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TRIPLE CROWN [4 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2016-03-15

English

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

Any horse race in which thoroughbreds only are competing.

OBS

thoroughbred: (SYN: purebred): An English breed of light, speedy horses kept chiefly for racing and originating from crosses between mares of uncertain ancestry and Arabian stallions imported in England near the end of the 17th century.

OBS

thoroughbred race: A race in which thoroughbreds are racers. (Secretariat has won a long series of thoroughbred races.") thoroughbred racing: The sport of racing for thoroughbreds. Even if a distinction has to be made between the two concepts, the terms are sometimes (erroneously) used as synonyms to mean the discipline.

OBS

In thoroughbred racing, the Triple Crown consists, in United States, of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, and in England, of the Epsom Derby, the Two Thousand Guineas, and the St. Leger.

Key term(s)
  • thoroughbred horseracing
  • thoroughbred racing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Toute course dans laquelle des chevaux pur-sang sont inscrits.

OBS

pur-sang (nom invariable) : Cheval de course inscrit au Stud Book (livre généalogique) et dont les ascendants appartiennent tous à la race créée au XVIIIe siècle par l'union de juments anglaises et d'étalons orientaux.

OBS

Le terme «course de pur-sang» signifie à la fois une course («Le cheval Secretariat a remporté plusieurs courses de pur-sang.») et la discipline («En course de pur-sang, remporter la Triple Couronne assure la consécration.»).

OBS

Les pur-sang excellent au galop et sont les chevaux participant aux courses montées disputées sur le plat. Néanmoins, il est inexact de rendre «thoroughbred race» par «course au galop (gallop(ing) race», «course sur le plat (flat race)» ou «course montée (horse race, mounted horse race)».

OBS

course de pur-sang : Terme fourni par l'hippodrome Blue Bonnets Inc. (Montréal).

OBS

course de chevaux thoroughbred : Équivalent proposé par la Société canadienne du cheval thoroughbred.

OBS

Le terme «course», au singulier, signifie la discipline. Mais, le plus souvent, on utilise en français le terme «courses de chevaux» ayant en tête le fait qu'il se dispute toujours plus d'une course à la fois.

Key term(s)
  • course au galop
  • course sur le plat
  • course montée

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-16

English

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

... every year, the nation's best three-year-old thoroughbreds will compete for the coveted Triple Crown during the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

(TF) Championnat du Kentucky Derby, du Preakness et le Grand Prix de Belmont.

OBS

Cette même année, Secrétariat avait d'ailleurs remporté la Triple Couronne, soit le Derby, le Preakness et le Belmont Stakes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
DEF

A famous traditional sports event; a large and important sports event held annually for a certain number of years, usually at the same place and period of the year.

CONT

Classic: Used to refer to a few traditionally significant races, such as the Kentucky Derby. In America, the classic distance is 1 1/4 miles; in Europe it is 1 1/2 miles.

CONT

The Triple Crown races, the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, are classics.

OBS

The term is used as part of the name of events in golf, horse racing, tennis, basketball, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
DEF

Importante épreuve sportive tenue annuellement, à la même période et depuis nombre d'années, et à laquelle sont conviés tous les grands noms de l'élite mondiale dans la discipline.

CONT

La Classique Peter Jackson (golf); la Classique de Lake Placid (sports équestres).

OBS

Le terme figure dans le nom officiel d'épreuves dans des disciplines comme le golf, le tennis, le basketball, le cyclisme, les sports équestres, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
  • Juegos y competiciones (Deportes)
  • Vocabulario especializado y fraseología de los deportes
OBS

La palabra clásico es un sustantivo común, por lo que lo apropiado es escribirlo en minúscula, [...] sin comillas ni cursiva.

OBS

En fútbol, el término clásico, [se refiere al] encuentro disputado entre dos equipos de un mismo país, ambos muy laureados y relacionados por una rivalidad que persiste en el tiempo [...]

OBS

En algunos países de Latinoamérica, el término clásico, se refiere a una competición hípica, celebrada anualmente, que es de especial importancia.

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Record 4 2008-05-27

English

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

... a thoroughbred horse race at a distance of 1 ¼ miles for 3-year-old thoroughbred horses, foaled in Canada, run annually in July at Woodbine Race Track, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario.

OBS

It is the first race in the Canadian Triple Crown.

OBS

A stakes race for thoroughbred horses, that was first run at the Carleton Race Track, Toronto, on 27 June 1860.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

[...] course stake pour chevaux pur-sang.

OBS

La première course a lieu le 27 juin 1860 au Carleton Race Track de Toronto.

Spanish

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