Horse racing cliches.

We've done this before but here's my annoying cliches these "pundits" and commentators use as a crutch in case they might have an original thought or put their foot in it.

responding for pressure
shadow of the post
getting the fractions right (they never get them wrong)

for starters !

Lost nothing in defeat.  Not much use if you've backed the said nag is it?

'Got first run' but of course its never used when the horse
that gets first run doesn't win.

This could be a very long thread. The British media coverage of this sport is built on a solid bed of cliche.

A personal 'favourite' is to hear of how a jockey 'gave the horse a peach of a ride' . There is seemingly no other way to describe it.

it's a game of two halves.

A fav of AOB usually to Rishi

"We've always thought a lot of him at home"

M Johnston horses have more energy when headed than Mr Motivator has after munching through ten packets of fruit pastilles.

how about 'Done My Bo**ocks'

blasting away,

up in the van

box seat

given the office

The best horse won anyway.

Horse racing myths

The so called bounce factor, biggest load of old codswallop ever.

Horse never recovered from its hard race at the Cheltenham festival, yet a handicap chaser can win 3 times in a month in the mud around Towcester probably the most testing track in the country yet a horse who runs nine months after Cheltenham is still feeling the effects, what utter bollix.

Most annoying cliche is Simon Holt's"nothing if not game"

By far the worst ever kicked to death by Loughran, Pershad and Parrott.

"...fascinating race, this"

'Oi luv this haarse'. Copyright - Mick Fitzgerald.

Another myth the horse needed the run,

yet nearly every guineas winner hadn't run for the best part of 7 months and go straight to the race and win doing handsprings.

You can get a horse race fit at home no horse should ever need a run apart from a 2yo who's learning.

Rock of Gibraltor didn't bounce did he?

win doing housesprings

You could throw a blanket over the first 6/7 etc

Loves to get his toe in.  I've never seen a horse with toes.

jumps for fun!!!!!!!!!!!

"connections will be pleased with that"

      beat in a photo...............odds/on

game as a pebble
never understood that one

It improved 120 lengths because of the blinkers.

the other horse wanted it more,

as if any horse likes getting whipped to a pulp?.

The comment I hear most frequently on ATR and RUK:

The favourite never picked up.  Never picked what remains a mystery to me.

^picked up

that win should boost his confidence!

as if the dumb horse knows its after winning a horse race?

One of Sir Bob's favourites:

"He loves it round here".  Has the horse told you that Bob?

scraping paint.

stays longer than t'mother in law.

The winning owner has just picked up £100,000 and says.." I'm really pleased for the horse "     

he knows where the winning post is?,

err its a dumb horse we're talking about, the horse hasn't got a goddamn clue about a winning post only stops running when the jockey pulls it up.

oncourse racing interviewers "pre-programmed" to always ask the winning connections of the best two mile hurdler ever seen in living memory......"will he get further ?"......"will he jump a fence?"

catching pigeons on the gallops.Why would any horse want to catch a pigeon

He's crying out for a step up in trip.

"Rattling home"
"We're going for some black type"

Or............thiongs you never hear

"Ridden out all the way to the line"

Things even ^

'this one will take a world of beating' - wtf?
'won doing handstands/cartwheels' - still to see a horse win doing a handstand/cartwheel
'stays longer than the mother-in-law' - leaves me seething when I hear that cliche.
'the lucky last, say no more, well done big fella, he could go round again' - just some of Tommo's faves, a man who is a walking, talking book of racing cliches

Here are some of my favourites:

The horse has a tail
The jockey likes the colours he's/she's wearing
Thank goodness the rail is not made from foam

"Got a good tune out of the horse"
"Given the office"
"Riding out of his skin"
"Not a bother on him"

.... and if a horse has got a white face why do they always say BIG white face,  why not small or medium or simply white face

and another one that annoys me ............

when a horse makes all the running to win, why is it always an "enterprising ride" ???

haha birkdale,made me chuckle that one.Is it a face or a BLAZE tho? lol

I've never heard them say "they've gone a furlong, and none have settled down"

If a horse with a big white face is given an enterprising ride by a jockey riding out of his skin this afternoon, I think I'll smash up the TV

Won with his ears pricked.

silvergreaser
     18 Aug 13 09:52   

the other horse wanted it more


I REALLY HATE THAT COMMENT

that's a fitz special

the other horse wanted it more

every sat no fail

Flattered to deceive.

An improving type.

... blistering performance ..

And here's a beauty I read this morning:

Charlton added: "The owner clearly wants to jump every hurdle as it comes and he doesn't want to be saying definitely anything. We'll see what happens at York. The Champion Stakes is an option."

The horse? Al Kazeem. The owner, presumably, Big Buck's (I hate that apostrophe).

"worried out of it" .......  what's that supposed to mean ?????

the other horse wanted it more

That's straight out of X-factor or The Apprentice, isn't it? "I've never wanted anything more", "I just care tooo much" etc. etc.

The Johnstone horses always keep finding a lot for pressure

The gelding operation has made a man of him.  Yeah right.

''not the greatest '*' in the world''

I MARRIED A ''nag''......    phuckin' 'osse's   !

and  the legendary thommo begins  his dulcet toned commentary  almost  every time with ....' now then they're off  so lets  see  what  happens '.......and  '  the  favourites  had  it all his  own  way  and is laughing  at  them here '.....and  of  course  Steve  Millars  american  expression ......' you  cant  allow  him  to  walk  the  dog  up  front and  control  the  race  like that '

back in the paddock here horse x looks like a future chaser

When did 'over the top' (as in a late finishing winner) become compulsory ?

'An 'improving type' in 'a race like this' (i.e. a substandard maiden) has its 'hoof on the till' after its last start run, which had 'back me next time' written all over it.'

AP looks between his legs but all he can see is Ruby pushing and shoving

"bumped into one"   regularly annoys me, and   "won by half the track"   is impossible, as is  "won doing handsprings"