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HANDICAP ALLOWANCE [4 records]

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Record 1 2011-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
DEF

Coefficient attribué à un voilier pour le classer dans les courses en temps compensatoire, en fonction de certaines caractéristiques : longueur, jauge, surface des voiles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vela y navegación de placer
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Record 2 2004-11-24

English

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

Weight concession to an apprentice rider: usually 10 pounds until the fifth winner, seven pounds until the 35th winner and five pounds for one calendar year from the fifth winner.

CONT

The greatest problem regarding weight, outside of excessively high poundage, is the apprentice allowance, or "bug, "given horses ridden by boys who have not won very many races and therefore generally are a handicap to a horse... The danger becomes even greater when a horse with a "bug" rider is asked to carry a comparatively high weight and therefore has to carry lead in his saddle bags to make up the difference.

OBS

Horse racing term.

OBS

The term "bug" is also used to refer to the mark recorded on the program to indicate the apprentice allowance.

OBS

BUG -- Apprentice allowance. Apprentice rider.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Terme de courses de chevaux.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-01-04

English

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

[Jockeys] are considered apprentices until they have ridden 40 winners. During the apprenticeship, a weight allowance of 5 to 10 pounds(subtracted from the horse's handicap) is granted the jockey in most races.

OBS

Horse racing term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Jeune garçon, âgé d'au moins quatorze ans, se destinant à la carrière de jockey.

OBS

(Il est lié par un contrat d'apprentissage de cinq ans à un entraîneur qui le forme, et il devient jockey lorsqu'il a gagné 40 courses.)

OBS

Terme de courses de chevaux.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Golf
OBS

scratch(adj.) :(of a contest or contestant) being without handicap or allowance.

OBS

scratch (adj.): Good enough to compete at scratch in competition in which others are given handicaps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Golf
DEF

Golfeur(euse) qui s'est amélioré(e) au point où son handicap est maintenant de zéro.

OBS

«Golfeur(euse) sans handicap» : qui n'a pas joué suffisamment de parties sur un terrain pour avoir un handicap.

Spanish

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