Glossary Terms

Colors accepted by The Jockey Club are bay, black, chestnut, dark bay or brown, gray, roan and white. See individual entries for definitions.

An ungelded (entire) male horse four-years-old or younger.

Combining mutuel pools from off-track sites with the host track.

Class of horses in a race He last ran in stakes company.

Indicates the average earnings of progeny produced from mares bred to one sire when these same mares are bred to other sires. A CI of 1.00 is considered average, 2.00 is twice the average, 0.50 half the average, etc.

A series of booklets issued by a racing secretary which set forth conditions of races to be run at a particular racetrack.