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HARNESS RACE [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 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 2 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports
  • Dog and Cat Breeding
DEF

A race in which contestants are dog teams and drivers.

OBS

A "sled-dog race" is an event in "sled-dog racing", the sport. The breed of sled dog used by the Canadian Inuit, the Canadian Eskimo Dog, is back in harness, saved from extinction by a special breeding program after the snowmobile replaced dog power in the Arctic. Still, most of the dogs in sled-dog races are Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes and Samoyeds. The number of dogs in a team varies from one to nine

OBS

Sled-dog racing terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers
  • Élevage des chiens et chats
DEF

Course où les participants sont des attelages de chiens guidés, chacun, par un conducteur.

OBS

Quand l'expression signifie le sport, «course» doit demeurer au singulier; le mot peut se mettre au pluriel s'il s'agit de plusieurs épreuves.

OBS

Les Inuits ont surtout utilisé les chiens esquimaux pour se déplacer dans l'Arctique. Pratiquement éteinte avec la venue de la motoneige, cette race de chiens a été sauvée de l'extinction par un programme spécial de reproduction. Néanmoins, les attelages de chiens sont composés essentiellement de huskies de Sibérie, de malamutes d'Alaska et de samoyèdes. Un attelage compte de 1 à 9 chiens.

Spanish

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Record 3 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 4 2010-08-18

English

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

Trailer means a horse in a harness horse race that starts the race from a position in the second tier behind the starting gate.

OBS

Harness racing term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Terme de courses de attelées.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
DEF

For a jockey, to take part in a harness race, riding the horse seated on a sulky.

OBS

Distinguish from "to mount a horse" meaning "to be seated on the horse."

PHR

Race a race horse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Pour un jockey, diriger un cheval en course tout en étant assis sur un sulky que tire le cheval.

OBS

Distinguer du cavalier qui monte le cheval.

PHR

Conduire un cheval de course(s); piloter un cheval de course(s).

Key term(s)
  • mener un cheval

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-01-04

English

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

[A person who] compiles details of events at harness race meeting..., such as names of horses and their eligibility, certificate numbers, names of owners, names of sulky drivers and their licence numbers,... amount of money won by each horse,... time of race.

OBS

Horse racing term.

Key term(s)
  • course clerk

French

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

[Personne qui] recueille les détails des courses de trot attelé [...], tels que le nom des chevaux et le droit de les engager, les numéros de certificats, les noms des propriétaires, les noms des conducteurs de sulky et leur numéro de permis, [...] la somme des prix gagnés par chaque cheval, [...] le temps de la course.

OBS

Terme de courses de chevaux.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

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

harness race

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

course au trot attelé

Spanish

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