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Sports from the betting side: leagues, live data and in-play markets, with the cost of each bet kept in plain view.
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KG-027Race Horse Breeds: Thoroughbreds, Quarter Horses and Standardbreds
Not every racehorse is a Thoroughbred. Sprinters, harness horses and endurance specialists each come from their own breed, and each produces a very different kind of race.
4 min
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KG-024How to Read a Horse Racing Program
A racing program packs a lot into small print. Read it in three layers, race header, runner block and past performances, and most of it falls into place.
4 min
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KG-023What Is a Dark Horse? Meaning and Origin
A dark horse is a contender nobody knew much about. The phrase began at the racetrack, spread to politics and sport, and still means something slightly different from a longshot.
4 min
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KG-022What Does a Jockey Do?
A jockey does far more than sit on a fast horse. Here is the job from the weighing room to the winning post, plus what bettors should and should not read into a rider's name.
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KG-021What Is the Triple Crown in Horse Racing?
Three races, five weeks, one age group. The Triple Crown is American racing's hardest prize to win, and here is why so few horses have managed it.
4 min
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KG-020What Is Handicapping in Horse Racing?
Handicapping means two different things in racing. One is what bettors do with a program and a pencil. The other is what officials do with weights. Both are explained here.
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KG-019Horse Racing Terms: A Plain Glossary for Beginners
Racing has its own language, and most of it is easy once someone says it plainly. Here are the words you will meet first, sorted by where you meet them.
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KG-018What Is a Furlong? Horse Racing Distances Explained
Racing still measures its races in a farming unit that is centuries old. Here is what a furlong is, how to convert race distances, and why the trip can matter as much as the horse.
4 min
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KG-017What Is a Maiden Race? From Maidens to Stakes
Every racehorse starts as a maiden. Here is how it climbs from its first win through claiming and allowance races to stakes company, and what each rung tells a bettor.
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KG-015How Do Horse Racing Odds Work?
Racing odds tell you two things at once, what a winning ticket pays and how the betting crowd rates each runner. Here is how to read them, and why they shift right up to the start.
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