Sentences with phrase «horse race against»

Ms Kendall has positioned herself as the «candidate of change» in what is expected to be a three - horse race against Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper

Not exact matches

This blog is emphatically not about the horse race, but I think the Republican contest will come down to Romney against Huckabee.

The against - all - odds victory captured the imagination of the assembled crowd, which included the Watts, an Irish race horse loving family who had built a thriving whiskey distillery.

Now Leicester, a win against Everton that means they are a threat, a three horse Title race with City with Auego and Silva back and a soon fit Kompany.

And we have to depend on the vets and the trainers and tracks to be sure we are racing on and against sound horses.

In a 1992 article in The North American Review entitled «The Corruption of Nobility: The Rise & Fall of Thoroughbred Racing in America,» Ferraro penned a stinging rebuke against drug abuse on the backstretch, saying, «In general, treatments designed to repair a horse's injuries and to alleviate its suffering are now often used to get the animal out onto the track to compete — to force the animal, like some punch - drunk fighter, to make just one more round.

I have overlooked Getz a couple of times in the weekly Heisman Horse Race, but Getz is leading the nation at 177.0 yards per game after a 29 - carry, 204 - yard performance against Navy.

It's that time of year again when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo battle against each other under the pretence of it being anything other than a two - horse race for the end of season awards.

Until The Professor earns his first win against The Special One, it's a one - horse race.

Right now however, early as it is, I wouldn't bet against a two - horse race between City and Chelsea, with maybe only Arsenal as possible dark horses having any chance going the distance.

Lay betting is commonly associated with horse racing; betting against horses winning.

Additionally, Klopp's success against Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga with his Dortmund side was impressive, but that was a much more simple two - horse race, in his native league, of which he had been familiar with for decades.

The Labour leadership is thus effectively a two - horse race: Smith against Corbyn.

Then again, Thompson and Brown backed different horses in the recent Senate race pitting Betty Jean Grant against Tim Kennedy.

-- Not helping Joe Brennan properly file petitions when he tried to challenge Chris St. Lawrence for Ramapo Town Supervisor in 2005, leading to his failure to get on the ballot — Not actively supporting Anthony Mele when he ran against St. Lawrence in 2007, and instead horse - trading for «bloc vote» support in another election — Chairman Dolan supporting Democrat Carl Wright instead of Republican Marino Fontana in 2008 Sloatsburg mayoral election — Dolan and Reda not supporting Republican Bob Romanowski in his 2009 campaign against St. Lawrence — Reda appearing to support Alex Gromack instead of GOP candidate Ralph Sabatini in 2011 Clarkstown Supervisor race — Helping Bronx County Republican Chairman Jay Savino get a «patronage job» in the Town of Clarsktown

There's still a lot of horse - trading to be done, and observers have been scratching their heads over state GOP Chairman Ed Cox's encouragement of Orange County GOP Chairman Ed Diana to jump into the already - crowded race against Sen. Kristen Gillibrand.

The answer is probably no — I'd put the odds at 10 - 1 against — but longer - odds horses have won big races in the past.

Racing bodies in three European countries joined forces last week to strengthen their stand against doping of horses.

The Royal Ascot is truly THE royal horse race, not only because the best of the best get to compete against each other here, but because even the queen and Kate attend!

Together they begin training The Black to race against the fastest horses in the world.

Particularly with the custom of those betters hiring caddies for a pittance to compete against one another on the course, like so many race horses on a track, and winning large sums on the side bets they make with one another.

This is a period piece centering around a rugged western hero who decides to prove himself by being the first westerner to enter into a gruelling desert horse race in the Middle East, hoping ot prove that his American horse Hidalgo is just as good if not better than any of the Arabian horses he's up against.

The Sheik puts his claim to the test, pitting the American cowboy and his mustang, Hidalgo, against the world's greatest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders — some of whom are determined to prevent a foreigner from finishing the race.

Metcalf is an underdog against I, Tonya's Allison Janney in the Supporting Actress category, and the movie's screenplay looks to be drawing dead in a two - horse race between Get Out and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild offers many different minigames like shield surfing, hang gliding, side quests, archery practice and even horse racing, though the latter is a single horse on a course against a timer.

Nothing against Kindles or Amazon, but it would be a disaster if e-books became a one - horse race.

This spring the SEC also filed charges against Pennsylvania advisor Tony Young for allegedly stealing $ 23 million from investors to «support a lavish lifestyle for his family, including payments for expenses related to horse ownership and racing, construction, boats, limousines, chartered aircraft and other luxuries.»

We also publish specialty publications that focus on a single topic considered critically important to the horse industry (Equine Sanctuary Rescue Facility Guidelines, Suspensory Ligament Injuries in Horses, Global Health and the Sport Horse, Racing Against Thorse industry (Equine Sanctuary Rescue Facility Guidelines, Suspensory Ligament Injuries in Horses, Global Health and the Sport Horse, Racing Against THorse, Racing Against Time).

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the wild offers many different minigames like shield surfing, hang gliding, side quests, archery practice and even horse racing, though the latter is a single horse on a course against a timer.

Now, using a similar strategy as that employed for Destiny last year, Sony will take aim at the Call of Duty market to not only mitigate the company's sparse holiday slate, but to ensure that the publisher has a horse in the race against Halo 5: Guardians.

Red Dead Redemption: I rage - quit early in my first play - through, since I couldn't win the first mission (racing a horse against the ranch owner).

As such, this is not a «horse race» study pitting one complex active treatment against another.