See Also: Grandsire - Horse Racing(gambling)
Backstretch (Racing Surface Term) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Bad Actor (Fractious Horse) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Thoroughbred Racing Associations (Tra) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Entry (Racing Office) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Infield Racing (Sport) - Horse Racing(gambling)
Daily Racing Form - Horse Racing(gambling)
Loose Horse - Horse Racing(gambling)
Solid Horse - Horse Racing(gambling)
Colors (Horse) - Horse Racing(gambling)

goal(1) (iou) and Grandsire - Horse Racing (gambling)


goal(1) (iou)



goal noun. ME.
[Origin unkn.]
1. A boundary, a limit. Only in ME.
2. In various Games: the space between two posts, a net, basket, etc., into which a ball or puck is driven in order to score a point or points; a successful attempt to get the ball etc. into this area; the point or points scored. M16.
keep goal: see KEEP verb. own goal: see OWN adjective.
3. The finishing-point of a journey or race; something marking this. M16.
fig.: E. Young Crown'd with Laurels, fairly won, Sits smiling at the goal, while others run.
4. The object of one's ambition or effort; a desired end or result. E17.
C. Stead The ultimate goalto get a rich husband.
b. spec. in Psychology. An end or result towards which behaviour is consciously or unconsciously directed. E20.
5. Roman Antiquities.
a. A conical column marking either of two turning-points in a chariot race. M17.
b. The starting-point of a race. rare. L17.
Comb.: goal average the ratio of numbers of goals scored by and against a team in a series of matches; goal difference the difference between the number of goals scored and goals conceded by a team in a series of matches; goalhanger Soccer (derog.) a player who spends much of the game near the opposing team's goal in the hope of scoring easy goals; goalkeeper a player whose duty is to prevent a ball etc. from entering a goal; goal-kick (a) Soccer a kick by a defending side after the attackers have sent a ball over the goal-line; (b) Rugby Football a kick at goal; goal-mouth the area between goalposts or immediately in front of a goal; goal-line the line between each pair of goalposts, extended to form the end-boundary of the field of play; goal-minder = goal-tender below; goalpost either of the two upright posts of a goal; move the goalposts, unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course; goal-tender N. Amer. a goalkeeper in ice Hockey.
goalie, goalee noun (colloq.) a goalkeeper E20.
goalless [-l-l-] adjective (a) having no destination or purpose, aimless; (b) without a goal scored by either side: L19.

Grandsire - Horse Racing (gambling)


The grandfather of a horse; father ("sire") of the horse' s dam or sire.