iPunter
14th December 2010, 10:49 PM
Hi all
Been watching alot of race replays lately & wondeing about a few terms I hear about how a horse runs.
Can someone please help me here to clarify a few of the following; with what I think they mean in brackets.
Hung in - (I'm thinking it means the horse held its head away from the rail & hung its bum into the rail during the race?)
Hung out - (I'm thinking it means the horse held its head into the rail & hung its bum away from the rail during the race?)
Off the bit - (Rider has allowed the horse to run to its full potential, IE let the reigns loose & is urging it on?)
Carried wide (Assuming its been forced to the outside running of the track, or atleast away from the rail by another runner)
Also, I see form guides saying a horse "Raced greenly" which I figure is basically the horse playing up for the rider & generally making a fool of itself? Or does this mean it strode with a certain gait?
Finally, does anyone know where I can get ahold of early form guides (Preferably the day before) that show what gear a horse might be wearing. Basically I'm looking for guides that might note if a horse is wearing blinkers or a nose roll for the first time etc (As in perhaps a hint that it might not do one of the above bad habits & the gear could correct this behaviour giving an indication that this next run may be an improvement on its previous runs)
Any help here would be greatly appreciated. I currently log onto NSW TAB or sky racing & get the next days form guides but they don't have any of this info & also I am currently only using a subscription reward points to access the replays, this will run out soon & the form guides will no longer be available to me. I also use Bigponds racing website which is great for certain races but it doesn't cover every race I want to see. Being a little measly with my funds I am hoping to find somewhere I can veiw race replays for free but I'm guessing from what I have already searched it may be a subscription of some kind will be required if I want to keep this habit of watching replays up.
Cheers
Mik
Been watching alot of race replays lately & wondeing about a few terms I hear about how a horse runs.
Can someone please help me here to clarify a few of the following; with what I think they mean in brackets.
Hung in - (I'm thinking it means the horse held its head away from the rail & hung its bum into the rail during the race?)
Hung out - (I'm thinking it means the horse held its head into the rail & hung its bum away from the rail during the race?)
Off the bit - (Rider has allowed the horse to run to its full potential, IE let the reigns loose & is urging it on?)
Carried wide (Assuming its been forced to the outside running of the track, or atleast away from the rail by another runner)
Also, I see form guides saying a horse "Raced greenly" which I figure is basically the horse playing up for the rider & generally making a fool of itself? Or does this mean it strode with a certain gait?
Finally, does anyone know where I can get ahold of early form guides (Preferably the day before) that show what gear a horse might be wearing. Basically I'm looking for guides that might note if a horse is wearing blinkers or a nose roll for the first time etc (As in perhaps a hint that it might not do one of the above bad habits & the gear could correct this behaviour giving an indication that this next run may be an improvement on its previous runs)
Any help here would be greatly appreciated. I currently log onto NSW TAB or sky racing & get the next days form guides but they don't have any of this info & also I am currently only using a subscription reward points to access the replays, this will run out soon & the form guides will no longer be available to me. I also use Bigponds racing website which is great for certain races but it doesn't cover every race I want to see. Being a little measly with my funds I am hoping to find somewhere I can veiw race replays for free but I'm guessing from what I have already searched it may be a subscription of some kind will be required if I want to keep this habit of watching replays up.
Cheers
Mik