racegoer

See also: race-goer

English

Etymology

From race +‎ goer.

Noun

racegoer (plural racegoers)

1. One who attends horse races or dog races.
   • 2007 August 14, Danny Hakim, “Spitzer in His Element at Nascar Race”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Many of the racegoers — the ones from New York, at least — said they knew about the governor’s troubles, but they largely chalked them up to politics as usual.

   • 2020 July 1, Daniel Puddicombe, “How can heritage lines recover from enforced closures?”, in Rail, page 30:

     The line had been forced into spending £500,000 to repair a landslip during the winter at Gotherington, and the railway was only just able to open in time in order to transport racegoers to the annual Cheltenham Festival in March.

Translations

one who attends horse races

• Japanese: 競馬ファン (keiba fan)