RE :[SEELANGS] Horse talk

[ameliede at EARTHLINK.NET]

Back in the late 80's I became friends with a Russian jockey who 
wanted to break into racing
in the US.  About the same time, by coincidence, I found in the new 
acquisitions of the UC Riverside
library, a contemporary Russian "track" novel, that described a 
Soviet world whose existence was
unknown to me, at least--a world of race tracks, breeding farms, 
trainers, jockeys, and gamblers.
It was filled with wonderful "horse" jargon.  And through my 
friendship I got to watch a training session
close up at the Pomona Fairgrounds (my friend had picked up a job 
working out horses),
  and go "backstage" at thoroughbred farms in Riverside County.
The experience was even worth the five grand I lost "investing" in a 
race horse.
Jules Levin 

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