winner's enclosure
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Walsh, Mullins and Ricci heard that boisterous chorus three separate times on the Festival’s opening day as they met in the winner’s enclosure with Douvan and Vroum Vroum Mag as well as Annie Power.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2016
“His demeanor riding into the winner’s enclosure tends to be strongly reminiscent of an undertaker with toothache,” a columnist for The Sporting Life wrote in 1996.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2015
His wife Chanelle said: "It's unique here. The buzz of the winner's enclosure - he just wanted that feeling one more time."
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2015
It was little surprise people were close to tears in the winner's enclosure.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2012
Instead of him in the winner's enclosure it was , Buick having elected to partner Gosden's other runner, Izzi Top.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2012
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