Racing Glossary 'S'

An alphabet of racing terms

We hope you find this glossary useful and informative. With this knowledge we hope you find that you can pick winners that little bit easier.

Selling Race : A race in which the winner must be offered for sale at auction on the racecourse, and will sometimes appear abbreviated to (S) Race in the title.

Spread a plate : this expression means that an horse has lost or damaged it's racing shoe before the start, which will then be delayed while a farrier repairs or replaces it.

Spread Betting: started by sporting index in 1992 this is a form of betting that covers every kind of sporting activity, the main difference with spread betting and normal betting when it comes to horse racing is with traditional betting you must bet on a specific horse or horses to win or to be placed or have forecasts, placepots, jackpots and more but they all have one thing in common the horse must be successful. Spread betting is a 'spread' of numbers which represent the firm's idea of the outcome of an event, backers, can buy if they think the result will be an higher number than the one quoted or sell if the this the result will be lower. This way you can oppose the favourite in a race without having to actually nominate a winner.

Sprinter: The term given to horses which specialise at racing the minimum distances on the flat which is five or six furlongs.

 

 

 

Starting Price : usually shown as just SP these are the prices you usually see in your newspaper results columns, are broadcast on TV and Radio and form the basis from which the bookies etc will payout.

Stayer : Term given to horses which secialise at racing over the longest distances on the flat which is two miles plus..

Stuffy Horse : A horse that needs a lot of work to keep his breathing clear.