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How to pronounce stayer in English?

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Type Words
Type of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
Derivation stay


the horse that won the race is a good stayer.

Examples of stayer

stayer
An Australian-bred stayer looking to repel a record number of overseas invaders.
From the smh.com.au
This rapidly emerging classy stayer looks one of the star bets for the weekend.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This morning at 4am one customer placed $10,000 at $8 on the promising stayer.
From the couriermail.com.au
The average age of a cruiser is 49, versus 46 as the average age of a hotel stayer.
From the techcrunch.com
Maraahel has always shaped like a stayer, but unlike Quiff needs the ground on top.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Another Japanese stayer, Eye Popper, was second in the 2005 Caulfield Cup.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
It hasn't stopped punters backing the imported stayer from $11 to $7 on TAB Sportsbet.
From the smh.com.au
So You Think last year, in his Cup defeat, was the highest rating stayer in the world.
From the smh.com.au
He's a get-back and run-on stayer who's going to be much better suited at Eagle Farm.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
  • A person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer"
  • (Stayers) Horses who have a lot of stamina and are more likely to show up best over 3 miles, rather than 2 miles over jumps, and over 2 miles on the flat.
  • A horse that can race long distances.
  • A bicycle used for motor-paced racing, usually behind a motorcycle.
  • A horse with stamina.
  • A runner that has the endurance to race well over long distances.
  • There is massive tactical variation between sprints and races over a mile, and the horses with the breeding, discipline and stamina required to push through to the end of a longer race are described as stayers.
  • Person or animal of great stamina, endurance.
  • This is a motorized pace race, and the track rider in this kind of race is called a Stayer.