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Greyhound BettingGreyhound Betting - History - Betting Tips - Winners - Glossary Greyhound Racing GlossaryAcross The Board - You make three individual bets on one greyhound to Win, Place, and Show. If your selection wins, you collect on all three bets. If your selection runs second, you collect on Place and Show bets. If your greyhound selection runs third, you collect the Show bet. AGC - American Greyhound Council, Inc. AGTOA - American Greyhound Track Operators Association. Ajax - UK slang term for 'Betting Tax'. All-America Team - The eight top racing greyhounds selected each year by AGTOA. Apron - An area located next to the racetrack where patrons may watch greyhound racing up close. A fence line separates the apron from the actual greyhound racing surface. Arbitrage - Where a variation in odds available allows a punter to back both sides and guarantee a win. ARCI - Association of Racing Commissioners International, Inc., based in Lexington, Kentucky. Backstretch - The area of the greyhounds racetrack opposite the finish line. At most greyhound tracks, it is the area that crosses in front of the Tote board. Banker – Greyhound highly expected to win. The strongest greyhound in a multiple selection in a parlay or accumulator. Beeswax - UK slang term for betting tax. Also known as 'Bees' or 'Ajax'. Bertillon Card - A greyhound's identification card that lists 56 physical identifying points for every registered racing greyhound. The greyhound's Bertillon number is tattooed in its ear. Blanket - A covering for a greyhound bearing a number and color corresponding to post position. There are nine officially numbered blankets used in greyhound racing. Bottle - UK slang, odds of 2 to 1. Breeder - The individual who is the owner or lessee of his or her dam at the time of whelping. Buck (US) - A bet of US$ 100 (also known as a 'dollar bet') Calls - The position of each greyhound at specific points around the greyhound track during a race. Career Record - A series of five numbers indicating, in order, a greyhound's total number of starts, followed by first place, second place, third place, and fourth place finishes. Cart - The motor that runs around the greyhound racetrack with the lure. Also called lure motor. Chart - A record of each race showing finish, calls, odds and comments describing each racer's performance; useful to handicappers studying a greyhound's past performance. Chartwriter - A person who compiles records of each race and writes comments describing each greyhound's performance during a race. Close (US) - Final odds on a greyhound. Compound - An area where the racing association houses racing greyhounds. Cool-Out Area - An area where racing greyhounds cool down following a race. At most tracks water is provided as well as ample room to walk around. Course - Designates the distance of a greyhound race. The most common distances are 5/16, 3/8 and 7/16 mile courses. Crow's Nest - The area where the announcer, judges and others watch the greyhound races from a high vantage point. Daily Double - Similar to an accumulator you select the greyhound winners of the first and second races. You must place your bet before the start of the first greyhound race. Dam - The mother of a greyhound. Dead Heat - An exact tie between two or more greyhounds in a race. The greyhound's nose determines the winner in the photo finish. Doubleheader - Two greyhound racing performances during one day. Draw - A random process by which each greyhound's starting position is determined. Ear Tattoos - A greyhound's right ear tattoo represents the month, year and tattoo order of your dogs litter. Escape Turn - The first turn of the greyhound racetrack after the front stretch. Far Turn - The third turn of the racetrack. Fast - The greyhound racetrack's state during normal weather conditions. Field - The number of entries in a greyhound race. Greyhound races are comprised of fields of eight or nine racers. Flashy Sir Award - Given each year to the nation's top distance (3/8-mile) greyhound by the NGA; named for an outstanding distance greyhound of the mid-1940's. Forced out - A chartwriter's term describing an instance of a greyhound being crowded to the outside by one or more opponents. Front Stretch - The portion of the greyhound racetrack closest to the Apron. The finish line is located here.
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