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height="15" border="0">Accross The Board is a bet on a horse to win, place and show.
Added Money is money added to the purse of a race by the racing
association or by a breeding or other fund.
All Out is when a horse extends himself to the utmost.
Allowance Race is a race other than claiming for which the racing
secretary drafts certain conditions to determine weights.
Allowances is weight permitted to be reduced because of the
conditions of the race or because an apprentice is on a horse.
Also, a weight females are entitled to when racing against males.
Also Eligable is a horse officially entered, but not permitted to
start unless the field is reduced by scratches below a specified
number.
Also Ran is a horse who finishes out of the money.
Apprentice is rider who has not ridden a certain number of winners
within a specified period of time. Also known as a bug boy.
Apprentice Allowance is weight concession to an apprentice rider:
usually 10 pounds until the fifth winner, seven pounds until the
35th winner and five pounds for one calendar year from the 35th
winner.
Baby Race is a race for 2-year-olds.
Backstretch is straight of far side of track between the turns.
Backside is stable area. (not the horses ass)
Bearing in or out is deviating from a straight course.
Blanket finish is horses finishing so closely together they could
be covered by a blanket.
Blinkers is device to limit a horse’s vision.
Blowout is a short, final workout, usually a day or two before a
race.
Board is board on which odds, betting pools and other
information are displayed.
Bobble is a bad step.
Bolt is sudden veering from a straight course.
Breakage is a pari-mutuel payoff which is rounded out to a
nickel or dime, those pennies that are left over. Breakage is
generally split between the track and state and in some cases,
breeding or other funds, in varying proportions.
Breakdown is when a horse suffers an injury.
Breeder is the owner of dam at time foal is dropped.
Bloodmare is a female Thoroughbred used for breeding.
Bull Ring is a small racetrack usually less than one mile.
Checked a horse pulled up by his jockey.
Chute is an extension of the backstretch or homestretch.
Claiming is buying a horse out of a race for the entered price.
Claiming race is a race in which horses are entered subject to claim
for a specified price.
Classic is race of traditional importance.
Closer a horse who runs best in the latter part of the race.
Colt is male horse under 5 years of age.
Condittion race is an event with conditions limiting it to a
certain class of horse.
Coupled is two or more horses running as an entry in a single
betting unit.
Dayly Double is a type of wager calling for the selection of winners
of two consecutive races, usually the first and second.
Dead Heat is two or more horses finishing in an exact tie at the
wire.
Disqualification is a change of order of finish by officials for an
infraction of the rules.
Driving is a strong urging by rider.
Dropdown is a horse facing a lower class of rivals than he had
been running against.
Eighth is a furlong; 220 yards; 660 feet, 1/8 of a mile.
Eligable is a horse qualified to start in a race, according to conditions.
Entry is two or more horses owned by the same stable or trained by the same trainer and thus running as a single
betting unit.
Equivilent odds is mutual price horses pay for each $1 bet.
Evenly is neither gaining nor losing position or distance during a
race.
Exacta is a wager in which the first two finishers
in a race, in exact order of finish, must be picked.
Faltered is a term used for a horse that was in contention early
and drops back in the late stages. It is more drastic than
weakened but less drastic than stopped.
Filly is a female horse up to and including the age of 4.
Foal is a newly born Thoroughbred, or until weaned. Male or female.
Four furlongs is half a mile; 880 yards; 2,640 feet.
Front runner is a horse who usually leads (or tries to lead) the
field.
Furlong is one-eighth of a mile; 220 yards; 660 feet.
Gait is the way in which a horse moves - walk, trot, canter,
gallop, run, etc.
Gallop is a type of gait, a fast canter. Also, to ride a horse at
that gait.
Gelding is an incomplete male horse.
Half is half a mile, four furlongs; 880 yards; 2,640 feet.
Handicap is a race a handicapper assigns weights to be carried.
Also, to handicap a race, to make selections on the basis of the
past performances.
Handicapper is one who assigns weights. Also one who makes
selections on past performances.
Handle is the amount of money wagered in the pari-mutuel pool on a
race, a program, a meeting or a year.
Hand Ride is a jockey urging a horse with the hands and not using
the whip.
In The Money is finishing first, second or third.
Late double is a second daily double offered on the latter part of
the program.
Lead Pony is a horse or pony who heads parade of field from paddock
to starting gate.LEG UP - to help a jockey mount his horse.
Lock is slang for a sure thing winner.
Middle distance is from one mile to less than a mile and
an eighth.
Minus pool is a mutual pool caused when one horse is so heavily
wagered on, that after deductions of state tax and commission,
there is not enough money left to pay the legally prescribed
minimum on each winning bet.
Morning line is approximate odds quoted before wagering determines
exact odds.
Objection is a claim of foul lodged by a rider.
Odds on is odds of less than even money.
On The Board is finishing among the first four.
On the nose is betting a horse to win only.
Overlay is a horse going off at a higher price than he appears to
warrant based on his past performances.
Overnite line is prices quoted the night before the race.
Parimutuel is a form of wagering that originated in France in
which all money bet is divided up among those who have winning
tickets, after taxes, takeout and other deductions are made
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Past Performances is a compilation in the Daily Racing Form of a
horse’s record, including all pertinent data, used as a basis for
handicapping.
Place is the second position at finish of a race.
Place bet is a wager on a horse to finish first or second.
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Pocket is being boxed in, shut off. Running in a position with horses in
front and alongside.
Post is the starting point or position in the starting gate.
Pool is the total sum wagered on a race.
Post posittion is the position of stall in starting gate from which a
horse starts.
Post time is the time a race is scheduled to start.
Purse is the prize money.
Quarter is one-quarter of a mile; 440 yards; 1,320 feet.
Quinella is a wager in which the first two finishers must be
picked in either order.
Rabbit is a horse that is considered to have little chance of
winning a race but is entered purely to ensure a fast pace,
softening up the competition for the benefit of the entry mate.
Rail runner is a horse who prefers to run next to inside rail.
Router is a horse who perfoms well at distance races.
Scratch is a horse taken out of a race.
Seven furlongs is seven-eighths of a mile; 1,540 yards; 4,620
feet.
Show is third position at the finish of a race.
Show bet is a wager on a horse to finish in the money, third or
better.
Stakes placed is finishing first, second or third in a stakes
race.
Stake is a race for which the owner must pay a fee to run his
horse. Some stakes races are by invitation and require no payment
or fee.
Stretch is the final straight portion of the racetrack to the finish.
Stretch call is the position of horses at the eighth pole, usually
about halfway down the stretch.
Stretch Runner is a horse who finishes fast.
Take is a commission deducted from pari-mutuel pools.
Taken up is a horse pulled up sharply by his jockey.
Trifecta is a wager picking the first three finishers
in exact order.
Triple Crown is the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont
Stakes.
