unsaddling enclosure

British

noun

the area at a racecourse where horses are unsaddled after a race and often where awards are given to owners, trainers, and jockeys

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Cecil's eloquence did not desert him in the Ascot unsaddling enclosure, however, after Frankel provided the perfect grand finale with victory in Saturday's Champion Stakes on soft going he clearly did not relish.

From Reuters • Oct. 21, 2012

However the race was marred by the fatal collapse of Private Be, who had finished third, on the walk back to the unsaddling enclosure.

From The Guardian • Nov. 21, 2010

Those who have won wait near the bookmakers till the winner has been to the unsaddling enclosure and the announcement "All right" is made.

From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert

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