starting gate in English

noun
1
a restraining structure incorporating a barrier that is raised at the start of a race, typically in horse racing and skiing, to ensure a simultaneous start.
Jockey Ed Cervantes was injured and taken to a hospital on Tuesday when his mount flipped in the starting gate before the fourth race at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota.

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1. The temperature was above freezing at the starting gate and skies were clear.

2. Leave a two-pound pile at the starting gate, shaves valuable time off that final eighth.

3. Due to warm temperatures, the downhill was moved up an hour from 11:00, but temperatures were still above freezing in the starting gate.

4. Alcestis is a wonderful first novel from Katharine Beutner, and the only reason I mention it as a first is just because it amazes me that someone can be this good right out of the starting gate

5. Trained by Barrera, who had turned the speedy Bold Forbes into the winner of the 1976 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, Affirmed was a smallish, lightly regarded colt when he entered the starting gate at Belmont Park on May 24, 1977 for his career debut.