Abbreviations appear on all of our racecards and can be found against horses, jockeys, trainers and in the form lines of runners. Below is an explanation of each of the abbreviations.
Race types
Am - amateur
App - apprentice
Auc - auction
AW - all-weather
Ch - chase
Cls - Class
Cond - NH conditional
Div - Division
Gd - Grade 1,2 or 3 (Jumps)
Gp - Group 1, 2 or 3 (Flat)
Hcap - handicap
Hur or H - hurdle
List - Listed
Mdn - maiden
NHF - National Hunt Flat race
Nov - novice
Sell - selling
Sex and Colours
b - bay
bl - black
br - brown
ch - chestnut
c - colt
f - filly
g - gelding
gr - grey
h - horse
m - mare
r - rig
ro - roan
wh - white
Going
f or fm - firm
g or gd - good
hd - hard
hy or hvy - heavy
s or sft - soft
stand - standard AW
yld - yielding (IRE)
Distances
dist - distance (240y from finish)
f - furlong
hd - head
l - length
m - mile
nk - neck
nse - nose (shortest margin)
shd - short head
y - yards
Headgear
h - hood
b - blinkers (if being worn for a first or second time a 1 or 2 will be beside the letter)
p - (sheepskin) cheekpieces
t - tongue-tie
v - visor
e - eye hood
Ht - hood and tongue-tie
e/c - eyecover
e/s - eyeshield
Other
BF - beaten favourite last time out
Btn - beaten
C - previous course winner
C - co-favourite of 3 +
CD - previous course and distance winner
D - previous distance winner
J - joint favourite of 2
N/R - non-runner
1 or 2 beside trainer name - confirms horse is having its first or second race for that trainer
of 3 +
RTF % - indicates the percentage of a trainer’s horses who run to form in past 16 days
OR - official rating assigned by the British Horseracing Authority
RPR - Racing Post Rating (compiled by our private form handicapper), adjusted for that day’s weights
TS - Topspeed
W1 - Horse having first run since wind surgery
W2 - Horse having second run since wind surgery
Form figures
1-9 - position the horse finished. All-weather (Flat) and point-to-point (jumps) are in bold.
0 - if the horse finished outside the top 10
- between numbers indicate year separation (i.e. left of this is from a previous year)
/ between numbers indicates a season separation (i.e. left of this is from the season before last)
B - brought down
C - carried out
D - disqualified
F - fell
HR - hit rails
L - left at start
O - horse ran out
P - pulled up
R - refused
S - slipped up
U - unseated rider
V - void race
Live coverage
ATR - At The Races
CH4 - Channel 4
RUK - Racing UK
RTE - Irish coverage
ITV - ITV Racing
ITV4 - ITV Racing