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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Stakehorse as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
To back a billiard player means to put up the money for the player in a gambling math-up. The backer generally takes a cut of the winnings, or a fee in the event that the backed player loses. Someone who puts up the money, or some portion of the money, for one of the billiard players in a gambling match up. Typically, backers cover all of the losses, and split the winnings with the billiard player they are backing. People often use the term stakehorse to refer to the money man or woman who likes to put players into billiard games, by backing them financially in gambling situations.
What is Frank doing nowadays? Is he stakehorse for this weeks tournament?
The term "stakehorse" is considered to be a slang term related to gambling and betting. The stakehorse definition was entered on 11/30/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:59 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to gambling and betting. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: staking, backer, stake, stake horse for more on the meaning of stakehorse.
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