Horse's Color b - bay ch - chestnut blk - black gr - gray br - brown ro - roan.
Horse's Sex c - colt male 3 years of age and under f - filly female 3 years of age.
STANDARD ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS Horse's Color b - bay ch - chestnut blk - black gr - gray br - brown ro - roan
Scratch information sk sick lm lame ijinjured jgjudges
Racing Information parked (2nd from rail) ooo - parked (3rd from rail) interfered with ibreak (off stride) xbreak due to ixinterference ex - break due to broken equipment - pacer racing without hopples (free-legged) - trotter racing with hopples ac - accident TDis - time disallowed be - broken equipment ihr- inside hubrail (eurotrack)
Horse's Sex c - colt male 3 years of age and under f-filly female 3 years of age and under g - gelding neutered male h - horse male 4 years of age and over m - mare female 4 years of age and over r - ridgling incomplete male horse s - spayed sterilized mare Track Sizes 5/8 - 5/8 mile track 3/4 - 3/4 mile track 7/8 - 7/8 mile track 1 - 1 mile track 1 1/4 - 1 1/4 mile track No designation next to the track abbreviation indicates track is 1/2 mile. "A" indicates afternoon or day race at a parimutuel track. Track Conditions ft - fast gd - good sy - sloppy sl - slow my - muddy
Finish ns hd nk dh dis plpudq DNF
W agering Information entry (same owner, trainer, eetc. for 2 or more horses in that race) field (coupled betting finterest) favorite *NB - non-betting race NR - not reported BAR - barred from wagering refund refNTS- no tickets sold
Classification of Races (continued) - Claiming race with horse entered 10000CL for $10,000 (plus allowances) - Horse was claimed in that race for 12500CLz $12,500 (plus allowances) 12500CLHC - Claiming race with post position drawn (handicapped) according to price entered - Horse eligible to be claimed for $6,000 plus 6000CL OP allowances in with conditioned horses 8000CL NW4 - Claiming-conditioned race in which horse is entered to be claimed for $8,000 (plus allowances) - Non-winners of a pari-mutuel race lifetime NW1PM - Non-winners of 1 race lifetime with an added NW1CD condition - Non-winners of 2 pari-mutuel races lifetime NW2PM - Non-winners of an average NW300PS of $300 per start - Maiden race (Non-winners MDN of any race for money) - Open race OPN - Preferred race PREF - Fillies and mares open FM OPN - Handicap (post position HC drawn or assigned to class) - Invitational race INV - Free-For-All FFA - Stake race STK - Late closing series LC - Early closing series EC - Ohio Sires Stake OHSS - Ohio State Fair OHSF - Ohio Fair Stake OHFS - Night of Champiions NOC
information nose head neck dead heat distanced (usually over 25 lengths behind winner) placed pulled up disqualified did not finish
Classification of Races - Also eligible. Either an AE additional condition of eligibility - or - a horse who draws into the race in the event of a scratch - Time Trial T - Matinee M AT - Qualifying Race QUA QUA HD- Qualifying Horse and Driver QUA TP - Qualifying Race with both trotters and pacers
NOTE: QUALIFYING RACES are not competitive and will not be included in the starts of a horse, but are merely used to determine the manners of a horse and its ability to complete the course within the time standards set by the judges for the class in which the horse will compete. Occasionally a horse will race where according to his earnings it appears that he wasn't eligible. However, this horse qualified under a secondary condition (Also Eligible). The past performance line will carry the main condition of the race as it shows the actual class of competition.
OHIO COUNTY FAIR TRACK ABBREVIATIONS Ashl Athns Attc Bftn Berea BwlG Bucy Burt Cdiz Cald Cnfld Cantn Carr Cel Chil
Ashland Athens Attica Bellefontaine Berea Bowling Green Bucyrus Burton Cadiz Caldwell Canfield Canton Carrollton Celina Chillicothe
Circ Cort Cosh Crot Dayt Dover Eaton Find Green HR Hick Hill Jeff Knton Lanc
Circleville Cortland Coshocton Croton Dayton Dover Eaton Findlay Greenville Hamilton Hicksville Hilliard Jefferson Kenton Lancaster
Leb Lima Lsbn Lndn Mnsfd Mari Mrion Mary McCnl Med Mtplr MtGil MtVer Npln Nwlk
Lebanon Lima Lisbon London Mansfield Marietta Marion Marysville McConnellsville Medina Montpelier Mount Gilead Mount Vernon Napoleon Norwalk
OHbr Ott O Wash Owen Pain Pauld Pike Rchwd RkSp Sid Ti ff Troy UpSan Urbna V n Wr t
Oak Harbor Ottawa Old Washington Owensville Painesville Paulding Piketon Richwood Rock Springs Sidney Ti ffin Troy Upper Sandusky Urbana Van Wert
W apak WCH Wseon Wlngt Wlstn Wilm Wdsfd W ostr Xenia Zane
W apakoneta W ashington C.H. W auseon W ellington W ellston Wilmington Woodsfield W ooster Xenia Zanesville
U.S.T.A. BREAKING RULE - (a) When any horse, or horses, break from their gait in trotting or pacing, their driver shall at once, where clearance exists,take such horse to the outside and pull it to its gait. (b) The following shall be considered violations: (1) Failure to properly attempt to pull the horse to its gait. (2) Failure to take to the outside where clearance exists. (3) Failure to lose ground by the break (c) If there has been no failure on the part of the driver in complying with (b-1, 2 or 3), the horse shall not be set back unless a contending horse on his gait is lapped on the hind quarter of the breaking horse at the finish. (d) The stewards may set any horse back one or more places if in their judgement any of the above violations have been committed. SOME KEY NOTES REGARDING THE PYLON RULE - Rules determined by the Ohio State Racing Commission are used by the judges at the state's harness tracks to govern the sport. These rules may, of course, vary from state to state. Here is the Ohio rule regarding the "Eurorail" pylons: 3769-14-53 HARNESS TRACK WITHOUT A HUBRAIL - In the event a horse or part of the horse's sulky leaves the course, and if, in the opinion of the judges, that action gave the horse the unfair advantage over other horses in the race, the horse may be disqualified or placed back one or more positions. ATTENTION: ALL RACE PATRONS: WHEN PLACING YOUR BET MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE CORRECT TOTE TICKET AND CHANGE. A N Y CLAIM BY A PERSON T H AT A W R O N G TICKET OR INCORRECT CHANGE HAS BEEN ISSUED MUST BE MADE BEFORE LEAVING THE MUTUEL WINDOW. PLEASE KEEP ALL MUTUEL TICKETS UNTIL RACE IS OFFICIAL. ABSOLUTELY NO CANCELLING OR EXCHANGING OF TICKETS ONCE YOU LEAVE THE MUTUEL WINDOW.
