発はつ馬ば

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

start of a horse race

Used in horse racing contexts for the moment a race begins. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to start (a race)'.

• 発はつ馬ばの合あい図ずで一いっ斉せいにゲートが開ひらいた。

  At the start signal, the gates opened all at once.

• このレースは発はつ馬ばがうまくいかなかった。

  This race had a poor start.