Sentences with phrase «horse race for»

The Kindle is selling like crazy, and so is the iPad; it's become, as Ars Technica puts it, a two - horse race for now.

Meanwhile, Frances McDormand won in the Best Actress in a Drama category for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, meaning it's now a two horse race for the Best Actress Oscar in March.

Talk about a horse race for 2010's best animated film.

While it is widely expected to be a two - horse race for the individual honour, the PFA nonetheless announced a six - man shortlist on BBC Sport's Football Focus on Saturday afternoon.

It has become a one horse race for Evans as Manchester City are now looking at Atheltic Bilbao's Aymeric Laporte.

Bookmakers certainly believe this is a two - horse race for Fred — with United currently favourites as 2/1 with BetVictor and City at 4/1.

With the top four separated by two points, it's fair to assume we won't be watching a one - horse race for the title.

Stumble has mirrored stumble in this two - horse race for Premier League survival; victory matched with victory.

Arsenal remain the outsiders in what has become a three horse race for the title but they're giving themselves every chance of lasting the course as I feel this team still has so much more to offer.

It had looked a two horse race for much of the season and it was Wigan who took the title with a comprehensive 3 - 0 win.

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.

The Gunners finished in the runner - up spot last term, after Tottenham finished third in a two - horse race for the title, and Gary Neville has tipped us to finish in the same spot once again this season.

The back 5 is pretty much a two horse race for each position with 8 defenders and 2 top keepers.

Tottenham and Fulham in 2 Horse Race for Crouch.

It has been a 2 - horse race for most successful All Sports Series franchise between them and Team Zimmerman over the past 12 - 24 months..

Last season, Spurs famously came third in a two - horse race for the Premier League title, when capitulating under the pressure of being Leicester's last remaining rivals, and it was our care - free winning form which led us to leapfrog our noisy neighbours.

The phones haven't stopped ringing at buyout giants The Carlyle Group and TPG ever since investment bankers found out the pair was locked in what looks like a two - horse race for Australia's second biggest wine business.

There were horse races for everybody at the world's famous resorts last week, but none could equal the feature at the track they call The Spa, where a young colt turned in an old - pro performance

In FCC Cuckoo - land the horses race for the fun of it and because they're wild about floral wreaths.

He examined previous records for various athletics competitions — and greyhound and horse races for good measure — since the 1920s, and found that performances in many events followed a similar pattern, improving steadily until they reached a plateau.

I rented a dress from them for a friend's wedding, wore one of their dresses when I went to the horse races for the first time, and rented a tulle skirt from them when I wanted something fun to wear to a dog prom.

The Lakes About Blog Marten Julian has been involved with horse racing for over forty years and has contributed to numerous specialist publications including the Racing Post.

Young viewers should be aware the movie portrays some of the perils of horse racing for both man and beast, as well as briefly mentioning breeding procedures.

The Lakes About Blog Marten Julian has been involved with horse racing for over forty years and has contributed to numerous specialist publications including the Racing Post.

The Lakes About Blog Marten Julian has been involved with horse racing for over forty years and has contributed to numerous specialist publications including the Racing Post.

Not exact matches

Their job is to get the best horse for each race, so if you are winning, you have a better shot at getting the best riders.

This rye - and - bourbon duo is named for a Bourbon aristocrat who raced horses in the Kentucky Derby during the late 19th century and popularized the Old Fashioned cocktail.

I have a great respect for [Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame member] Roger Attfield.

The horse - race quality of reporting in the monthly sales numbers will support this, as the market almost has to post year - over-year declines — sales running above 17 million for years on end isn't sustainable.

But the contest for No. 2 is now what few foresaw, a real horse race, with the plodder gaining on the rail.

What's more, the horse racing turned into a helpful marketing tool for the business.

The devices, which at first gave Barnes & Noble a horse in the e-book race, have turned out to be an albatross for the company, with losses of almost $ 70 million in the first nine months of the fiscal year, on sales of only $ 211 million.

I would love to move to a state with enough land and a warmer climate for my sons to ride their race bikes, my daughter to have the horse she dreams of and me to finally be at peace, I also believe that there should be someone home with the kids no matter what their ages are and as a single Mom with no family support or father involvement being at home for me is even more important, especially now that they are teenagers, There are no more nap times or time outs and the things you worry about during this age are so much more dangerous than falling down and hitting their heads as toddlers.

The city's preferred site for the larger project is Suffolk Downs, a former horse racing venue in the East Boston neighborhood, near Logan International Airport.

In my opinion, GM wants a horse in the electric vehicle race, but thinks ICE vehicles will continue to be preferred by consumers for the near term future, so it does not aggressively market its electrics.

It's breeding for desired characteristics, like race horses and tiny fluffy dogs.

As an added layer of concealment, the zoo became a Nazi hangout and test grounds for Lutz Heck, a pre-war associate of the Zabinskis turned Nazi geneticist, serving a cause that wanted to «purify» stock like horses and cattle in the same way the fascist movement sought to create a master Aryan race.

Runners in a distance race, like jockeys in a horse race, always try to keep something in reserve for a final sprint.

It would be absurd, for example, to ask for a definition of «the ideal horse,» so long as dragging drays and running races, bearing children, and jogging about with tradesmen's packages all remain as indispensable differentiations of equine function.

Mike Corey, chief state steward for the Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, received the Pete Pedersen award in 2016.

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Perfect for sipping on a warm day or for watching the horse races!

For about a decade, Halliday - Sharp juggled motor racing and three - day eventing, but just this year she decided to make training and competing her horses the priority.

Sullivan showcased eight of his signature pastries and a plated dessert, plus a custom - made chocolate horse - racing showpiece for this year's The Great Race theme.

What started as a one - horse organization and an outlet from business pressures 26 years ago has grown into a profitable racing empire for a leading American philanthropist

SIDELINED: For at least six months, Jockey WILLIE SHOEMAKER, who suffered a fractured leg — the first major injury of his 19 - year career — in a two - horse spill during a race at Santa Anita.

A) Wenger concedes title race not in Arsenal hands now Exit rumours swirl around Arsenal duo after Swansea defeat Piers Morgan leads calls for Wenger sack after Swansea catastrophe Title now effectively a 3 horse between Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs

It's past 4 A.M. in Squaw Valley, Calif. — the dead of night, the hour of the wolf, when sane people are sleeping under warm blankets, not standing in the chilly blackness at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada waiting for a horse race to begin.

The big stables gain fame and fortune, but three little - known men who train cheap horses for cheap events win most races

The Japanese have long been big on such Western sports as baseball, golf, bowling and even horse racing (for the past couple of years they have been top bidders at thoroughbred sales in the U.S. and Britain), but now they may have gone one step too far toward sports insanity: they have taken up baton twirling.