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Racecourse official – Course staff who are all licensed by the Jockey club, including the Clerk of the Course, the Clerk of the Scales, the Starter and the Stewards.

Racing calendar – The official weekly publication which gives the full details of entries in full for races, handicap weights and other official information.

Racing plates – Lightweight horseshoes that are specially designed for racing.

Rails - The dividing barrier between Members' and Tattersall's where the big bookmaking firms are represented. Also the white posts and rails which mark out the racecourse on either side.

Rated stakes – A handicap where the weights are all 14 lbs or less.

Ratings – A numerical assessment of a horse’s ability.

Result – The outcome of a race.

Return – The sum you get back from a winning bet, which includes the winnings plus your original stake.

Reverse forecast – A bet where you combine two permutations, (A and B) into two combination bets (AB, BA). This bet requires two stakes but wins if the two selections come home in any order.

RHT – Racecourse Holdings Trust, a non-profit-making company whose aim is the preservation of racecourses.

Rigged betting – Betting where the odds have been artificially manipulated in order to make an unfair gain.

Ring - The place where the bookmakers trade from.

Ringer – A horse running illegally in a race, often an older horse running in a race for younger horses.

Roll-up – An accumulator bet.

Round Robin – A wager of 10 bets comprising of 3 selections (A,B,C) in 3 doubles, one treble and each pair in single-stakes-about singles.

Round the Clock – A complex any-to-come bet for 3 or more selections. Each selection is staked as a single, followed by an any-to-come singles on the other selections rotating.

Roundabout – A bet of 3 singles on 3 selections (A,B,C) with ‘any to come’ doubles at twice the original stake on the other two.

Rounder – A bet of 3 singles on 3 selections (A,B,C) with ‘any to come’ doubles at the same stake on the other two.

Ruin – A technical term referring to the loss of a given capital set aside for gambling.

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