Greyhounds Dog Racing Glossary, P to Z

Greyhound dog racing terms, meaning of words P to Z: Terminology, Jargon, Slang, Vocabulary.

P
Paddock - The area of lockout kennels, scales and the inspection ring. The greyhounds are kept there prior to racing. Before a race, the greyhounds are weighed, identified by a paddock judge, walked and blanketed before entering the track.
Pari-mutuel Wagering - Taken from the French term meaning "betting between ourselves", wagering in which winnings are taken from the total amount of money. The system insures that you never wager "against the track" but only against other players.
Perfecta - A wagering term describing the first two greyhounds to cross the finish line in exact order. (UK, Straight Forcast).
Photo Finish - A photo device utilized to more accurately determine the winner of a race where the finishers are very close.
Place - A wagering term describing the second greyhound to cross the finish line. A wager for place means you collect if your dog finishes either first or second.
Post - A greyhound's box or post position number. A greyhound's number always corresponds to the number of his starting box. The term also is used to recognize the exact time the greyhounds start from the Starting Box.
Post Parade - The lead outs parade the greyhounds in front of the grandstand prior to a race for a blanket and muzzle inspection.
Post Time - The time the first race of a performance begins, or any other race on the program.
Post Weight - The greyhound's official weight reported before the greyhound enters the racetrack.
Pup - A young dog; a puppy.
Program - A guide to the day's races including detailed, compiled data to assist customers in handicapping the races.

Q
Quiniela (Quinella) - A wagering term describing the two greyhounds finishing first and second in either order. (UK, Reverse Forecast).

R
Racing Commission - A state or county regulatory agency that oversees all aspects of greyhound racing.
Racing Secretary - The track official whose major functions include determining how many races of each grade are to be run over each distance for any given performance and conducting the random draw for post position.
Rail - The inside race strip where the mechanical lure runs around the track.
Reverse Forecast - A bet placed on two greyhounds, to cross the finish line in any order. (USA, Quiniela).
Ringer - A greyhound (or horse) entered in a race under another's name, usually a good runner replacing a poorer one.
Rural Rube Award - Given each year to the nation's top sprint (5/16-mile) greyhound by the National Greyhound Association; named for an outstanding sprinter of the late 1930s.

S
Scale Room - An area within the Paddock where the greyhounds are weighed on a calibrated scale by the Clerk of Scales.
Schooling Race - A practice race held using actual racing conditions, but in which no wagering is allowed.
Scratch - The withdrawal of a greyhound from a race. Scratches at Mile High are listed by race number then greyhound number.
Separate Pools - Money wagered on a race at another track, which is totally apart from the pool at the other track.
Show - The third greyhound across the finish line. A wager to show means you collect if your selected greyhound finishes either first, second or third.
Single - A Straight bet on one selection to win one race or event, also known as a straight-up bet.
Sire - The father of a greyhound.
Sprint - A race run over 5/16 of a mile or shorter distance.
Stakes Race - A race for a championship or for a purse larger than those offered for ordinary feature races.
Starter - A greyhound becomes a starter for the race when the doors of the starting box open.
Starting Boxes - Mechanical gates that ensure all runners start in unison.
Steam - When a betting selection starts to move quite rapidly, usually caused by many bettors betting on it.
Straight Forecast (UK) - A tote bet operating in races of 3 or more declared runners in which the punter has to pick the first and second to finish in the correct order. See 'Forcast'.
Superfecta - Picking the first four greyhounds to finish in exact order.
System - A method of betting, usually mathematically based, used by a punter to try to get an advantage.

T
Takeout - The money taken from the betting pool by track management for the state and for the association.
Tattoo - An identification number placed inside the ear of a registered racing greyhound.
Tattoo Draw - When purchasing, all greyhounds are selected in order of purchase or reserve/deposit - according to your preferred sex or random draw by tattoo. (See "Tattoo Drawing" below.)
Tattoo Drawing - Most pups are sold by the time they are three months of age, so the sellers rarely have greyhounds of an older age. This is a favorable way to purchase greyhounds since no one can tell how much speed any greyhound pup will have at such an early age and therefore the purchase price is relatively low. To determine ownership in each litter, sellers hold a drawing by the tattoo numbers found in the ears of each greyhound. This is held after the 4th month of age since that allows the sellers time to meet all administrative requirements of the National Greyhound Association before any drawing is held.
Titanic Tri-Super - This operates the same as the 'Tri-Super', except you must correctly select the Trifecta combination in the 5th Race and the Superfecta in the 7th Race.
Totalisator Machine - A computerized system that records amounts wagered, prints tickets for bettors, calculates odds and displays them on screens throughout a race track.
Tote Board - A board located behind the racetrack's backstretch that displays the odds, pools, results, and payoffs for each race.
Trainer - A kennel employee whose responsibility is preparing greyhounds for racing.
Trap - One of the box-like compartments that are set along the starting line of a greyhound race-track where the dogs wait before being released at the beginning of a race.
Tricast or Treble Forecast - A bet placed on three greyhounds, to cross the finish line in exact chosen order. (USA, Trifecta).
Trifecta - A wagering term describing the first three greyhounds to cross the finish line in exact chosen order. (UK, Tricast).
Tri-Super - Similar to the 'Twin Trifecta' below. You select the winning Trifecta combination in one race and exchange that ticket for a Superfecta in the following race.
Twin Trifecta - A multiple pool bet. Two trifecta selections in two races. You select the winning Trifecta combination in one race and exchange that ticket for a second Trifecta in the following race. One-half of the net Twin Trifecta pool will be paid equally to winners of the first half when those tickets are presented to be exchanged. The remaining half of the pool, along with any carry over will be to winners of the second half. If no one selects the second half correctly, the pool is carried over to the next racing performance.

W
WGRF - World Greyhound Racing Federation, the worldwide promotion association for the sport.
Wheel - A wagering term describing the selection of a greyhound to win, place or show with every other greyhound in the race.
Whelping - The act of birth.
Win - A Win bet is a also called a straight bet or a single. If you bet for Win you collect only if your chosen greyhound is the first across the finish line.
Winner's Circle - Where the winning greyhound proceeds following the race, often to participate in a ceremonial presentation.
Wire - The finish line for a race.

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