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Race Card Guide

Understanding the Race Card



  1. Date the greyhound last ran
  2. Race distance in metres
  3. Trap ran the greyhound ran from
  4. Sectional time (time from traps to winning line on the first circuit)
  5. Greyhound's owner(s)
  6. Abbreviated comments on performance, also venue if not Romford
  7. Bitches' last season date
  8. Colour, sex and breeding of greyhound
  9. The going (in hundredths of a second denoting the fast or slow condition of the track)
  10. Grade of the race (A1-A12 over 4 bends, S1-S6 over 6 bends)
  11. Greyhound's trainer
  12. Greyhound's whelping date
  13. Trap number and colour of the jacket the greyhound is running from
  14. Position of the greyhound at each bend
  15. Finishing position of the greyhound
  16. Distance won or beaten by
  17. The name of the greyhound who won or came second
  18. Winning time
  19. Weight of the greyhound in kilos
  20. Starting price odds or trial, i.e. T3=3 dog trial
  21. * Star denotes the greyhound's best recent time
  22. Calculated time (going allowances incorporated)
  23. Denotes a wide runner

RACES CLASSES: A = 480 METRES S = 630 METRES E = 835 METRES H = HURDLES HCP = HANDICAP
OR = OPEN RACE KS = KENNEL STAKES IT = INTERTRACK