Sentences with phrase «race distance because»

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The Woodward, run for only the 10th time last week, is an important race for us because for the first time each fall it brings together — or tries to — the best older horses and top 3 - year - olds on a weight - for - age basis at the Kentucky Derby distance of a mile and a quarter.

Wehrlein has been forced out of the 2017 Formula 1 season opener because he doesn't feel fit enough to complete a race distance.

«It's still a five [horse race] because the distance is still mathematically possible,» he told reporters.

Senate Republicans, who used de Blasio as a boogeyman two years ago in races across the state, accuse Kaminsky of distancing himself from the mayor because polls show he is unpopular outside the city.

Although the ID debate was not an issue in most congressional races, voters may have punished Santorum because the once - vocal ID supporter tried to distance himself from the movement after a federal judge struck down an attempt last year by the Dover, Pennsylvania, school board to insert ID into the curriculum.

The race is completely flat and in the park where I run often — so I know what I'm getting myself into — but I am a bit apprehensive because I haven't been running much distance.

Because they are smaller and more lightweight than other sledding dog breeds, Huskies came to dominate in long distance dog sledding races popular in the early decades of the 1900's.