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| TOPWEIGHT | Highest weight assigned or carried in a race. |
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| TOTALISATOR (the Tote) | Pari-mutual wagering system in which all money bet is divided up among those who have winning tickets, after taxes and the club's percentage is deducted; also (1) the organisation administering the system and (2) machine which sells and records betting tickets and calculates and displays payout figures. |
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| TRACK RECORD | Fastest time at a distance recorded at a particular track |
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| TRACKWORK | The training sessions horses are put through to prepare and condition them for racing, also called workouts. |
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| TRIAL | Workout which is in the form of a mock race. |
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| TURF COURSE | Grass course. |
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| UNDER PUNISHMENT | Horse being whipped and driven. |
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| UNDER WRAPS | Horse kept under stout restraint in a race or workout. |
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| UNDERLAY | A horse racing at shorter odds than it should. |
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| UNTRIED | Not raced or tested for speed. Also a stallion who has not been bred. |
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| VALET | Person who attends riders and keeps their wardrobe and equipment in order. |
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| WALKOVER | Race which scratches down to only one starter who merely gallops required distance. A formal gesture required by rules of racing. An uncontested event. |
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| WARMING UP | Galloping horse on way to post. |
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| WASHY | Horse breaking out in nervous sweat before race. |
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| WEAVING | Swaying motion in stall, or act of threading way through field in race. |
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| WEIGHT-FOR-AGE | Fixed scale of weights to be carried by horses according to age, sex, distance of race and season of year. |
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| WHIP | Instrument, usually of leather, with which rider strikes horse to increase his speed. Also called bat, stick and gad. |
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| WINDED | Horse breathing with difficulty after workout or race. |
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| WITHERS | The highest point of a horse's shoulder. |
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| WORK | To exercise a horse. A workout. |
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| YEARLING | Thoroughbred between the first New Year's Day after being foaled and the following January 1. |
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| YIELDING | Condition of turf course with a great deal of moisture. |
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