New Posts For Thread: Vague racing termshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms1. Form : "So-and-so has the best form in the race." The best form rating ? And is that adjusted to today's weights ? Or does it mean the best performance as regards winning/placed form LTO or recently ( just how recently ? ), or at a higher class ?Racing jargon I can accept, once you've had its meaning clarified. But a tern such as 'form', used as often as it is, should not be so frustratingly vague.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555478517#555478517Racing jargon I can accept, once you've had its meaning clarified. But a tern such as 'form', used as often as it is, should not be so frustratingly vague.Wed, 05 Sep 2018 10:25:40 -0500Held up 'in touch'.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555478033#555478033Held up 'in touch'.Wed, 05 Sep 2018 09:26:46 -0500He'll 'strip fitter' next time.Won with his head in his chestIn a three way goThe last twice (I f**king hate this expression)Gave him his headGave him the officeIn the vanhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555477979#555477979He'll 'strip fitter' next time.Won with his head in his chestIn a three way goThe last twice (I f**king hate this expression)Gave him his headGave him the officeIn the vanWed, 05 Sep 2018 09:22:29 -0500you cannot explain everything in words sometimes when it comes to doing the form, unless you roll out the usual, ground conditions/handicap mark/ ect ect that would be the perceived wisdomhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555477739#555477739you cannot explain everything in words sometimes when it comes to doing the form, unless you roll out the usual, ground conditions/handicap mark/ ect ect that would be the perceived wisdomWed, 05 Sep 2018 09:03:37 -0500You'd think we'd have a precise definition of 'form' by now, given how often it's used - or at least when people write it they specify exactly what they mean.Orwell happens to be one of my favourite authors. His essay Politics and the English Languaghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555477583#555477583You'd think we'd have a precise definition of 'form' by now, given how often it's used - or at least when people write it they specify exactly what they mean.Orwell happens to be one of my favourite authors. His essay Politics and the English LanguagWed, 05 Sep 2018 08:44:51 -0500'Caught on heels' whose heels?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555473329#555473329'Caught on heels' whose heels?Tue, 04 Sep 2018 16:01:06 -0500" It's not the best race in the world"........but there again neither is the Epsom Derby.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555473161#555473161" It's not the best race in the world"........but there again neither is the Epsom Derby.Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:47:42 -0500The jockey let out an inch of rein. Why is it always an inch and not 2 inches.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555473005#555473005The jockey let out an inch of rein. Why is it always an inch and not 2 inches.Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:36:33 -0500orwell has a go here at book reviewers for spouting vacuous sh1tehttp://www.george-orwell.org/Confessions_of_a_Book_Reviewer/0.htmlsame idea and something to keep in mind in regard of everything you ever read.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555472963#555472963orwell has a go here at book reviewers for spouting vacuous sh1tehttp://www.george-orwell.org/Confessions_of_a_Book_Reviewer/0.htmlsame idea and something to keep in mind in regard of everything you ever read.Tue, 04 Sep 2018 15:33:17 -0500george orwell would be 100% with you bluebook. abhored meaningless languagehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31445873/vague-racing-terms?post_id=555472811#555472811george orwell would be 100% with you bluebook. abhored meaningless languageTue, 04 Sep 2018 15:20:14 -0500