A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post wins
A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.