Greyhound Abbreviations

Greyhound Abbreviations List

General Racing Terms

• Ante-post – A wager made on the result of a future occurrence (bets placed before the final declarations).

• BAGS – Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service.

• BEGS – Bookmakers Evening Greyhound Services.

• Book – The collection of all selection’s odds that the bookmaker creates.

• Box – Another name for the “Trap.”

• Forecast – A wager where the goal is identifying the first two dogs to cross the line in the correct order.

• Going – The speed condition of the track surface, determined by the official track handicapper (e.g., +10 Fast, -20 Slow).

• Grade – The level or class of a race, determined by the ability of the dogs (e.g., A1 is top grade, A10 is lower).

• Jolly – Another term for the favourite.

• Lay – To bet against something happening (betting on a dog NOT to win).

• Odds – The prices offered for the runners.

• Open Race – The top division in greyhound racing, open to all dogs, frequently indicated by the acronym OR.

• Place – Finishing in the top positions. In a standard six-dog race, the first two dogs usually count for place betting.

• Puppy – A greyhound younger than two years old.

• Rag – The outsider in the race (the dog with the lowest chance of winning according to the odds).

• Tricast – A wager in which the gambler tries to predict which three dogs arrive home first in the correct order.

• Trap – The crates or boxes from which the dogs begin the race.

• Trial – A race without betting. Goals include giving greyhounds experience, assisting the grader in evaluating new entries, or helping dogs regain fitness after a break.

• Tote – A pool betting system run by the tracks, providing gamblers with an alternative to fixed-odds bookmakers.

Race Card Abbreviations

• A – Always

• Aw – Away

• Awk – Awkward

• B – Badly

• b – bitch (female)

• bd – brindle (colour)

• be – blue (colour)

• bk – black (colour)

• Blk – Baulked (denied a clear run by another dog)

• Bmp – Bumped

• Bnd – Bend

• Br – British Bred

• Brk – Break

• C – Co-Favourite

• Calc – Calculated

• Chl – Challenged

• Clr – Clear

• CmAg – Came Again

• Crd – Crowded (insufficient space to spread out, maneuver, or follow the intended path)

• d – dog (male)

• 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

• kg – Kilograms

• Lck – Lacked

• Lm – Lame

• lt – light

• Mid – Middle

• N – Normal

• Nk – Neck

• O/C – Off Colour

• Outp – Outpaced

• P – Pace

• Q – Quick (e.g., QAw – Quick Away)

• R – red (colour)

• Rec – Record

• ReRn – Re-Run

• Rls – Railed (Ran close to the inside rail)

• RnIn – Run-In

• RnUp – Run-Up

• Rst – Rest

• S – Stayers (Class)

• Slw/S – Slow (e.g., SAw – Slow Away)

• Schl – Schooling

• Scr – Scratch

• SH – Short Head

• SP – Starting Price

• SP1 – Sectional Placings

• Ssn – Season

• SsnSup – Season Suppressed

• 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