"Gone in her coat"

[crizzy]

Please excuse my ignorance, but what does this mean and is it a bad thing before a race. I heard Hannon Jnr saying he thought Paco Boy had gone in his coat yesterday but he did well.
An explanation would be most welcome. Thank you.
Cheers
Crizzy

[Gingertipster]

Crizzy,

See the Rainbow View thread on this section.

Mark

Value Is Everything

[rory]

It’s like when you invite a stunner back to your flat but while you’re mixing martinis, she’s snaffled your valuables, stuffed them in her faux mink and done a runner. All that stuff you’d spent bundles on has now "gone in her coat", as has she, when you think about it.

[kentdougal]

Hi Crizzy
Basically it means that because of the cold weather it has started to grow a winter coat. Like most things to do with horses it can be bad indicating gone over the top or make no difference at all. Tends to make them sweat a bit if the weather turns milder but then they can be clipped out

[graysonscolumn]

PMSL @ Rory

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[Blackheath]

Nice one rory.

One of the many racing sayings whose only purpose seems to be to cloud the issue. Thanks to the All Weather it is clear that racehorses can run just as fast at any time of the year.

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