Horse Racing Glossary - F

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Face – Someone that the bookmaker believes to be in possession of useful knowledge about a race.

Fair bet – One where over time, the punter would likely end up even.

Favourite – The horse which has the shortest price in the betting. If there is more than one horse, they are known as joint favourites or co favourites.

Field – The total number of runners for a particular race.

Field book – A bookmaker’s record of bets taken on a race, kept by the bookmaker’s clerk.

Field money – The total amount taken by a bookmaker on a given event.

Filly – A female thoroughbred aged two, three or four.

First past the post – Where bets are paid out according to the order of finish, regardless of any subsequent amendments to the result, following a stewards enquiry or some other happening.

First show – Opening set of odds put up by the course bookmaker for an event.

Flat Racing - The Flat Season begins at the end of March and runs through to the end of September on turf. Races are run over a minimum distance of five furlongs up to a maximum of twenty two furlongs.

Forecast - Nominating the winner and the second place as well. A straight forecast = 1st and 2nd in correct order. A dual forecast =1st and 2nd in either order.

Form – A horse’s recent achievements and record, taking into account many different factors.

Fractional odds – The method normally used to display odds, where both sites are whole numbers. A bookmaker would use 15/8 rather than 1.875/1.

Frame – Device for displaying the numbers of the first four horses to finish, which gives rise to the phrase “in the phrame”, meaning a placed hose.

Front runner – A horse who likes to run at the front of the pack having got there early on in the race. Some horse consistently ease off if they reach the front of the pack, so need to be ‘covered up’ until the last minute.

Full brother (full sister) – Horses that have both parents in common. Half brothers and half sisters are specifically horses who share the same mother, but not horses who share the same father by different mothers.

Full cover – Where a punter has laid every possible combination of forecasts, tricasts, doubles, trebles or accumulators from a given number of selections.

Furlong - An eighth of a mile (220 yards)

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