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HIPPODROME [2 records]

Record 1 2011-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Urban Sites
DEF

An arena for equestrian performances.

OBS

A racetrack includes the racing track, viewing stands, etc.; to mean "the place where races are held", the use of the one-word terms is preferable. Because these terms also mean "a track or a course on which races with horses or vehicles are run", one must thus distinguish between the racetrack or race track, the whole, with the race or racing track, a part of the whole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Sites (Urbanisme)
DEF

Lieu aménagé et organisé pour les courses de chevaux.

DEF

Terrain de sport hippique; champ de courses.

CONT

L'hippodrome d'Auteuil, de Longchamp [...] Les tribunes, la piste, la pelouse, le pesage d'un hippodrome.

OBS

Certaines sources confondent, par erreur, la «piste de course» même (racing track, track), l'enceinte où se déroule la course, et l'«hippodrome» (race track, race course, race way), l'ensemble des installations regroupant la piste, les tribunes, le champ intérieur, la pelouse, le passage, les aires d'échauffement, etc. Ces deux termes ne sont pas synonymes; ainsi un dira «la piste de course(s) d'un hippodrome», bien que souvent on utilise «piste de courses» pour signifier un hippodrome.

Key term(s)
  • piste de course
  • piste de courses

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Instalaciones y sedes deportivas
  • Emplazamientos urbanos
DEF

Lugar destinado a hacer carreras deportivas, especialmente de caballos.

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Record 2 1984-07-10

English

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

Computer printout indicating amounts bet on horses and any possible payouts.

OBS

Definition provided by Denis Perras, Director of Personnel, Hippodrome Blue Bonnets Inc., Montreal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
OBS

Terme proposé par le Directeur du personnel, Hippodrome Blue Bonnets Inc., Montréal.

Spanish

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