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A Dictionary Of Horse Racing Terms - I To L
By: Mike Davies
IN THE FRAME
Once a horse has been placed or has managed to win a race,
its number will be displayed in the winning frame of the
numbers board on the racecourse.
It is then said to be "In the frame"
IRONS
When a jockeys riding boots become separated from the
stirrups during a race, he is said to have "Lost his irons".
JOCKEY CLUB
With its origins at the Star and Garter, Pall Mall, the
Jockey Club is the oldest turf authority in the world.
Formed in 1752 it was incorporated into the Royal Charter
in 1970, and was the only governing body for British horse
racing for both jumps and flat until recently.
Up until 1968 the National Hunt Committee administered
jumps meets, but in 1968 this body was merged into the
Jockey Club.
Jockey Club premises are sited at the Jockey Club Rooms in
the High Street, Newmarket.
4500 acres of land around Newmarket are owned by the Jockey
Club, including the Heath where race meets are held. 2800
acres are used for gallops training.
The Jockey Club now has modern offices in Portman Square,
London.
Excellent information re: the Jockey Club is available
online at:
<A
HREF=http://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk>http://www.thejockeyclub.co.u k</A>
It is packed with up to date news, stories and Jockey Club
decisions, the clubs history and various activities.
Advice on how day to day racing is conducted. Safety and
welfare issues are covered and there is full analysis of
licensing and discipline.
JOINT
On the racecourse, a bookie will setup a temporary
"establishment" made up of:
* Wooden steps
* A tin tray or other receptacle for coins, chalk and sponge
* A board to mark the odds on with chalk. This used to be a
blackboard, but is more often a whiteboard nowadays with
black marker ink.
* A collapsible metal tripod on which the board can be
mounted, and a satchel into which banknotes can be put (and
lucky punters paid)
The most important feature of the joint is the wooden steps
from where the bookie can shout the odds and give out
tickets. Before racing, these steps can be seen piled up in
Tattersalls and other betting rings.
The bookies clerk is also on or near the steps entering all
bets into the field book as they are laid, and with
breathtaking arithmetic he will note down other details
about the bet such as the loss stood by the firm should the
bettor win.
LADS, LASSES
The whole business of racing would cease to exist without
its core workforce, known as "stable lads and lasses". They
are generally quite poorly paid, working for the love of
the sport. The work is hard and the hours unsocial.
On average they tend to 3 horses, mucking and riding out.
Sue Montgomery of the Racing Post once commented:
"One of the main problems of working with horses, is that
relatively few people do unless they want to.
It has always been the vocations such as nursing, the
cloth, teaching and working with animals that have been
lowest in the pecking order for conditions and money.
With horses, employers have traditionally taken advantage
of firstly their employees desire to do the job, and
secondly their love for individual horses and their care"
LEG
Various possible meanings:
1. If a horse suffers a leg injury: "he's done a leg"
2. Could indicate the current stage of a multiple bet i.e.
the Lincoln Handicap could be considered the first "leg" of
the Spring Double with the Grand National being the second.
3. The forerunners of modern bookies had a bad reputation
and were often referred to as "blacklegs" or just "legs"
LEVY BOARD
Abbreviation of the "Horserace Betting Levy Board."
Established in 1961 this has become a statutory body in the
same year that betting shops were first made legal.
The objective of the board is to filter money that is put
into racing every year via betting back through various
angles aimed at the greater good of racing.
The scope of the operation has grown hugely in terms of the
racing activities and the various funded interests, but
overall given inflation over the same period, the levy
fails to collect much more money in real terms than it did
45 years ago.
The money is used for a wide variety of purposes including
breeding and racing programmes, but as always there never
appears to be enough.
Other uses of the money include prize money (the biggest
outgoing), security, technical services on racecourses,
improvements to racecourses, veterinary research, point to
points, horse and pony societies, apprentice training and
farriery.
LIMITED STAKES
Only horses awarded a handicap rating at or below a figure
specified in the conditions for the race are allowed to
compete.
LISTED RACE
The importance of "listed races" is immediately below that
of Group races.
About the author: Mike J Davies is a Computer Analyst, LSE
Day trader, and a Betfair Trader and Advisor. More advice
and articles are available at Mike's website. <a
href="http://www.Betfair-Trade.com">Betfair-Trade.com</a>
Mike also runs a successful E-Lottery Syndicate business
at: <a
href="http://www.v-w-d.com/mainstreet">eLottaLotto.com</a>
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