Horse Racing Glossary - A

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Acceptor – A horse remaining in race after declaration stage.

Accumulator – A bet consisting of two or more selections, where the winnings plus the stake from each successive selection is automatically re-staked on the next.

Across the card – Bets on races at the same time at different racecourses.

Action – The value of bets laid out by a punter.

Age – All horses are given the arbitrary birth date of 1 January, regardless of the exact date of their foaling. This is to allow races to be organised in age groups. Most flat races are for 2 year olds only, three year olds only, or three year olds and upwards. Horses that have not reached their first birthday are known as foals and those between their first and second birthdays are known as yearlings.

Aged – A horse that has passed its sixth birthday.

All out – A horse giving everything it’s got.

All up to win – Where the place stake of an each-way bet is laid on the winner in races of fewer than five runners.

All ways – The full range of bets required to obtain full cover in forecast and tricast betting.

All weather – A synthetic race surface.

Allowance - Weight relief of up to 7lb given to an inexperienced rider.

Also ran – A horse not among the winners in a race.

Amateur rider – An unlicensed jockey, who does not receive a fee for riding in a race.

Ante-post odds - Quotations given prior to the day of a particular race. Bets so placed are lost if your horse is a non-starter.

Any to come – An instruction to reinvest all or part of a winning bet on another bet.

Apprentice – A jockey in training.

Apprentice allowance – Weight allowance afforded to apprentice jockeys aged between 16 and 24 to compensate for their inexperience, determined by the number of winners they have ridden.

At the post - The point at which horses gather before the start of a race.

Auction race – Races for 2 year olds that have not yet won and which were previously bought as yearlings at auction.

Autumn Double – A double bet on the winners of both the Cambridgeshire Handicap and the Cesarewitch, both run during October.

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