New Posts For Thread: the saying..GAME AS A PEBBLE..any ideas why we say it?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-ityes i do like the saying ,,game as a pebble,,used to describe a gallant horse..for years tho i never really got it,, my only idea is that you throw a pebble into the sea and it always finds its way back to the beach!thus it never gives up? is that thcan a horse be game as a pebble with a stone in handhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781406#430781406can a horse be game as a pebble with a stone in handThu, 29 Apr 2010 07:46:26 -0500wow...some good answers..i sorta like the grandad idea of you can throw kick stand on a pebble but it always comes back for more..my assumption is quite close to that,,,https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781402#430781402wow...some good answers..i sorta like the grandad idea of you can throw kick stand on a pebble but it always comes back for more..my assumption is quite close to that,,,Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:42:56 -0500I like that one :Dhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781398#430781398I like that one :DThu, 29 Apr 2010 07:32:17 -0500Pebbles was a very game mare trained by Clive Brittain, when a horse is particularly brave during a race and at the finish, it is reminiscent of some of the performances that Clive's horse produced, the phrase became 'game as a pebble' because 'gamehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781394#430781394Pebbles was a very game mare trained by Clive Brittain, when a horse is particularly brave during a race and at the finish, it is reminiscent of some of the performances that Clive's horse produced, the phrase became 'game as a pebble' because 'gameThu, 29 Apr 2010 07:29:52 -0500stems from the first world war.the Peebles regiment were considered the bravest fighting regiment and thus the phrase "game as the peebles" in the trenches soon developedthis got **ised down the years to pebblehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781390#430781390stems from the first world war.the Peebles regiment were considered the bravest fighting regiment and thus the phrase "game as the peebles" in the trenches soon developedthis got **ised down the years to pebbleThu, 29 Apr 2010 07:23:49 -0500i like black shuck's answer the best whether right or wronghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781386#430781386i like black shuck's answer the best whether right or wrongThu, 29 Apr 2010 07:22:09 -0500pebbles have always been known for their ability to dig deep when confronted with an almost impossible situationhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781382#430781382pebbles have always been known for their ability to dig deep when confronted with an almost impossible situationThu, 29 Apr 2010 07:21:03 -0500My old grandad always used the saying his reasoning was a pebble can get thrown, kicked, trod on but was always there for more. I had no reason to question his answer ;)https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781378#430781378My old grandad always used the saying his reasoning was a pebble can get thrown, kicked, trod on but was always there for more. I had no reason to question his answer ;)Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:19:10 -0500nope never heard of it up north, must be a southern thing, unusual though southerners are big softies,so it cant be a southern saying the saying up north goes...GAME AS FOOK..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781374#430781374nope never heard of it up north, must be a southern thing, unusual though southerners are big softies,so it cant be a southern saying the saying up north goes...GAME AS FOOK..Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:18:49 -0500In mathematics and computer science, a pebble game is a type of mathematical game played by moving "pebbles" or "markers" on a directed graph. A variety of different pebble games exist.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23900402/the-sayinggame-as-a-pebbleany-ideas-why-we-say-it?post_id=430781370#430781370In mathematics and computer science, a pebble game is a type of mathematical game played by moving "pebbles" or "markers" on a directed graph. A variety of different pebble games exist.Thu, 29 Apr 2010 07:18:16 -0500