TACK - riders’ racing equipment.
TAKE (or TAKEOUT) - a commission deducted from pari-mutuel pools.
TAKEN UP - a horse pulled up sharply by his jockey.
TOPWEIGHT - highest weight assigned or carried in a race.
TOTALISATOR - a machine which sells and records wagering tickets and shows odds. Also figures out and displays payoffs.
TOUT - one who gives tips on racehorses.
TRACK BIAS - a racing surface that favors a particular running style or post position.
TRACK RECORD - fastest time at various distances recorded at a particular track.
TRIAL - workout.
TRIACTOR - a wager picking the first three finishers in exact order.
TRIP - a horse’s race.
TRIPLE CROWN -in the US: Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.
TROTTER - a trotter moves its legs forward in diagonal pairs, right front and left hind, then left front and right hind striking the ground simultaneously.
TUCKED - Racing immediately behind another horse, thus using it as a windbreak trailing.. A driver may place his horse in a trailing position in order to save enough energy for a fast finish down the home straight.
TURF COURSE - grass course.
UNDERLAY - a horse going of at a lower price than he appears to warrant based on his past performances.
UNDER WRAPS - horse under stout restraint in a race or workout.
UNTRIED - not raced.
UDRS/UTRS (Universal Driver/Trainer Rating System) - A method of determining that status of a driver or trainer based on the amount of wins, seconds, and thirds he/she has in relationship to the number of starts. The formula, as set by the United States Trotting Association, is below:
UDRS/UTRS = (Wins x 9) + (Places x 5) + (Shows x 3)....divided by (Starts x 9).
WALKOVER - a race which scratches down to only one starter who merely gallops the required distance.
WARMING UP - galloping a horse.
WASHY - a horse breaking out in a nervous sweat.
WEANLING - a foal that is less than 1 year-old that has been separated from its dam.
WEIGHT-FOR-AGE - a fixed scale of weights to be carried by horses according to age, sex, distance of race and time of year.
WINDED - breathing with difficulty after workout or race.
WINNER-TAKES-ALL - a winner receiving all the purse or stakes.
WORK - to exercise a horse.
YEARLING – a thoroughbred or standardbred between the first New Year’s Day after being foaled and the following January 1 in the Northern Hemisphere
YIELDING – a turf course condition corresponding to slow on a dirt track