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Anyone else noticed the recent fashion for commentators spouting this line when a horse has just been pretty much all out to win a race?
Not really recently, it’s been John Francome’s stock comment for years. Jockey thrashes the @rse off a horse to get it up on the line and you can almost guarantee that he will come out with "actually….you have to say…he’s done that a shade cosily"
Hrad it often and used it myself the other day when I thought DOM was beat but in the end did win it a shade cosely
"He’s done that a shade cosily"
Maybe it’s a Coolmore bonus phrase….& when a commentator or presenter uses it to describe an AOB horse that scrambles home, he gets a prize, of sorts.
They have a habit of catching the same cliches from one another as though they were nasty winter colds.
I particularly dislike the Channel 4 team’s use of "upcoming".
They all do it and they even put it in captions, so I assume that the production team are also subject to the same collective misdeed.
What is wrong with "next", "later", "soon" even "coming up" ? There are plenty of good, appropriate options in the English language without resorting to this mangling of our mother tongue.
Chris
I have never fully come to terms with the phrase, ‘hosed up’. My experience with hoses have invariably been tangled, stressful and damp, not descriptions I’d associate with an easy victory in a horse race.
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase?
I have never fully come to terms with the phrase, ‘hosed up’. My experience with hoses have invariably been tangled, stressful and damp, not descriptions I’d associate with an easy victory in a horse race.
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase?
Surely from "home and hosed" as in being washed down before the others have finished.
I particularly dislike the Channel 4 team’s use of "upcoming".
What is wrong with "next", "later", "soon" even "coming up" ?
Reminds me of that ugly phrase ‘back-to-back’ meaning ‘consecutive’ or ‘successive’
In a close finish JonJo O’Neill said in his life story,You know exactly how much the second placed horse gave but not how much the winner gave."Just enough to win".
I particularly dislike the Channel 4 team’s use of "upcoming".
What is wrong with "next", "later", "soon" even "coming up" ?
Reminds me of that ugly phrase ‘back-to-back’ meaning ‘consecutive’ or ‘successive’
Love ’em or hate ’em, they’re media and sporting Americanisms.
I wonder if people realise just how many of these are in regular use in the UK (and Ireland) now.eg.
step up to the plate
covering your bases
tick all the boxes
in there pitching
double (or triple) header
out of leftfield
throwing a curveball
struck out
the whole nine/ten yardsand I’m sure that there are many more.
Personally, this language doesn’t bother me but maybe it’s because I like Baseball and NFL Football and the terminology that is contained therein but I can appreciate the annoyance that it causes
Talking of which, some other phrases that turn up a lot at the moment
"Listen"
AO’B starts many of his sentences with that word. Who would not want to "listen" to what he says? Alice P uses it a lot also."Look"
Many Aussies (and Jenny Pitman) start a sentence with this."Incredible"
Thommo, Alice (again) and Emma take a bow."the last day"
meaning "the previous occasion", has become horribly popular especially in Ireland.Any more spring to mind?
Coming to the party
Hitting their straps"Look"
Many Aussies (and Jenny Pitman) start a sentence with thisWell observed. I imagine Ricky Ponting started his wedding vows with the words, "Ah, look…."
"it´s very harsh" used by any trainer who´s horse just won 6 lengths and has gone up 7lbs.
The ‘shade cosily’ seems to be the phrase of choice because often the close-up-and-clear-in-second-but-beaten runners-up are often eased slightly in the final 50 yards.
This then means that the horse that wins appears to be pulling away slightly, having struggled to get on top in the previous furlong or so.
I assume this is often because connections would not be too keen to beat crap out of a horse once the final places are known with the only result being to ensure that the handicapper sticks their horse up a few extra pounds.
It is much overused at the moment though – agreed!
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