What Does SCR Mean In Horse Racing?

I was out at the races the other day with a couple of friends, and we all made a few bets on some horses. One of my friends was quite new to it, and as he was making one of his first bets, he noticed the letters ‘SCR’ next to one of the horses he …

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What Does OR Mean In Horse Racing?

I was out at the races with a friend of mine who’s a bit of a novice recently. As he expected, he found a lot of it a bit overwhelming. There is a great deal of information to take in and it’s hard to learn it all except by experience, but one thing he did …

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What Does SP Mean In Horse Racing?

I took my son out to the races for his first time the other day, and he had a great time watching all the horses. I had a bit of a bet on a couple of the races while we were there and he was really curious about how it all worked, so I did …

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What Does Nap Mean In Horse Racing?

My family and I were out at the races the other day, and they’re all quite new to it. I’ve been doing it for years, and just felt like introducing them to one of my hobbies. One of the things they’ve been struggling with is all the strange jargon and abbreviations which, honestly, even I …

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What Does Pulled Up Mean In Horse Racing?

The family and I were watching a horse race on TV the other day, when suddenly one of the jockeys stopped his horse in the middle of the race. The announcer then said that this particular horse had been ‘pulled up’. Everyone was then asking me what this meant, or why it would happen. I …

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