Brewer's: Dead Heat

A race to be run again between two horses that have “tied.” A heat is that part of a race run without stopping. One, two, or more heats make a race. A dead heat is a heat which goes for nothing.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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