clocker

[ klok-er ]

noun

1. a person who times racehorses during tryouts to determine their speed.
2. an official who times a race.
3. a person who maintains a record of the flow of traffic, as of visitors to a museum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of clocker¹

clock ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

And seeing Baffert wander around Santa Anita’s Clocker’s Corner in the morning, stopping for photos, chatting up old friends and people he just met for the first time, it seemed to energize the 70-year-old trainer.

From Los Angeles Times

But clockers recorded faster times, and by Monday, the stewards voted to change the official time to their clocker’s mark of 1 minute, 54 2/5 seconds, still short of the record.

From Seattle Times

Pimlico’s official hand clocker had it at 1:54 2/5.

From Washington Times

Stewards determined there were “extenuating circumstances” with the electronic device, but it was the Pimlico clocker whose figure carried the day.

From Washington Times

I’m not going to comment on other media, but every time a horse went down you could count the five TV standups out at Clocker’s Corner talking with great conviction on things they really didn’t know what they were talking about.

From Los Angeles Times