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

Hi ipunter,

From the sounds of your other post, it seems like your racing research mission is going well. Keep up the good work!!

Found this site regarding Horse racing terms:

Dictionary of Gambling Terms

Regarding gear changes, racenet are pretty good. You'll also find comprehensive gear changes at the various states websites, Racing NSW, VIC etc.

Racenet Gear Changes

Best of Luck!

The Schmile

Also found a good glossary of gear changes at Just Racing:

Gear Changes Glossary

The Schmile

Thanks Schmile thats great info. Saved me hours of searching (Not that I hadn't already)

Cheers