starting stalls

British  

plural noun

1. a line of stalls in which horses are enclosed at the start of a race and from which they are released by the simultaneous springing open of retaining barriers at the front of each stall

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Example Sentences

His resilience was demonstrated by an incident a week before the 1,000 Guineas in 1981 when he was dragged under the front gates of the Epsom starting stalls by a horse.

From BBC • May 29, 2022

It is, of course, a little frustrating that both horses are here, both are in rude health and both will go into the same set of starting stalls today, just not at the same time.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2015

Having played up in the starting stalls, Afsare was probably a little further from the pace than Fallon might have preferred in the early stages.

From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2012

Sandown 3.10 Ladys First will need to improve again to beat Starscope, but I'm taking on the favourite given her occasional antics at the starting stalls.

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2012

They made their way under the graceful arches of a stone bridge, around a long, sweeping bend in the lake, and up the straightaway to the starting stalls.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown