Glossary
of Betting and Horseracing Terms
Betting
Ring -
Area of a racecourse where the pitch
bookmakers are situated
Bookie
- Slang for bookmaker
Bookmaker - Person or company who accept bets from the public
Duty
- Government taxation placed on goods and
services
Even
Money/Evens
- Odds of 1 to 1
Monkey -
five-hundred pounds bet, or wager
Place/Placed
-
Usually a horse who comes 2nd, 3rd, or 4th
in a race, depending on the number of runners
Pony - Twenty-five pounds (slang)
Pulled
Up -
Where a jockey ceases to take part in a
race due to injury or tiredness of his horse
Punter - Person placing
a bet
Score
-
Twenty or twenty pounds
SP/Starting
Price - The betting
odds of a horse officially stated as being generally
available at the start of the race
Steeplechasing - Horseracing where the horses must jump over fences to
complete the course
U/Unseated
Rider - Where an error by the horse causes a
jockey to fall off of it
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