Most greyhound racing cards, have use abbreviations to save space and are quite logical. Abbreviations that are used are usually quite straightforward but other lesser known are difficult to understand, especially for people that do not use race-cards very often.
This guide to greyhound abbreviations that are often used should assist in giving a better understanding of some of the terms used. This is a guide to the terms most often used and therefore we have missed some out.
Aw – Away
Awk – Awkard
Ap – April
Au – August
B – Badly
b – Bitch
bd – Brindle
be – Blue
Blk – Black
Bmp – Bumped
Brk – Break
By – Won or lost by
Calc – Calculated
CalcTm – Time of victory on a normal standard track
ChL – Challenged
Clr – Clear
CmSg – Came Again
Crd – Crowded
cWinTm – Actual time taken to win a race
De – December
DH – Dead Heat
Dis – The race distance
Disp – Disputed
Disq – Disqualified
dk – Dark
DNF – Did not finish.
E – Early
EvCh – Every Chance
F – Favourite
f – Fawn
Fb – February
Fd – Faded
Fght – Fought
Fin – Finished
FlsHt – False Heat
Fr – From
G’ng – Track going
H – Hurdles
Hcp – Handicap
Hd – Head
HndTm – Had Timed
Imp – Impeded
Ir – Irish
J – Joint Favourite
Ja – January
Jn – June
Jy – July
Kilos – Weight of the greyhound
Ld – Led or Lead.
LN – Line
Lm – Lame
Lt – Light
(m) – Middle Runner
Mld – Middle
Mr – March
My – May
Msd – Missed
N – Normal
Nk – Neck
Nr – Near
Nv – November
Oc – October
O/C – Off Colour
Opcd – Outpaced
OR – Open race
P – Pace
Q – Quick
r – Red
Rec – Record
ReRn – Re Run
Rls – Rails
RnIn – Run In
RnOn – Run On
Rst – Rest
S – Stayers (Class)
schL – Schooling
Scr – Scratch
Sgh – Sough
Sh – Short Head
Sp – September
SP – Starting Price
SPI – Splits
Sn – Soon
Ssn – Season
SsnSup – Season Suppressed
S – Slow
Stb stumbled
STm – Split Time
Stt – Start
Styd – Stayed
WinTm – Winning Time
T – Trial
Th’out – Throughout
Tk – Track
Tkd – Ticked
Tm –Time
Tp – Trap
Unatt – Unattached
w – White
(w) – Wide Runner
WLL – Well
