So, horses and jockeys milled around in the heat for 11 extra minutes while a new starting gate was towed into place.
Behind them, horses milled, and the low buzz of conversation sounded like the beehive in Papaw's back field.
As the horses milled behind a rope stretched across the track, the official starter took her place.
"The horses were just milling around," he said.
The horses milled about, dark silhouettes against a red sky.
The men and horses around Jordan milled in panic.
Five loose horses milled about, and the two young men were trying to catch them.
Undoubtedly the horses milled around down there while you were being installed in the cave before your companions went away.
Over half a dozen horses were milling in the aisle, whinnying direly.
The horses milled about for the first race, as sinewy jockeys busied themselves checking their tack.