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bet the jockey, not the horse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
bet the jock-ey, not the horse
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

One should invest based on the management team behind a venture, rather than on the product or service being sold.

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What does bet the jockey, not the horse mean?
One should invest based on the management team behind a venture, rather than on the product or service being sold.

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