play the ponies

and play the horses

to wager on horse races. I used to play the ponies every afteroon during the summer. Then Iran out of money.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Christophorus	-	Late Roman
Vasil	vah-SIL (Bulgarian)	Bulgarian, Macedonian, Georgian, Albanian
Pal	-	Albanian
Taina	TIE-nah	Finnish
Hurst	[hə:st]
Hisham	-	Arabic