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
Kurtis	KUR-tis	English
Sandra	SAHN-drah (Italian, Dutch, Finnish), SAN-drə (English), ZAHN-drah (German)	Italian, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic,
SevİNc	-	Azerbaijani
BoglÁRka	-	Hungarian
Aldegonda	ahl-də-KHAWN-dah	Dutch
Diksha	-	Indian, Hindi