morning line

noun

: a bookmaker's list of entries for a race meet and the probable odds on each that is printed or posted before the betting begins

Examples of morning line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Al Bello/Getty Images With 2-1 odds in the morning line, Sovereignty will try to achieve a rarer feat than winning just the Preakness and the Belmont: victories at the Derby and the Belmont. —Alex Sundby june 6, CBS News, 6 June 2025

The morning line favorite at 3-1, Journalism, trained by Michael McCarthy and ridden by Umberto Rispoli, has drawn the 8-hole in Churchill’s massive gate, with his nearest early-odds rivals, Sandman (6-1) and Sovereingty (5-1), booked into stalls 17 and 18, respectively. —Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025

The strong contender got as high as third on the betting board on Thursday morning, swinging from 12-1 on the morning lines to 6-1. —Max Meyer, New York Times, 2 May 2025

Margie’s Intention, the morning line’s second favorite trained by Brad Cox, played the conditions, hanging back until Paris Lily lost her legs in the deep slush. —Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1935, in the meaning defined above

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