Placegetter

1981, New Zealand Department of Agriculture, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, page 65, Second placegetter will receive a Honda ATC200 Farm Trike and third and fourth placegetters a Sachs Dolmar Chain Saw each.

As Table 1.18 also shows, it has by far the highest proportion living in cities larger than 750 000 people: 69% compared with second placegetter, the United States, having 55%, and an 18-country mean of 37%.

Finally, he managed to stop giggling long enough to say, ‘When this medal is announced the chief judge says, “I award my medal to the third placegetter in the Best Rooster Under Two Years Category.[…]To my mind the courage this particular man has shown in naming the third placegetter after Sir Winston Churchill shows great character and loyalty to His Majesty the King and deserves the highest commendation. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I award Meneer Pietrus Prinsloo the Chief Judge′s medallion!”’

The second placegetter will receive an Outward Bound course, Swazi® Apparel, a Fruitfed Supplies gift voucher and a NZ horticultural magazine subscription of their choice.

2008, Mike Keenan, The Shadows of Horses, 2009 Large 24pt Edition, Read How You Want, page 96, I was utterly unprepared for the reception I received when I trotted up towards the stall reserved for the second placegetter, in the Saddling Enclosure.

Last year's Caulfield Cup placegetter is rated a $6 chance and will be ridden by champion Irish jockey Michael Kinane.

Essentially, punters who played the placecards — usually in a local pub — had to pick a placegetter in each of the four feature races on a Saturday. So, if it was races five, seven and eight, you had to correctly select just one of the three placegetters in each race to win.