In greyhound racing, a number of abbreviations are used. Some of them are quite straightforward but some can be confusing, especially for people that are new to the sport. Brk is fairly easy to decipher as break for example but translating SsnSup to Season Suppressed would be very hard for a novice to work out.
Our guide to greyhound abbreviations should help you get a better understand and can be used as a handy greyhound racing abbreviation reference.
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
If you feel we have missed anything or you spot a greyhound abbreviation in your race card that isn’t on our list, please let us know!
what is the meaning of remark Handy; even away (EvAw) and LdSgh o CkSgh (Led Sough – checked Sough)
thanks
Handy means the greyhound was close up with the pace, and even away means it would have got away on terms/broke well. The other I don’t know I’m afraid!
Got this on a card ( Dint Rnin Disq ) but I can’t work out the Dint
What does the abbreviation (IT) mean as a grade? 9th October at perry Barr, there are a few races with this by them?
What is ‘Ck’? I have it in one dog’s racecard as follows: ‘CkBadly5’
Hi
My friends greyhound ran and it the comments at the end it’s got HT in brackets, could anybody tell me what this means please.
Are you able to tell me what if ment by pth it was next to the placement of a dog I was following after a race ronnies flyer is the dog cheers
Justin, IT is an Intertrack race which could mean 1 of 2 things. Either it ran in the Intertrack competition or a new trainer was grading dogs at Perry Bar from another track. It is most likely that it was an Intertrack Championship race.
Judy – Ck means ‘checked’, a term used when a dog slows up or halts its stride
Miss Kenny – HT stands for Hand Time meaning that there could have been a fault with their digital clock so therefore have to time the race/trial with a stopwatch
R. Taylor – DINT stands for deliberate interference meaning that the dog has made a move towards another greyhound with no intention of sticking to its own racing line
Can someone tell me what B1 means in race comments
I know its not the race Grade
Up with trap?
What’s the jam stick? The finish line?
That’s it Paul, winning post/finish line.
11:48 11/12/17 Perry Barr… What is (HT) please?
Hand Timed I believe Dean
What does Clmg mean when used to describe a Trial?
what is PkdStt
I know Stt is start
hello … I wonder if there is any set time for a dog that had Remark, Bmp, Crd. Remark of thumping that the tion will be wasted time.
is there any definite time for these Remarks and will it be lost?
Hello.
I did not quite understand the term for remark, Ld – Led or Lead. a person told me that the derelict is led on the curve (x), one already told me that he suffered a waste of time. Which one is right?
What does evaw mean.
What does ReQul mean
TAA ?
Abbreviation for greyhound — “greyt”