13th April 2006 : Q. “Whatthe” is a “boat race”?
A. When all the jockeys get together and work out who is going to win it is called a ‘boat race”. More common in the past, these days with much better controls and video footage, we would like to think it doesn’t happen anymore.
Probably called a “boat race” as all the jockeys are getting on the boat, or are in the same boat. Whatever the reason as a punter you don’t like to see them or hear about them, unless of course you somehow managed to get your boarding ticket and then you just get in the queue like the rest of them!
