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| FRACTIONAL TIME | Sectional time recorded in a race, usually for each 400m.
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| FRESH (FRESHENED) | FRESH (FRESHENED): A horse racing after a brief rest. |
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| FRONT-RUNNER | A horse who usually leads (or tries to lead). |
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| FURLONG | One eighth of a mile (220 yards or 660 feet). |
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| FUROSEMIDE | Generic term for a medication for the treatment of bleeders. Most common trade name is Lasix. |
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| GAIT | The various ways a horse moves: walk, trot, canter, gallop, run, etc. |
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| GALLOP | A type of gait, a fast canter. Also, to ride a horse at that gait. |
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| GATE | Starting mechanism. |
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| GELDING | Castrated male horse. |
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| GET | Progeny of sire. |
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| GOOD TRACK | Where the racing surface is "normal" - neither fast nor slow. |
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| GRAND-DAM (SECOND DAM) | Grandmother of a horse. |
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| GRANDSIRE | Grandfather of a horse, sire of the horse's dam. |
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| GRAY | GRAYHorse which coat has a mixture of white and black hair. |
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| GRIFFIN | An inexperienced race horse, usually two-year-old or three-year-old; also, a class of race restricted to such horses. |
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| GROOM | A person who cares for a horse in a stable. |
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| GROUP RACE | High-class graded races |
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| HALF-BROTHER, HALF-SISTER | Horses out of the same dam by different sires. |
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| HALTER | Like a bridle, but lacing a bit. Used in handling horses around the stable and when not being ridden.
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| HAND | Unit used in measuring height of horses from withers to ground - about four inches. |
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| HANDICAP | Race for which a handicapper assigns weights to be carried according to each horse's demonstrated ability. Also, to handicap a race, to make selections on the basis of the past performances. |
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| HANDICAPPER | One who assigns weights for handicap race. Also a bettor who makes selections based on past performances. |
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| HANDILY | Working or racing with moderate effort, but more effort than breezing. |
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| HANDLE | In US, amount of money wagered in the pari-mutuel (totalisator) on a race, a programme, or a year. |
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| HANDS & HEELS | A ride where the jockey urged a horse with the hands and does not use the whip. |
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