ERA What does that mean...?

Types of Races

  1 Purebred Arabian Races
  2 Thoroughbred Races
  3 Maiden
  4 Handicap
  5 Conditions Race
  6 Listed Races
  7

People in Racing

  1

Apprentice Jockey

  2 Bloodstock Agent
  3

Breeder

  4

Clerk Of The Course

  5

Clerk Of The Scales

  6

Commentator

  7

Farrier

  8

Groom

  9

Handicapper

  10

Jockey

  11

Judge

  12

Outrider

  13

Owner

  14

Paddock Steward

  15

Racing Secretary

  16

Starter

  17 Stewards
  18

Trainer

  19 Valet
  20

Veterinarian

  21

Work Rider

Tack & Equipment

  1

Bandages

  2

Bit

  3

Blinkers

  4

Body Protector

  5

Breeches

  6

Bridle

  7

Cheekpieces

  8

Colours

  9

Earplugs

  10

Girth

  11

Halter/Head Collar

  12

Hood

  13

Irons

  14

Microchip

  15

Noseband

  16 Number Cloth
  17

Pacifiers

  18

Passport

  19

Photo Finish

  20

Rails

  21

Saddle

  22

Shadow Roll

  23

Skull Cap

  24

Starting Stalls

  25

Surcingle

  26

Tongue Tie

  27

Visor

  28 Weight Cloth
  29 Weights
  30

Whip

  31

Winning Post

Racing Terminology

  1 Action
  2

Age

  3

“All Out”

  4

Allowance

  5

Backmarker

  6

Backstretch

  7

Backward

  8

Ballot

  9

Black Type

  10 Blanket Finish
  11

Bleeder

  12 “Blown Up”
  13

Blow-out

  14

Bolt

  15 “Boxed In”
  16 Break
  17 “Breather”
  18 Breeze
  19 Broken Down
  20

Broodmare

  21 ”Choked Down”
  22

Colic

  23

Colour

  24 Colt
  25 Conditions Book
  26

Conformation

  27 Connections
  28 Consignor
  29 ”Cut in the Ground”
  30 Dam
  31

Dead-Heat

  32 Declare
  33 Dirt
  34

Disqualification

  35 Distance
  36 Draw
  37 Dubai World Cup
  38 Dwelt
  39 Eased Down
  40

Eligible

  41

Embargo

  42

Entries

  43 Field
  44 Filly
  45 Form
  46 Furlong
  47 Galloping Track
  48 Gate Schooling
  49 Gelding
  50 ”Get the Trip”
  51 Going
  52 Green
  53 ”Hacked Up”
  54 Half-Brother or Sister
  55 Hands & Heels
  56 Hands
  57

“Handy”

  58

Hanging

  59

Homebred

  60

Home Turn

  61

Inquiry

  62

“In The Money”

  63 Juvenile
  64

Lame

  65 Length
  66 Maiden
  67 Mare
  68

Margins

  69

Markings

  70

Nearside

  71

Non-Runner

  72 Objection
  73 “Off the Pace “
  74

Offside

  75 “On the Bit/Off the Bit”
  76 ”Over the Top”
  77

Overweight

  78 Pace
  79

Paddock

  80 Passport
  81 Penalty
  82

Place

  83

Pole

  84

Prize/Purse Money

  85

Prohibited Substance

  86

Pull Up

  87

Quarantine

  88

Relegation

  89

Reserve

  90 ”Ridden Out”
  91 ”Run Back”
  92 “Run Free”
  93

Runner

  94 Scope (1)
  95

Scope or Endoscope (2)

  96

Scratching

  97

Sectional Timing

  98

Sex Allowance (Gender Allowance)

  99

Sire

  100

Socks

  101 “Spread a Plate “
  102

Sprint

  103

Stakes Race

  104 Starters List
  105 Stayers
  106 Stiff Track
  107

Stud Book

  108

Suffix

  109

Suspension

  110 Swab
  111

Testing or Sampling Unit

  112

Tying Up

  113 Tight Track
  114

Turf

  115 Vaccinations
  116

Veterinary Withdrawal Certificate

  117

Veterinary Certificate / Clearance (requirement for…)

  118

Weighing Room

  119 Weigh In/Out
  120

Weight

  121 Weight For Age
  122 Winner's Enclosure
  123

Work