Horse Racing Glossary - C

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Calendar – The annual set of racing events.

Came again – A horse that makes a surge after previously falling back in a race.

Camera patrol – A set of cameras that photograph the different stages of a race from different angles.

Canadian – Full cover multiple bet covering 5 selections, also known as a Super Yankee.

Card – Abbreviation for the racecard.

Carpet – Derived from the criminal slang for a 3 month stretch in prison, this is code for 3/1 odds.

Cast in his/her box – A horse that has lain down in their stable box, who is having difficulty getting up again.

Chalk jockey (Chalkie) – A rider not yet successful enough to have his or her name painted on the riders’ board on the racecourse.

Championships – There are two championships, one for jockeys and one for trainers, which are decided by the number of winners ridden and the total prize money earned in a season respectively.

Chase – Abbreviation for a steeplechase, a race of at least two miles over plain or open fences and a water jump.

Claiming race – A race where the winner can be "claimed" from the yard for a set fee.

Class – Races on the flat are classified in terms of prize money from Class A down to Class G.

Classics - The five major three-year-old races of the flat season: the 1000 Guineas, the 2000 Guineas, the Derby, the Oaks and the St Leger. Of these, fillies can be entered for all five, but colts cannot be entered for the 1000 Guineas or the Oaks.

Clerk of the course – An official responsible for management of a racecourse.

Cleverly – A horse which wins more easily than the winning distance suggests.

Collateral form - When two horses, A and B, have run on separate occasions against a third horse, C, the form of A and B on a line through C is known as collateral form.

Colt – A male thoroughbred aged two, three or four.

Commission agent - A bookmaker who gives the bets he collects from his clients to another bookmaker while he relies on the commission

Conditional jockey - The jumping equivalent of an apprentice.

Conditional bets – A bet where a punter can exercise options which depend on the outcome of prior bets, including stop at a winner, any-to-come, if lose, if win, single-stakes-about, double-stakes-about, up and down.

Conditions races – All races other than handicaps.

Corner horse - A horse, holding its position in the market, whose price is many points shorter than that shown in the betting forecasts.

Coup – When a bet is landed at long odds after the owner has manoeuvred to encourage the horse to be underestimated.

Course specialist – A horse that runs well at a particular track.

Cover to win – A bet where the value of the stake is determined by the amount you want to win.

Covered up - Keeping a horse behind other runners in the early stages of a race.

Credit betting – Betting on account rather than for cash.

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