单词 | down the course |
释义 | > as lemmasdown the course P3. Horse Racing. down the course: (of a horse) some distance behind the leaders in a race. ΚΠ 1896 Sporting Times 14 Nov. 5/3 In the concluding event, the Grassendale Mile Plate, Amandier, who won the race twelve months ago, finished ‘down the course’ this time. 1920 A. E. W. Mason Summons xx. 202 All our horses were down the course... They weren't running in their form at all. 1947 W. G. Bebbington Rogues Go Racing xiii. 72 Time after time ‘dead-certs’ finished down the course, and the crowds often demonstrated against the jockeys involved, thinking they had deliberately given the race away by bad riding. 1993 Irish Times 14 Jan. 18/6 Roc De Prince, a former Thyestes winner, finished down the course. < as lemmas |
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