Which horse won the race? TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 (ADVANCED)

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 5 (ADVANCED)

22. Which horse won the race?

Here are the horses and betting odds for the 2.15pm race at Kempton Park. Now read through these sentences and see if you can work out who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd Flirtatious was in the lead with 400 metres to go. There were only six finishers. The horse that came second was an outsider (more than 20-1) Lottery Lass came last. The favourite was in the lead with only 200 metres to go. The winning horse had odds of 10-1. Simply Red fell at the third jump. Miss Piggy passed the favourite 100 metres from the finish. Cyber Babe did not finish the race. Flirtatious came 5th. 1st ____________________ 2nd ____________________ 3rd ____________________ There are quite a few idioms from the world of horse racing and betting: jockeying for position; to win by a nose, to fall at the first hurdle; to spur on; a dark horse; neck and neck. If you can’t work out the meanings of any of these, look them up.

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