FAQs

A Rule 4 deduction is made when a horse is withdrawn before a race starts but where bets have already been taken. So an example will help to explain… If a race is just about to start and most of the bets from the public have been made and then a horse that was prominent…

If you had a bet with a friend, maybe on a game of pool or some such bit of fund you would likely bet at evens. Evens just means that you both put up the same stake and the winner takes all. When betting on sports events with a bookmaker you will come across a…

When you are on the racecourse you might hear a bookie shout ’20/1 Bar’ or ’20/1 bar the field’ or some such. Unfortunately the on course banter is not what is was in days gone by, but there are still old school bookies that like to shout up some business. So what does bar mean…

When a horse is pulled up in a race it means that the jockey has decided that the horse is not capable of carrying on and that it would be detrimental to the animal to continue. Contrary to what some will have you believe jockeys care a great deal for the horses they ride which…

The Nap is the best bet of the day from a given tipster. And the Next Best (NB) is the second best bet of the day. So if you follow a newspaper tipster they are likely to indicate which is their Nap and NB. Sometimes this may just be with a star or asterisk* Or…