Sybil Andrews belonged to a group of British avant-garde artists collectively referred to as the “Vorticists”, a term related to the word “vortex” that invoked ideas of precision, modernism, and machinery. During the interwar period, the Vorticists attempted to capture the energy and intensity of industrial urban life through highly abstracted shapes and colors. In "Racing", Andrews strategically prints overlapping colors—navy with bright teal, red, and orange—to create the image of horses and jockeys speeding along a track. Concentric curvilinear lines emphasize the speed of the race, pulling each horse toward a finish line beyond the bounds of the image.