starting stall
Frequency: 4.01.2 per million words
An individual compartment in the starting gate for a racehorse.
Categories:
Examples (10)
- The horse was reluctant to enter the starting stall for the first time.
- All the runners were safely loaded into their respective starting stalls before the bell.
- He watched nervously as his favourite horse waited patiently in the starting stall.
- Breaking cleanly from the starting stall is absolutely crucial for sprinters in horse racing.
- A faulty starting stall caused a significant delay in the third race, frustrating spectators.
- The jockey struggled to keep the energetic colt calm and focused in the narrow starting stall.
- The gates of the starting stalls flew open simultaneously, and the race began in a burst of speed.
- They installed new, technologically advanced starting stalls at the racecourse to ensure fair starts.
- From the moment they burst out of the starting stalls, she knew her horse was going to win the derby.
- The trainer practiced getting the young horse accustomed to standing quietly in the starting stall.