Greyhound Racing Abbreviations

Greyhound racing abbreviations commonly appear on race cards and in newspaper race reports . Deciphering the meaning of some of these abbreviations can be confusing, especially for somebody new to the game. With this in mind we have compiled a list of all the most commonly used greyhound racing abbreviations in Ireland & the UK.

 

Aw – Away
Awk – Awkard
Ap – April
Au – August

B – Badly
b – Bitch
bd – Brindle
be – Blue
Blk – Black
Bmp – Bumped
Brk – Break
By – Won or lost by

Calc – Calculated
CalcTm – The time of victory on a standard track
ChL – Challenged
Clr – Clear
CmSg – Came Again
Crd – Crowded
cWinTm – The actual time taken to win the race

De – December
DH – Dead Heat
Dis – The race distance
Disp – Disputed
Disq – Disqualified
dk – Dark
DNF – Did not finish.

E – Early
EvCh – Every Chance

F – Favourite
f – Fawn
Fb – February
Fd – Faded
Fght – Fought
Fin – Finished
FlsHt – False Heat
Fr – From

G’ng – Track going

H – Hurdles
Hcp – Handicap
Hd – Head
HndTm – Had Timed

Imp – Impeded
Ir – Irish

J – Joint Favourite
Ja – January
Jn – June
Jy – July

Kilos – Weight of the greyhound

Ld – Led or Lead.
LN – Line
Lm – Lame
Lt – Light

(m) – Middle Runner
Mld – Middle
Mr – March
My – May
Msd – Missed

N – Normal
Nk – Neck
Nr – Near
Nv – November

Oc – October
O/C – Off Colour
Opcd – Outpaced
OR – Open race

P– Pace

Q – Quick

r – Red
Rec – Record
ReRn – Re Run
Rls – Rails
RnIn – Run In
RnOn – Run On
Rst – Rest

S – Stayers (Class)
schL – Schooling
Scr – Scratch
Sgh – Sough
Sh – Short Head
Sp – September
SP – Starting Price
SPI – Splits
Sn – Soon
Ssn – Season
SsnSup – Season Suppressed
S – Slow
Stb stumbled
STm – Split Time
Stt – Start
Styd – Stayed

WinTm – Winning Time

T – Trial
Th’out – Throughout
Tk – Track
Tkd – Ticked
Tm –Time
Tp – Trap

Unatt – Unattched

w – White
(w) – Wide Runner
WLL – Well