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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He was like a horse down at the starting stalls.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

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

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

But dare those fans risk their cash after her mulish refusal to leave the starting stalls in last week's Yorkshire Oaks?

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010

In the late afternoon sun, tall trees growing along the bank cast long shadows over the starting stalls and the boats, but the heat had not abated appreciably.

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

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