We look for a horse with one chance in two of winning and which pays you three to one.
I backed horse last week at ten to one. It came in at quarter past four.
Some people play a horse to win, some to place. I should have bet this horse to live.
I bet on a horse at ten-to-one. It didn't come in until half-past five.
It's one thing to ask your bank manager for an overdraft to buy 500 begonias for the borders in Haslemere, but quite another to seek financial succour to avail oneself of the 5-2 they're offering on lie de Bourbon for the St Leger.
