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HARNESS DRIVER [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2018-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A person whose main occupation is riding horses in horse racing or harness racing.

CONT

A driver or rider of a horse holds the reins in his hands.

OBS

A jockey usually weighs no more than 100 to 120 pounds (45 to 55 kilos) because his/her weight is included in the mass the horse has to carry or pull.

OBS

"Jocke", "driver" and "rider" are the terms used for a person mounting a horse in horse racing or riding a horse and sulky in harness racing; "rider" is used in all other equestrian sports. "Driver" is the term used in Blue Bonnets racetrack's documents.

OBS

jock: Short for "jockey."

OBS

The term "reinsman" is used in harness racing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Celui (celle) dont le métier est de monter ou de conduire les chevaux en courses montées ou en courses attelées.

OBS

On dit «jockey» et «conducteur» en courses montées et en courses attelées; «pilote» en courses attelées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

Trotting and harness racing : one of the three kinds of racing in France. It [involves] a gait in which the diagonally opposed legs of the horse come down together. Trotting races are generally carried out on cinder tracks, with on-course judges making sure the horses maintain a trotting gait throughout. Harness racing also requires the horses to maintain a trotting gait as they are driven by a driver [seated] on a sulky.

CONT

Lawmakers reasoned that since a horse in a trotting race was not running as fast as it could run - in a faster gait - trotting races weren’t really races and therefore were not immoral.

CONT

Mounted trot races are seen in France.

Key term(s)
  • trotting horse race

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

La course au trot peut être attelée ou montée, ces dernières étant populaires en France.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 3 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports and Casual Wear
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

silks : the colored cap and blouse of a jockey or harness horse driver made in the registered racing color of the stable for which he is riding or driving in a particular race.

CONT

COAT/JACKET: the brilliantly coloured jackets worn by jockeys and harness drivers.

OBS

Horse racing term.

Key term(s)
  • racing jacket

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de sport et de loisirs
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Veste en soie de couleur vive que portent les conducteurs et les jockeys.

OBS

Terme de courses de chevaux.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

[At] the burial of a harness racing driver, his horse was brought to the cemetery. [A] beer cart... stood just outside the cemetery, and [the mourners] drank to [the deceased] health [and] threw the beer glasses into the grave instead of flowers... These examples show that the pluralization of lifestyles which is taking place within society... has made its way into funeral culture in the form of a diversification of burial rituals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

Aujourd’hui les cercueils figuratifs sont devenus une partie intégrante de la culture funéraire locale.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

The sport involving trotting or pacing races for Standardbred horses harnessed to two-wheeled sulkies.

CONT

"Harness racing" means racing in which horses participate and on which pari-mutuel wagering is conducted.

CONT

Trotting and harness racing : one of the three kinds of racing in France. It [involves] a gait in which the diagonally opposed legs of the horse come down together. Trotting races are generally carried out on cinder tracks, with on-course judges making sure the horses maintain a trotting gait throughout. Harness racing also requires the horses to maintain a trotting gait as they are driven by a driver [seated] on a sulky.

OBS

In flat racing, the horse, a thoroughbred, gallops and the driver rides on the horse's back. In harness racing, the horse, a half-bred, trots(or paces) and the driver rides seated on a sulky attached to the horse. Nevertheless, trotting races can be mounted or harness races.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

«Courses attelées» désigne les courses auxquelles participent des chevaux et au sujet desquelles un système de pari mutuel est exploité.

OBS

Dans les courses montées dites «plates» (sans saut d'obstacles), le cheval, un pur-sang, galope et le conducteur monte le cheval. En courses attelées, le cheval, un demi-sang, trotte (ou amble) et le conducteur pilote assis sur un sulky attaché au cheval. Néanmoins, les courses au trot peuvent être des courses montées (course(s) au trot monté) ou des courses attelées (course(s) au trot attelé).

OBS

Le terme «course attelée» s'utilise au pluriel ici car il s'agit du sport et non pas de l'épreuve.

OBS

L'expression «courses sous harnais» est un canadianisme.

OBS

Même si «courses sous harnais» est couramment usité au Canada français, le Service de linguistique de Radio-Canada préférerait qu'on ne l'utilise pas : «Pour désigner les courses de chevaux où le conducteur est monté sur un sulky, on se sert en français universel de l'expression «course attelée». Le canadianisme n'offre aucun avantage qui puisse légitimer son accès au vocabulaire universel. Il conviendrait donc de s'en départir.».

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

A horse rider officially recognized by the national association and so, allowed to ride horses in races during the year.

OBS

driver : A person who rides a sulky and controls a harness horse in a race.

OBS

A "driver" is one who drives an animal or a vehicle as is a person who rides a sulky and controls a horse in harness racing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Pilote de chevaux officiellement reconnu(e) par l'association nationale concernée et pouvant, de ce fait, piloter des chevaux dans des courses au cours de l'année.

OBS

conducteur, conductrice : Termes utilisés dans les documents de la piste Blue Bonnets.

OBS

D'après : «membre actif d'une association».

OBS

Termes de courses attelées.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
OBS

The terms "driver" and "reinsman" are used in harness racing, "rider" in thoroughbred racing and "jockey" in both types of races.

Key term(s)
  • catch jock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Le terme «jockey» s'emploie pour les courses de thoroughbred et «conducteur/conductrice» pour les courses attelées.

Spanish

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