Where does the slang gee gees come from when refering to horses?

Question

Where does the slang gee gees come from when refering to horses?

Answer 1

If you go to this site it explains the meaning of the word gee which in days gone by was used to mean 'go', so I suppose it means go go...take a look see what you think.  Hope this is useful.

http://www.takeourword.com/TOW144/page2....

Answer 2

The Ottawa Gee-Gees are an athletic team that represents the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario in all of their sporting events. The term Gee-Gee is taken from horse racing where a Gee-Gee is the first horse out of the starting gate