Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The part of an oval racecourse farthest from the spectators and opposite the homestretch.
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- noun the part of a
racecourse that is farthest from thegrandstand andparallel to thehomestretch . - noun the area adjacent to a
racetrack where the horses arestabled and stable employees have temporary livingaccommodations .
Etymologies
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Examples
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On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.
Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track Liz O 2010
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On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.
Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track Liz O'Connell 2010
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Greg Biffle gave me an unbelievable push down the backstretch.
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And he gets out of the gate slowly and then starts picking up pace on the backstretch.
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On that trip to the backstretch, Juddmonte Farm's great fourth-generation home-bred race mare Proviso wasn't in residence.
Liz O'Connell: Proviso: Always on Track Liz O'Connell 2010
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Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch, heartache's a going to the inside...
60 Seconds Murray Dunlap 2011
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Tuitert caught a break with his pairing — bronze medal winner Havard Bokko of Norway — and used him to draft on the backstretch twice en route to a track record of 1 minute, 45.57 seconds.
Defeated Shani Davis plans to compete again in Sochi in 2014 2010
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Down the backstretch we flew, now doing over 90mph in a damn van.
Binky Philips: How About a Spin Around Daytona Speedway, Hoss? Binky Philips 2011
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Now the race is on and here comes pride up the backstretch, heartache's a going to the inside...
60 Seconds Murray Dunlap 2011
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And he gets out of the gate slowly and then starts picking up pace on the backstretch.
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