clocker

[klok-er]

noun

1. a person who times racehorses during tryouts to determine their speed.

2. an official who times a race.

3. a person who maintains a record of the flow of traffic, as of visitors to a museum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clocker¹

clock ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Wellman’s parents were small breeders and owners in California and had a box at Santa Anita and Del Mar. Close by was a box used by Gary Young, the legendary private clocker.

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And seeing Baffert wander around Santa Anita’s Clocker’s Corner in the morning, stopping for photos, chatting up old friends and people he just met for the first time, it seemed to energize the 70-year-old trainer.

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But clockers recorded faster times, and by Monday, the stewards voted to change the official time to their clocker’s mark of 1 minute, 54 2/5 seconds, still short of the record.

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Pimlico’s official hand clocker had it at 1:54 2/5.

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Stewards determined there were “extenuating circumstances” with the electronic device, but it was the Pimlico clocker whose figure carried the day.

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