racetrack

• race track

From race +‎ track.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪsˌtɹæk/

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racetrack (plural racetracks)

1. A course over which any type of races are run.
   • 2023 June 10, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown, “As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     During the 2018-2019 season, a staggering 56 horses died at one of the most glamorous racetracks in the country, Santa Anita Park, once home to the famous 1940s thoroughbred Seabiscuit. […] Most of the horse deaths Battuello has identified are based on state records, although a handful are based on news reports or verbal confirmation he received from racetrack officials.

2. A characteristic circular erosion pattern in deposition processes.

• In Britain and Australia, racecourse is generally used for horse racing, while racetrack is used for motor racing.

• (a course over which races are run): circuit, racecourse

• dirt track (for dirt racing), dragstrip (for drag racing), hippodrome (for horse racing), velodrome (for bicycle racing)

• off-track
• racetracker, racetracking
• racetrack table
• trackside