| Ante-Post: |
betting
(usually on the most important races) days, weeks and even months before the
race is due to take place |
| BAGS: |
Bookmakers
Afternoon Greyhound Services |
| BEGS: |
Bookmakers
Evening Greyhound Services |
| Bankroll: |
Also known as
'roll' or 'wad' (colloq.) This is gambling money or risk money, as
opposed to the money you live on. |
| Book: |
Running a
'book' is the act of quoting odds and accepting bets on an event. Hence the
term 'Bookmaker'. |
| Box: |
Another way of
saying 'Trap' |
| Box Bias: |
A starting
position that favours a particular dogs running style |
| Calc Time: |
Calculated
time taking into account the going |
| Case money: |
Emergency
money. |
| Chase: |
Having lost
money on a bet, "chasing" is having another bet simply to try and get back the
loss, usually on a random wager. |
| Drop: |
Money
lost. |
| Exacta: |
The first two
dogs to cross the finish line in EXACT order (also Forecast or
Perfecta) |
| First Show: |
Opening set of
odds put up by the course bookmaker |
| Forecast: |
The first two
dogs to cross the finish line in EXACT order (also Exacta or
Perfecta) |
| Get on: |
Have your bet
accepted |
| Going: |
Speed of track
as judged by the official track handicapper. Quoted in hundreths of a
second |
| Hand: |
unit of four
inches in which a horse's height is measured, at the shoulder |
| Jolly: |
Betting
parlance for the favourite in a race - the horse with the shortest
odds |
| Juice: |
(U.S) See 'Vig'.. |
| Lay: |
Take a bet on,
like a Bookmaker. |
| Line Betting: |
It is an
even-money paid bet where you take a position either side of two possible
outcomes of the event. e.g. England runs vs. Australia may quote 225-230
(a bit like a spread), thats called the Line. Selling the Line
means you win if they score less than 225 and Buying the line
means winning if they score more than 230. This is popular in the
U.S. |
| Match Bet: |
A bet between
two horses or people, not necessarily in competition with each other. e.g. two
golfers who will be trying to win their tournament, not beat each other or be
aware that the bet exists |
| Odds: |
The ratio to
which your bet will be paid if your bet wins. e.g. 3-1 means for every £1
you bet, you will receive £3 of winnings |
| On tilt: |
Losing the
ability to rationalise bets and betting wildly on every race. |
| Open Race: |
A race for the
dogs of top ability. Indicated on the race card by OR |
| Overlay: |
This is a
price offered on a particular horse that is higher than the true odds of it winning. |
| Perfecta: |
The first two
dogs to cross the finish line in EXACT order (also Exacta or
Forecast) |
| Pick 3: |
Select the
winner of three consecutive races |
| Place: |
The second dog
to cross the finish line places |
| Pool: |
A pool is a
sum of many collected as bets on a dog race. i.e. the |
| Price: |
Noun ~
The quoted odds for a horse to win
Verb ~ The process of giving
Prices |
| Puppy: |
A dog that is
less than 2 years old. Racing starts at 15 months |
| Quinella: |
The first two
dogs to cross the finish line in any order (also Reverse Forecast) |
| Reverse Forecast: |
The first two
dogs to cross the finish line in any order (also Quinella) |
| Shorten: |
Odds that
reduce, say from 10-1 to 8-1, are said to have shortened. |
| Show: |
The third
greyhound to cross the finish line shows |
| Superfecta: |
The first four
dogs in their EXACT ORDER of finish |
| Tote: |
"Tote" is
short for Totalisator, a system introduced to Britain in 1929 to offer pool
betting on racecourses. |
| Trifecta: |
The dogs
finishing first, second and third place in EXACT ORDER (also Trio) |
| Trap: |
The box the
dog starts in. From 1 to 6 |
| Trial: |
A non-betting
event to give dogs experience or excercise |
| Trio: |
The dogs
finishing first, second and third place in EXACT ORDER (also
Trifecta) |
| True Odds: |
The real odds
of something happening as opposed to what the bookies offer. |
| Vig: |
Vig is short
for the word 'vigorish'. Also referred to as 'juice' (US). The edge that one
side of a bet has to make their advantage. |
| Win: |
The first dog
to cross the finish line wins |
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