryland)

Belmont Stakes (an annual race for three-year-old horses; held on Long Island at Elmont, New York)