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Greyhound BettingGreyhound Betting - History - Betting Tips - Winners - Glossary Greyhound Racing GlossaryPaddock - The area of lockout kennels, scales and the inspection ring. The greyhounds are kept there prior to racing. Before a race, the greyhounds are weighed, identified by a paddock judge, walked and blanketed before entering the track. Photo Finish - A photo device utilized to more accurately determine the winner of a greyhound race where the finishers are very close. Place - A wagering term describing the second greyhound to cross the finish line. A wager for place means you collect if your dog finishes either first or second. Post - A greyhound's box or post position number. A greyhound's number always corresponds to the number of his starting box. The term also is used to recognize the exact time the greyhounds start from the Starting Box. Post Parade - The lead outs parade the greyhounds in front of the grandstand prior to a race for a blanket and muzzle inspection. Post Time - The time the first race of a performance begins, or any other race on the program. Post Weight - The greyhound's official weight reported before the greyhound enters the racetrack. Program - A printed guide to the day's races including detailed, compiled data to assist customers in handicapping the races. Racing Commission - A state or county regulatory agency that oversees all aspects of greyhound racing. Racing Secretary - The track official whose major functions include determining how many greyhound races of each grade are to be run over each distance for any given performance and conducting the random draw for post position. Rail - The inside race strip where the mechanical lure runs around the track. Ringer - A greyhound entered in a race under another's name - usually a good runner replacing a poorer one. Rural Rube Award - Given each year to the nation's top sprint (5/16-mile) greyhound by the National Greyhound Association; named for an outstanding sprinter of the late 1930s. Scale Room - An area within the Paddock where the greyhounds are weighed on a calibrated scale by the Clerk of Scales. Schooling Race - A practice race held using actual racing conditions, but in which no wagering is allowed. Scratch - The withdrawal of a greyhound from a race. Scratches at Mile High are listed by race number then greyhound number. Show - The third greyhound across the finish line. A wager to show means you collect if your selected greyhound finishes either first, second or third. Single - A Straight bet on one selection to win one greyhound race or event, also known as a straight-up bet. Sire - The father of a greyhound. Sprint - A race run over 5/16 of a mile or shorter distance. Stakes Race - A greyhound race for a championship or for a purse larger than those offered for ordinary feature races. Starter - A greyhound becomes a starter for the race when the doors of the starting box open. Starting Boxes - Mechanical gates that ensure all runners start in unison. Steam - When a betting selection starts to move quite rapidly, usually caused by many bettors betting on it. System - A method of betting greyhounds, usually mathematically based, used by a punter to try to get an advantage. Tattoo - An identification number placed inside the ear of a registered racing greyhound. Totalisator Machine - A computerized system that records amounts wagered, prints tickets for bettors, calculates odds and displays them on screens throughout a greyhound race track. Tote Board - A board located behind the racetrack's backstretch that displays the odds, pools, results, and payoffs for each greyhound race. Trainer - A kennel employee whose responsibility is preparing greyhounds for racing. WGRF - World Greyhound Racing Federation, the worldwide promotion association for the sport. Wheel - A wagering term describing the selection of a greyhound to win, place or show with every other greyhound in the race. Whelping - The act of birth. Win - A Win bet is a also called a straight bet or a single. If you bet for Win you collect only if your chosen greyhound is the first across the finish line. Winner's Circle - Where the winning greyhound proceeds following the race, often to participate in a ceremonial presentation. Wire - The finish line for a greyhound race
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