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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 whole range of odds which… Read More »What does evens mean in betting?

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 in horse racing? It means… Read More »What does bar mean in horse racing

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 apart from anything else are… Read More »What does pull up mean in horse racing

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 maybe they will bold the… Read More »What is nap in racing

A placed horse is simply one that finished in the places (and an unplaced horse is one that didn’t win or finish in the places) . Technically a winning horse is a placed horse also it finished in first place, but generally when we refer to a placed horse we mean one that finished in the places without winning. So… Read More »Placed Horse