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I was somewhat surprised to find the word "stayer" classified as rare in the challenge game of "yesterday"
With Australia (I live in Melbourne) moving at full gallop into its Spring Racing Carnival and heading inexorably towards the Melbourne Cup, the "race that stops a nation", we see and hear the word "stayer" - used to denote those horses bred for the longer distances - every day in the media, and it would be hard not to be familiar with the word. Since the "sport of kings" seems to be truly international, I rather imagined that the word would be considered "common" rather than "rare" in most English-speaking countries. What do others think? ... just curious.
David
With Australia (I live in Melbourne) moving at full gallop into its Spring Racing Carnival and heading inexorably towards the Melbourne Cup, the "race that stops a nation", we see and hear the word "stayer" - used to denote those horses bred for the longer distances - every day in the media, and it would be hard not to be familiar with the word. Since the "sport of kings" seems to be truly international, I rather imagined that the word would be considered "common" rather than "rare" in most English-speaking countries. What do others think? ... just curious.
David