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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.
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Peter Doerfer
reviewed The Language of Horse Racing on February 14, 2016 The Language of Horse Racing
Inarguably for a small audience, this estimable work is a classic in dressage literature and so widely admired that I first found reference to it in an article in a 2017 issue of Western Horseman magazine interviewing a legendary cowhorse trainer who said this was the best book on horsemanship he'd ever read.
If you are enthusiastic about riding horses and eager to improve you and your equine partner's riding and communication skills, this is an invaluable reference. Even if you're completely disinterested in formal dressage training (I'm a Western-style trail rider) you'll profit tremendously from reading Wynmalen's classic treatise on dressage.
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