scratch race

English

Noun

scratch race (plural scratch races)

  1. (cycling) Any race where the winner is the first to cross the finish line.
    Antonym: points race
  2. A boat race between extemporized crews rather than established rowing teams.
    • 1889, Walter Bradford Woodgate, Boating, page 318:
      A scratch race, however, was improvised on Commemoration afternoon, between the boats, apparently manned by mixed crews of all colleges.
  3. (horse racing) A catchweight horse race.
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