What does BF mean on a race card?
BF stands for beaten favourite and indicates a horse was favourite for a race, but did not win.
How do you read a Racing Post?
The string of numbers to the left of each horse’s name are the form figures and they are places they have finished in their most recent races, reading from left to right with regards to their latest position. So if a horse has figures of 616111, it would have won its last three races but finished sixth the time before.
What does G stand for in horse racing?
size & dam
= – An equal sign (=) in front of a horse’s name means that the horse is foreign-bred but has not been imported. g) means size & dam & gelding – (P) means the horse pulled up in last race.
What’s a nap in horse racing?
Most National newspapers in the UK employ a tipster or columnist who provides horse racing tips. Nap (derived from the card game Napoleon) indicates this is the tipster’s most confident selection of the day. nb = “Next best” and indicates another selection that the tipster rates highly.
What does off the bridle mean in racing?
A horse being pushed along by its jockey to keep up with the pace is said to be “off the bridle”.
What does 7lb claimer mean?
– 7lb until they have won 20 races; – 5lb until they have won 40 races; – 3lb until they have won 75 races.
What does NR mean in horse racing?
Non-runner
Non-runner (NR) is a term used when a horse will no longer be taking part in the race. Almost all bookmakers will refund stakes placed on horse racing non-runners.
What is grip in racing?
Grip is defined as the coefficient of friction between the surface of the tyre and the surface of the racetrack. This friction depends on an array of factors including the roughness of the track as well as the type, temperature and therefore behaviour of the tyre rubber.
What does mm mean in horse racing Ladbrokes?
More commonly known by its other initials – MM – or Mickey Mouse market.
When was the ref first carried out in the UK?
– REF 2021 What is the REF? The REF was first carried out in 2014, replacing the previous Research Assessment Exercise.
What does F stand for in horse racing?
On a horse’s form guide, an ‘F’ signifies the horse fell at a fence during the race. A relatively easy term to understand, the favourite is the horse with the shortest price and tipped to win the race. A measure of distance in a race. A furlong is equivalent to around 200m and there are eight furlongs in the mile.
Who are the funding bodies for the ref?
The REF was first carried out in 2014, replacing the previous Research Assessment Exercise. The REF is undertaken by the four UK higher education funding bodies: Research England, the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), and the Department for the Economy, Northern Ireland (DfE).
What are the main aims of the ref?
The funding bodies’ shared policy aim for research assessment is to secure the continuation of a world-class, dynamic and responsive research base across the full academic spectrum within UK higher education. We expect that this will be achieved through the threefold purpose of the REF: