S: (n) gymkhana (a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes)
S: (n) race meeting (a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track) "the Epsom race meeting was an important social event"
S: (n) track meet (a track and field competition between two or more teams)
S: (n) triple jump, hop-step-and-jump (an athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement)
S: (n) tug-of-war (a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses)
S: (n) bout (a contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers))
S: (n) chicken (a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops)
S: (n) cliffhanger (a contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end)
S: (n) dogfight (a fiercely disputed contest) "their rancor dated from a political dogfight between them"; "a real dogfight for third place"; "a prolonged dogfight over their rival bids for the contract"
S: (n) race (a contest of speed) "the race is to the swift"
S: (n) tournament (a series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize)
S: (n) race (any competition) "the race for the presidency"
S: (n) arms race (a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments)
S: (n) political campaign, campaign, run (a race between candidates for elective office) "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"