Word: gated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...THEY'RE nearing the gate... They're at the post... They're in the gate... They're off! And it's Some Kinda George in the lead, followed by Windon Tide, Heaven Again third, Bail Me Out fourth, then it's Robert Kope, followed by Pippin Orchard, followed by... They're turning into the stretch... They're into the stretch. And it's Windon Tide, then Some Kinda George.... They're battling it out. And it's Some Kinda George by a neck...
...face tensed as the horses approached the gate, and I watched him do the routine. "They are approaching the gate.... They're in the gate.... They're off!" ... His voice droned out the places and started over again with the new order. As the horses came into the stretch, the rumble of the crowd grew louder. Isolated cries drifted up to the announcer's box, and then all was lost in a general confusion of voices...
...talked about running a race. Maffeo has no fixed strategy when he shoots out of the gate. "You gotta run a race the way it comes up and the way the horse rides," he said...
...horses approached the crowd on their way to the starting gate and broke into a canter. Overhead, a plane was advertising for the dog races-"Change Your Luck; Raynham Opens Tonite." The track was smooth and brown and neatly furrowed. I looked at the big board. The crowd was betting the favorite. The odds were 7-5 on Great Mystery...
...They're at the post.... They're in the gate.... And they're off!" "And it's Sitka D. on the outside, followed by Great Mystery, followed by Freezing Rain, then it's..." As the horses approached the stretch, the crowd began responding to the announcer's litany. "And it's Great Mystery, then Sitka...