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short head

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short head
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Racing) Horse racing a distance shorter than the length of a horse's head


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To the surprise of many, George Moore's charge got the verdict by a short head and O'Connell said: "I must admit I thought we had been mugged on the line, but my fellow is so tough.
Championship leader Johnny Murtagh rode his 55th domestic winner of the season when the Aidan O'Brien-trained newcomer, Joshua Tree, twice fought back after being headed two fur-longout and again inside the final furlong, to pip Saajidah by a short head in the 7f maiden.
He could be more of a Dante and mile-and-a-quarter horse than a Guineas horse," said the master of Warren Place after Twice Over's short head verdict.
 
 
 
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