ante-post
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Galopin Des Champs has been the ante-post favourite and jockey Paul Townend will be hoping for better luck than at Cheltenham last year.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2023
Between them, the training trio have 22 of the meeting's 28 ante-post favourites.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2022
After the defection of his main rival, Farrh, British bookmakers began offering odds of 4 to 5 or even-money on Animal Kingdom as the ante-post wagering favorite.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2013
At Exeter on Sunday the perils of ante-post betting were heightened again when the unbeaten Puffin Billy, a strong fancy for Cheltenham's Neptune Novice Hurdle, was well beaten at odds of 4-5.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2013
There is more ante-post betting on it than on any race in this country, and the winner is generally awarded the highest honor as a three-year old.
From History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 by O'Connor, John Lawrence
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