Teach
01-16-2008, 11:13 AM
Over the years, my friend "Bucko" and I have developed many of our own track sayings. You may use some of the same, or you may have your own. Here are some:
"Let it happen!"
Meaning: "Don’t queer it!" Don’t say anything. Don't make a peep until the race is officially over. Simply put: Don’t make any comments while the race is still being run.
"Make a mental bet and loose your mind."
I might say, "I think I’m just gonna make a mental bet." "Yeh," "Bucko" replies, "Make a mental bet and lose your mind."
"...Form a corporation."
Like, do you wanta go partners. We'll form a corporation.
"Tapioca"
"See that bozo standin' over there. He’s tapioca. He ain’t got a pot to piss in."
"gonads"
"You ain't got no gonads," i.e., no testes
"gahtz’
"How’d ya do, "Bucko"? "Nuthin" "Stugots!" i.e. testes
"The racing gods just smiled on us."
"They just DQed the winner. We won! The racing gods just smiled on us."
Touch Screen TV
"Bucko's" habit of putting his fingers on the TV monitor to block or push back a closing horse that he doesn't have.
"Swing and Sway"
We're gonna "swing and sway." We'll key the #3 on top in our trifecta, and we'll "swing and sway" with the #2 second and third."
"Judas Priest!" (Not to be confused with Heavy Metal Rock group)
Pet "Bucko" expression that'll he use when he wants to swear.
"ephipany" Bright idea
I just got this ephipany. I'm gonna key the #6 horse first and second.
"yards" hundred dollar denominations, also "bones"
"You stole my heart!"
Upon seeing an exceptionally attractive woman
"No shit, Sherlock!"
When you state the obvious
Chooch! Pest insect.
"Will you stop bothering me with these cockamammy ideas. you chooch!"
"Shit and shinola Like not being able to tell the difference
"See that guy over there, he could tell the difference between shit and shinola!
"What are you holding?"
"How much money do you have?"
"You just sit their with your hands in your pockets!"
"Look, the #1 horse is the greatest overlay of the century and you just sit there with your hands in your pockets!"
"Hit him a lick!"
It's nip and tuck coming down the stretch. "Bucko" or I yell out to the jockey who's 700 miles away on TV, "Hit him a lick!"
"Hanging like Mussolini at a Gas Station!"
Our horse is hanging on the outside, "We might call out, "He's hanging like Mussolini at a Gas Station!" A reference to Benito Mussolini who was hanged from his heels at a Milan gas station at the close of WW II.
"Didn't Raise a Gallop!"
"How'd your horse do?" "He did nuthin! He didn't even raise a gallop!"
"Let it happen!"
Meaning: "Don’t queer it!" Don’t say anything. Don't make a peep until the race is officially over. Simply put: Don’t make any comments while the race is still being run.
"Make a mental bet and loose your mind."
I might say, "I think I’m just gonna make a mental bet." "Yeh," "Bucko" replies, "Make a mental bet and lose your mind."
"...Form a corporation."
Like, do you wanta go partners. We'll form a corporation.
"Tapioca"
"See that bozo standin' over there. He’s tapioca. He ain’t got a pot to piss in."
"gonads"
"You ain't got no gonads," i.e., no testes
"gahtz’
"How’d ya do, "Bucko"? "Nuthin" "Stugots!" i.e. testes
"The racing gods just smiled on us."
"They just DQed the winner. We won! The racing gods just smiled on us."
Touch Screen TV
"Bucko's" habit of putting his fingers on the TV monitor to block or push back a closing horse that he doesn't have.
"Swing and Sway"
We're gonna "swing and sway." We'll key the #3 on top in our trifecta, and we'll "swing and sway" with the #2 second and third."
"Judas Priest!" (Not to be confused with Heavy Metal Rock group)
Pet "Bucko" expression that'll he use when he wants to swear.
"ephipany" Bright idea
I just got this ephipany. I'm gonna key the #6 horse first and second.
"yards" hundred dollar denominations, also "bones"
"You stole my heart!"
Upon seeing an exceptionally attractive woman
"No shit, Sherlock!"
When you state the obvious
Chooch! Pest insect.
"Will you stop bothering me with these cockamammy ideas. you chooch!"
"Shit and shinola Like not being able to tell the difference
"See that guy over there, he could tell the difference between shit and shinola!
"What are you holding?"
"How much money do you have?"
"You just sit their with your hands in your pockets!"
"Look, the #1 horse is the greatest overlay of the century and you just sit there with your hands in your pockets!"
"Hit him a lick!"
It's nip and tuck coming down the stretch. "Bucko" or I yell out to the jockey who's 700 miles away on TV, "Hit him a lick!"
"Hanging like Mussolini at a Gas Station!"
Our horse is hanging on the outside, "We might call out, "He's hanging like Mussolini at a Gas Station!" A reference to Benito Mussolini who was hanged from his heels at a Milan gas station at the close of WW II.
"Didn't Raise a Gallop!"
"How'd your horse do?" "He did nuthin! He didn't even raise a gallop!"