Let's suppose you happen to strike it rich at the races.

Earn money on the races! Know-how collection on horse racing will have you raking it in!

He watched the horse racing through his binoculars.

He is training a horse for a race.

He knows better than to spend all his money on horse racing.

He wasted his time on gambling at the horse races.

Many gamblers win and lose money at the horse-race track.

The main race yesterday was no surprise. That's the kind of race you can bank on.

Hatoyama says that he supports his family by gambling on horse racing.

Before the horse race begins, the jockeys grip the reins tightly to restrain the impatient horses.

With horse racing and such, these are called "stakes". For this meaning the plural form is often used.

I'm tickled pink about winning 10,000 yen at the horse races.

I just lost at the races so I'm flat broke.

Derby Day is Wednesday fortnight.

Have you ever gone to see a horse race?