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Horse racing
Also called equestrian sport. There are three types of horse racing: flat field racing; steeplechasing or racing over jumps; and harness racing, where horses trot or pace while pulling a driver in a small cart known as a sulky. Horse racing is closely associated with gambling generating a worldwide market of well over U.S. $100 billion.
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beyer number
Sports; Horse racing
A handicapping tool, popularized by author Andrew Beyer, assigning a numerical value to each race run by a horse based on final time and track condition. This enables different horses running at ...
form
Sports; Horse racing
Statistics of previous performance and comment as to the expected current performance of a runner, useful in deciding which runner to bet on.
forecast
Sports; Horse racing
A wager that involves correctly predicting the 1st and 2nd for a particular event. This bet can be straight, reversed or permed. (USA, Perfecta or Exacta).
fold
Sports; Horse racing
When preceded by a number, a fold indicates the number of selections in an accumulator (e.g. 5-Fold = 5 selections).
foal
Sports; Horse racing
A baby horse, usually refers to either a male or female horse from birth to January 1st of the following year.
flatten out
Sports; Horse racing
When a horse drops his head almost in a straight line with his body, generally from exhaustion.
