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UK
/hˈændɪkˌæpɐ/
]
[ US /ˈhændiˌkæpɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈhændiˌkæpɝ/ ]
NOUN
- someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)
How To Use handicapper In A Sentence
- He has been gelded over the winter and could easily be well ahead of the handicapper. The Sun
- Mike Battaglia, oddsmaker at Churchill Downs since 1975 and one of horse racing's most respected handicappers, will be an analyst for NBC at the Belmont Stakes.
- But the handicapper has reacted accordingly. The Sun
- He finished sixth in 2008 and the handicapper has given him a chance. The Sun
- The handicapper has put him up 6lb but he likes this trip and should go well again. The Sun
- You 10 - handicappers out there can probably relate to that.
- The handicapper has given him a chance, dropping him within 3lb of his rating when he won this race two years ago. Times, Sunday Times
- Only 32, Sherman already has put in eight years at the Las Vegas sports books, and is likely the most knowledgeable golf handicapper in the country.
- He has shaped well on his last two runs in stronger races and the handicapper has given him a real chance. The Sun
- An able staying handicapper on the flat, the five-year-old has taken well to hurdling and has won his last two races in pleasing style.
