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Author_Gerald Hammond
betting systems
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club
Derby Winner
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equine terminology
Fetlock
Fetlock Joint
final
Final Furlong
furlong
gambling linguistics
Gold Cup
Home Stretch
horse racing language analysis
Hurdle Race
jockey
Jockey Club
Jon Bee
Jump Races
lexicography
life
Mark1
Multiple Bet
National Hunt Racing
Nineteenth Century Slang
nineteenth century vocabulary
oed
OED's Definition
post
Printed English Bible
quote
quotes
Racing Calendar
Sam Chifney
Sandown Park
sporting
Sporting Life
Squire Osbaldeston
St Leger
steeplechase history
Tic Tacs
Wild Goose Chase
Product details
- ISBN 9781579582760
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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In dictionary form but offering much more than dictionary definitions, The Language of Horse Racing presents a guide to the history, development and usage of words and phrases employed on the racecourse, by those who train and look after horses, those who ride them, and those who lose their money betting on them. Here the reader will discover exactly what the distance is, and why it is so called; what the cap was in handicap; what relation the wild goose chase had to the steeple-chase; what is dead about a dead heat; and what the differences are between getting in, getting on, getting out and getting up. The Language of Horse Racing also reveals the language of the racecourse, including the bizarre vocabulary of betting, from the betting boots that early bookies put on, to the faces, heads, sharks and sharps who feed off the buzz and whisper that go round the ring.
