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
Sladjana	SLAH-jah-nah	Serbian
Casey	['keisi]
Friderik	-	Slovene
Casper	KAHS-pər (Dutch)	Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Denholm	-	English (Rare)
Dieuwe	DOO-ə	Frisian