Glossary Terms

Contender.

Three-year-old horses. Called sophomores because age three is the second year of racing eligibility.

A term referring to a tired horse that begins to run less aggressively, backing off on the “pull” a rider normally feels on the reins from an eager horse. Also used as a generic term for an exhausted horse.

Short race, less than one mile.

A race that will be contested in a year subsequent to its closing, in which the money given by the track member conducting the same is added to the money contributed by the nominators.

A horse whose level of competition includes mostly stakes races.