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
Corrado	kor-RAH-do	Italian
Wolf	WUWLF (English)	German, Jewish, English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
Baldarich	-	Ancient Germanic
AnĐElo	-	Croatian
Balzac	['bælzæk]
Vappu	VAHP-poo	Finnish