Noun : The primary election is expected to be a horse race among four opponents.    From Dictionary.com. 

Then come the general election horse-race numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fox Poll Working Title] Reference

There was never a horse-race but Fred he was there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sagittulae, Random Verses] Reference

It's officially a horse-race for the tabloid in a tutu.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dolans Expected to Make $650 Million Bid for Newsday] Reference

We should like to see a horse-race in the Albany avenue!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841] Reference

Toros's neck had been broken at a horse-race and he was dead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armenian Literature] Reference

But of course, the media has pushed the horse-race narrative.    From Wordnik.com.  [TPM Track Composite: Obama Maintains Big Lead] Reference

His cool thanks put me in mind of that salute at the horse-race.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Praise Singer]

On the overall horse-race, Time mag is in line with other polls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Time Poll Right In Saying McCain Has Huge National Security Advantage?] Reference

They prefer the horse-race photo finish to the sheep-dip of details.    From Wordnik.com.  [Betting That Substance Sells] Reference

I am going to have a horse-race in the morning with Major McDowell, of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference

This was as straight a tip as was ever given to a waiter or at a horse-race.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel] Reference

The shearers heard of the affair, and paused in the arrangement of a horse-race.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference

If they can best that total, they have a chance to reenergize a horse-race narrative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton Camp: Obama Shouldn't Get Away With Writing Off West Virginia Loss] Reference

Financial complications, a horse-race and beautiful Wanda, make up a thrilling romance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Injun and Whitey to the Rescue] Reference

Secondly, corporate pollsters have a BIG incentive to turn this race into a horse-race.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report: McCain To Announce VP Right After Dem Convention] Reference

Wood persisted that the Twenty-first Corps could not be beaten in a horse-race, and that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference

I remember the day you won the horse-race and I said, 'The devil's got the kid now sure.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras] Reference

It's almost as if Josh wanted to breathe life into the melodramatic "horse-race" narrative.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poll: Twenty-Eight Percent Of Hillary Supporters Would Back McCain If Obama Wins] Reference

Forgetting the horse-race considerations for a minute, do you think Bayh would be a good VP?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bayh: I Don't Remember Ever Joining Committee For The Liberation Of Iraq] Reference

And they just now had John King do, for the 11-zillionth time, his horse-race bar-chart thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifty Percent Solution Is "Acceptable To The Challenger"] Reference

Does this data and the knowledge we hope it brings actually move us beyond horse-race coverage?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Digest: Huckabee Is An Ewok?] Reference

They met him again at a fair and horse-race at Scalp Point, and found their liking for him increased.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873] Reference

At first the BC04 team blamed the liberal bias of the mainstream press or the media's horse-race obsession.    From Wordnik.com.  [TALKING THE TALK] Reference

The story of the horse-race and escapades of the reckless days of old were rehearsed by hosts of witnesses.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras] Reference

As much as three quarters of all network TV stories last time could be characterized as horse-race coverage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voters To Press: Move Over] Reference

"You could hardly," he answered, raising his hat, "have been more surprised than I was to see a horse-race.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference

Bad enough that press, pundits and pollsters are obsessed with the horse-race aspect of the presidential campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Science Of Polling] Reference

“My mom, in her bright pink Ralph Lauren blouse with the beautiful multicolored horse-race design,” Dylan said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Candy Queen Expands Her Empire: Kate Ahlborn] Reference

The horse-race aspect of the poll showed breakdowns among Catholic voters, prior to the Biden announcement, as follows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pro-Choice Catholic Biden Fits with New Poll of Catholic Voters] Reference

The poll was reported here, and the crosstabs on the "horse-race" question are now available by clicking on the file below.    From Wordnik.com.  [D.C. mayoral election, January's crosstabs] Reference

I don't think there's any way out of this frame, horse-race vs issues, the journalists are convinced that people don't want issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Live-Blogging Politics Online 2007: How Political Journalism is Changing] Reference

At Vire there was a print of a horse-race, with the horses in a cantering attitude, and a large dog running and barking by their side.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference

If she does, Miz Virginia could become the first First Mother to frequent Pimlico, Baltimore's horse-race track-she is an avid gambler.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton Chic: Southern Comfort] Reference