Used at the start when the horse has no other excuse other than the fact that he broke a bit behind the rest of the field. He was not bumped, steadied, bobbled or unprepared for the start, just came away from the gate a bit tardy.
Flipped In Gate in thoroughbred horse racing refers to a horse that jumped tracks left across the racing surface by the starting gate. This term is used only at the start to describe a horse that is acting up or behaving erratically in the starting gate.
