Nag WAGs

The Wives And Girlfriends of jockeys.

For some time, the high-profile partners of star British soccer players have been known as WAGs (wives and girlfriends). Later, the media nicknamed the partners of rugby players “scrummies” (scrum+yummy). Now, according to a Guardian report on the Cheltenham Festival, the world of horse-racing has joined in:

Jockeys’ wives were out in force on Ladies’ Day here yesterday. The party of “nag wags” was led by Tony McCoy’s wife Chanelle - a name shared by some of her football counterparts. While their husbands and partners were racing, the Jockeys’ Wives enclosure in the tented village had several hopeful bachelors milling around outside. Let’s hope they had more luck on the horses.