Glossary Terms

Broadly, a race distance of longer than 1-1/8 miles.

Horse that performs well at longer distances.

When a horse bites another horse or a person.

Fixed weights to be carried by horses according to their age, sex, race distance and time of year.

A secondary mount of a jockey in a race in the event his primary mount is scratched.

Grandmother of a horse. Also known as a “granddam.”