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(horse racing, slang, obsolete) A horse kept in the betting-lists for the sole purpose of being betted against.

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market horse

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market horse

Noun

obsolete slang

(horse racing, slang, obsolete) A horse kept in the betting-lists for the sole purpose of being betted against.

Japanese Meaning

（競馬用語、俗語、旧式）賭け対象として出走登録され、実際の競走力はほとんどなく、相手に賭けられるためだけに意図的にリストに載せられた馬

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Everyone at the track suspected the market horse had been entered only to be bet against.

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競馬場の全員が、その馬は賭けの対象としてだけ出走名簿に載せられただけの馬だと疑っていた。

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(horse racing, slang, obsolete) A horse kept in the betting-lists for the sole purpose of being betted against.

[N]othing is easier than to make sure […] that the horse selected, in the event of the public fancying him, shall be made a market horse, and be “milked” for the benefit of those interested: the losing of a race may at any time be ensured, and there are scores of “turf dairymen” who are reputed adepts in the use of the milking pail.

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market horses

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