BF – Stands for beaten favourite and indicates a horse was favourite for its last race but did not win.
BF - beaten favourite last time out. Btn - beaten. C - previous course winner.
You may also see theses abbreviations:
CD indicates a horse has won over course and distance. BF stands for beaten favourite and indicates a horse was favourite for a race, but did not win.
/: This represents a gap of two or more seasons. P: Pulled up (Did not finish the race) F: Fell. U: Unseated rider. R: Refused (generally refers to refusing to even attempt to jump a fence or hurdle but can also be refused to race which is more commonly RR)
A horse wearing blinkers is denoted on a racecard by a small b next to the horse's weight (b1 indicates that the horse is wearing blinkers in a race for the first time).
Other letters that signify a horse failed to complete the course include 'B', 'S' and 'O', which stand for 'Brought down', 'Slipped up' and 'Ran out', respectively; if a horse runs out, it fails, through its own volition or because it has been hampered by a rival, to stay on the designated course or misses out an ...
Colours (of horses)
There are five colours. B = Bay. Bl = Black. Br = Brown. Ch = Chestnut.
The Dosage Profile (DP) is a set of five numbers indicating apparent aptitude based on sires in the subject horse's pedigree.
Fall – F. A horse runs in the race but falls at one of the obstacles. Brought Down – BD. This is when a horse bumps with a falling horse and is then in turn brought down at a fence. The numbers – if you see 0 (zero) this means the horse finished 10th or worse.
Useful abbreviations relating to the results of previous races are: D = disqualified, 0 = not in the first nine, R = refused, U = the rider was unseated, P = pulled up and F = Fell. Other information that appears alongside a horse's name includes the stalls allocation for that horse.
The British Horseracing Authority is responsible for the governance, administration and regulation of horseracing and the wider horseracing industry in Britain. The BHA leads on the development and growth of racing, and prioritises the health and welfare of the sport's participants.
Any older horses would have their ratings adjusted to 10 stone. in form figures indicates 'won'. Other superior figures indicate finishing position (2nd - 6th). Letters used include F (fell), pu (pulled up), ur (unseated rider), bd (brought down), r (refused), su (slipped up), ro (ran out) and co (carried out).
Thoroughbred (TB) horses succeed in long-distance racing.
Win / place each way
This each-way bet includes a win bet and a place bet on a single ticket. Let's say you place a $10 each-way bet. This basically means that you are placing $10 on the win bet and $10 on the place bet, so the each-way bet will cost you $20.
First, second and third place finishes in black-type (stakes) races will qualify a horse for bold (black) type in a catalog. Black-type winners are listed in bold-faced capital letters.
Hor concours is a French phrase and means roughly “exception from competition”. You may also see or hear it referred to as HC. It is most commonly used in the dressage ring. Whether or not riders may ride hor concours is at the discretion of the judges and organizers.
A daily double is a parimutuel wager offered by horse and dog racing tracks (and at jai alai frontons) in North America. Bettors wager on the winners of two races, pre-designated by the track for a particular race day. The Daily Racing Form's glossary defines a daily double as two consecutive races.
Abbreviations are also used here. P = Pulled Up, F = Fell, UR = Unseated Rider, BD = Brought down, R = Refused. A hyphen indicated a new season, while a forward slash indicates two seasons have passed. Horse Summary – Some racecards will include a brief summary on the horse's chances underneath each horse.
The letters AA after a racehorse's name stand for Anglo-Arabian - a separate breed to thoroughbreds which is the result of various crosses between thoroughbreds, Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses. To qualify as Anglo-Arabian or AA, at least 12.5 per cent of a horse's genetic make-up must be Arabian.
In horse racing SP stands for starting price, the odds on a horse at the start of the race in which it is running.
Barrel racing can be set up in many different formats, but usually it is in a 4D format. Meaning, the first division is the fastest time, the second division is the fastest time plus half a second, the third division is the fastest time plus one second, and the fourth division is the fastest time plus two seconds.