why are gallopers called the GGs

[scottroo]

??? whats it short for

[Lunchcutter]

galloping giddyup's... wish my dad was still alive to ask him (he died in 2003) but loved a punt on the nags and dish lickers

[bayman]

??? whats it short for

i dont know but maybe its easier to say to kids & for kids to say than to say horses (little kids)

the other quote you hear from the older punters is pssssssss psssssssss when they're riding/driving their bets home my ? is why ? what does it mean etc ? i understand a driver whistling at a horse as its supposed to make them run quicker but pssssssss i have no idea can anyone help ?

mt's dad does it all the time but thats because he backs lots of winners

[Dutchy]

??? whats it short for

i dont know but maybe its easier to say to kids & for kids to say than to say horses (little kids)

the other quote you hear from the older punters is pssssssss psssssssss when they're riding/driving their bets home my ? is why ? what does it mean etc ? i understand a driver whistling at a horse as its supposed to make them run quicker but pssssssss i have no idea can anyone help ?

mt's dad does it all the time but thats because he backs lots of winners

yeah i cant stand that pssssss....WHY? why not you beauty?

[another grub]

scottroo should have backed a horse in the first at Doomben, called Gee Gee....it won paying $40