Terminology glossary
By Timeform — published Wednesday 12 August, 2020 at 14:27
Greyhound terminology can be a little off putting at first. Hopefully this glossary will help you decipher some of the more complex terms.
Ante-post – a bet placed on the outcome of a future event.
BAGS – Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service.
BEGS – Bookmakers Evening Greyhound Services.
Book – the odds of each selection combine to create a “book” created by the bookmaker.
Box – an alternative term for “trap”.
Forecast – a bet in which the punter attempts to identify the first two dogs home.
Going – the speed of the track, as judged by the official track handicapper.
Grade – the level of race, determined by the ability of the dogs running.
Jolly – another term for the favourite
Lay – to bet against something.
Odds – the prices of the selections.
Open race – the highest level of greyhound racing, often denoted by an OR abbreviation.
Place – the first two dogs home in a traditional six dog race have run into a place.
Puppy – a greyhound under the age of two.
Rag – the outsider of the field.
Tricast - a bet in which the punter attempts to identify the first three dogs home.
Trap – the boxes that the dogs start the race from.
Trial – a non-betting race intended to endow experience upon greyhounds, help the grader assess new intake or help with fitness of those returning from a spell away from the track.
Tote – a type of pool betting system operated by the tracks to give punters an alternative to betting with bookmakers.
Abbreviations:
A – Always
Aw – Away
Awk – Awkward
B – Badly
b – bitch
bd – brindle (colour)
be – blue (colour)
bk – black (colour)
Blk – Baulked (denied a clear run)
Bmp – Bumped
Bnd – Bend
Br – British Bred
Brk – Break
C – Co-Favourite
Calc – Calculated
Chl – Challenged
Clr – Clear
CmAg – Came Again
Crd – Crowded (given inadequate room to stretch, manoeuvre or take the desired course)
d – dog
DH – Dead Heat
Dis – Distance
Disq – Disqualified
dk – dark (colour)
DNF – Did Not Finish
Drpd – Dropped
E – Early
EvCh – Every Chance
Ext – Extra
F – Favourite
f – fawn (colour)
Fd – Faded
Fight – Fought
Fin – Finished
FsHt – False Heat
Fr – From
Gr – Graded Race
H – Hurdles
Hcp – Handicap
Hd – Head
HndTm – Hand Timed
Imp – Impeded
Ir – Irish
J – Joint Favourite
Ja – January
Jn – June
Jy – July
Kil – Kilograms
Lck – Lacked
Lm – Lame
lt – light
Mid – Middle
N – Normal
Nk - neck
O/C – Off Colour
Outp – Outpaced
P – Pace
Q – Quick (Away, etc)
R – red (colour)
Rec – Record
ReRn – Re-Yun
Rls – Railed
RnIn – Run-In
RnUp – Run-Up
Rst – Rest
S – Stayers (Class)
Schl – Schooling
Scr – Scratch
SH – Short Head
SP – Starting Price
SP1 – Sectional Placings
Ssn – Season
SsnSup – Season Suppressed
S – Slow (Away, etc)
Styd – Stayed
STm – Split Time
Stb – Stumbled
T – Trial
Th’out – Throughout
TiT- Turned-In-Traps
Tk – Track
Tm – Time
Tp – Trap
Unatt – Unattached
Wtg – Waiting
w – white (colour)
(w) – Wide Runner







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